[Letterhead of The Pharmaceutical Era, D. C. Haynes & Co., publishers, New York]
Title
[Let terhead of The Pharmaceutical Era, D. C. Haynes & Co., publishers, New York]
Description
Billheads for the periodical published 1887-1931. Contains decorative type; subscription prices; and variant mailing addresses for difference types of correspondence., Title supplied by cataloger., Completed in type to Polk Miller Drug Co., Richmond Va. on February 18, 1896 soliciting a "price list of [their] goods" and May 3, 1898 promoting the sixth edition of the Era Druggists directory., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[ca. 1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - P [P.2011.46.208 & 209]
[Billheads of C.J. Lincoln Co.,wholesale druggists, Little Rock, Arkansas]
Title
[Billheads of C.J. Lincoln Co.,wholesale druggists, Little Rock, Arkansas]
Description
Billheads containing ornamented and type lettering, a vignette view, and pictorial details for the firm established in 1834 and incorporated in 1889. View shows the exterior of the firm's building. Building includes a steeple. Pedestrians walk on the sidewalk and horse-drawn carriages and wagons travel in the street. Pictorial details include banners, ribbons, and star bursts. The firm established by R. L. Dodge was assumed by C. J. Lincoln circa 1865., Title supplied by cataloger., P.2011.46.33 completed in type to J. E. Chamberlain, Malvern, Arkansas on July 2, 1894 for several items, including alcohol, rubber tip crutches, and wormseed for $34.75. Also contains typed note: No 1 oz. Tin Bxs. to be had in the city. Ours we expect in daily., P.2011.46.34 completed in type to J. E. Chamberlain, Malvern, Arkansas on September 12, 1894 for several items, including Godfrey's Cordial, po. acecia, and bisulph. quinine for $3.55. Also contains typed note: Express., P.2011.46.35 P.2011.46.34 completed in type to J.E. Chamberlain, Malvern, Arkansas on August 14, 1895 for several items, including syrup of figs, oxalate cerium, and gum gambier & bag for $45.50., Printers include Frey Stationery Co., St. Louis, Mo. and Gazette, Little Rock., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[ca. 1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - C [P.2011.46.33-35]
Bought of Collins Brothers Drug Company, wholesale druggists. 418, 420, 422 & 424 N. 2d. St.
Title
Bought of Collins Brothers Drug Company, wholesale druggists. 418, 420, 422 & 424 N. 2d. St
Description
Billheads containing ornamented lettering and variant vignette views of the several-story building of the firm originally operated by Henry Blakesley in the 1850s. Views also show street and pedestrian traffic. Horse-drawn wagons travel in the street, and another is loaded at a side entrance to the building. A working smoke stack is visible on the roof. J.S. Merrell Company assumed the firm circa 1897., Printed upper right corner: Salesman [ ]; House No. [ ]., Printed above image: All Claims for Errors Must Be Made Within 10 Days. Interest Charged After Maturity. We Do Not Guarantee Safe Delivery of Goods. We Ship and Take Receipts "In Good Order," And they Are At Consignee's Risk After Receipts Are Signed by Transportation Company., Printed below image: Terms [ ] ; Sent for your account and risk per [ ]., P.2011.46.142 completed in manuscript to J. E. Chamberlain, Malvern, Ark. on November 6, 1894 for several items, including Eastman soap, bug juice, Bramo Seltzer, and "Lanaline" for $23.35., P.2011.46.143 completed in manuscript to J. E. Chamberlain, Malvern, Ark. on September 18, 1895 for several items, including "Jaynes Exph., "Asst Phos. sm.," and Caffeine for $41.00., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[ca. 1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - C [P.2011.46.142 & 143]
Biddle Hardware Co., Philadelphia.
Title
Biddle Hardware Co., Philadelphia
Description
Pictorial envelope containing a vignette depicting an anvil marked with the name of the hardware firm., Title from printed return address., Date inferred from ink-stamp postmark: Philadelphia Apr 21, [18]88, 6 30 PM., Contains cancelled oval two-cent stamp printed in green and containing a profile portrait of George Washington., Printed upper left corner: Please return if not delivered within 10 days., Addressed in manuscript to: Cleveland Stone Co., Cleveland, Ohio., Contains on verso: ink-stamp postmark: Cleveland, O., Apr 23, 1888, 4 AM., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler., Cleveland Stone Company was founded by George H. Worthington in 1886.
Date
[ca. 1888]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Envelopes [P.2011.10.72]
[Business stationery of Joseph M. Schmitt, pharmacist, dealer in drugs, medicines, chemicals, etc., 312 North Avenue, Rochester, N.Y.]
Title
[Business stationery of Joseph M. Schmitt, pharmacist, dealer in drugs, medicines, chemicals, etc., 312 North Avenue, Rochester, N.Y.]
Description
Billhead contains ornamented type and a detail composed of an ornamented frame surrounding the text "Pure Wines and Liquors (For Medical Purposes.) Patent Medicines, Trusses, Perfumery, Toilet and Fancy Articles, India Rubber Goods.", Title supplied by cataloger., Printers include Union & Adv. Co's Print., Date printed on P.2011.46.230 annotated from 188- to "189-.", P.2011.46.230 completed in manuscript to F. A. Peck, Grand Rapids, Michigan on April 17, 1890 for "To Medicine" for $3.60. Also contains manuscript note on recto: C.O.D. Paid [Illegible] Martin., P.2011.46.231 completed in manuscript on February 4, 1893 to F. A. Peck, Otselic, N.Y. from Joseph M. Schmitt about his order of medicine sent by National Express Co. because "it is imposible to send th[e] remedy by mail.", Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[ca. 1880-ca. 1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - S [P.2011.46.229 & 230]
[Collection of business stationery of C.H. Butterworth & Co., wholesale druggists and dealers in paint, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Title
[Collection of business stationery of C.H. Butterworth & Co., wholesale druggists and dealers in paint, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description
Includes one letterhead and four billheads. Billheads contain ornamented type, ornamental details, and an exterior view of the firm's storefront at 125 Market Street. View also shows pedestrian traffic in front of the store with large display windows and adorned in signage, including a promotion for "Holstein's Aromanna." Billheads also contain promotional text, and terms of purchase and liability. Letterhead contains vignette depicting a mortar and pestle and a list of the products manufactured by the firm, including Butterworth Pulmonic Syrup, S.C. Cure, and Corn Cure, and Hassinger's Buttter Color, and American Cattle Powder. Collection also contains one billhead for the precedessor firm Budd, Butterworth & McClure established in 1886. The Market Street storefront was razed by fire in 1906., Title supplied by cataloger., Four billheads (P.2011.46.23; P.2011.46.25-27) completed in manuscript to: Lewis Somer, Oceanville, N.J. on June 16, 1888 for $3.25 and Ebun Somers, Oceanville, N.J. on February 27, 1895 for $7.57; on March 9, 1896 for $25.25; and December 10, 1896 for $7.10. Billed items include opium, paregolic, flaxseed, white lead, and peppermint., One letterhead (P.2011.46.24) completed in type on July 5, 1895 to E. Somers from C. H. Butterworth & Co. requesting an account balance due for "expressage" as Butterworth & Co make no exceptions for out of city customers., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[ca. 1886-1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - B [P.2011.46.23-27]
[Billheads of A. C. Henderson, wholesale druggist, No. 50 Seventh Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa.]
Title
[Billheads of A. C. Henderson, wholesale druggist, No. 50 Seventh Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa.]
Description
Billheads containing ornate type and ornamental and pictorial details. Details include starbursts, a mortar and pestle, banners, flowers, and filigree. Prints also contain terms for net cash, liability, and claims for reduction, as well as the promotional text "Henderson's Carminative. Henderson's Cough Syrup. Henderson's Cottage Worm Candy. Henderson's Ess. Jamaica Ginger." The text illustrates a pictorial detail depicting a broadside., Title supplied by cataloger., Printers include Mackenzie Davis & Co. Lith. Pittsburgh., Printed in upper left of P.2011.46.160: Order Book, [57] Page [266]. [Pointed finger glyph] When reporting Errors, or Referring to Former Bills, Please Give Book and Page., P.2011.46.160 completed in manuscript to McKinney Bros., North Liberty on July 8, 1886 for several times, including Rye Whiskey, Pure Cream Tartar, H. sulphur for $19.20. Inscribed on recto: Paid July 22d 86., P.2011.46.161 completed in manuscript to M'Kinney & Co., North Liberty, Pa. on June 30, 1893 for "1 doz. Hoods Sarsap," "1 [doz] Ess Lemon 4g," "2 gal. alcohol can 50" for $13.83. Stamped on recto: A.C. Henderson Drug Co., McKinney & Bros., later McKinney & Co., were dealers in general merchandise., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[ca. 1880-ca. 1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - F [P.2011.46.160 & 161]
Carey, Bro. & Grevemeyer, 423 Market St., Philadelphia, booksellers, stationers and blank book manufacturers, paper curtains, oil shades and shading, floor and table oil cloth. Also, jobbers and manufacturers of wall paper.
Title
Carey, Bro. & Grevemeyer, 423 Market St., Philadelphia, booksellers, stationers and blank book manufacturers, paper curtains, oil shades and shading, floor and table oil cloth. Also, jobbers and manufacturers of wall paper
Description
Wall calendar with tear sheets. Mount contains a vignette showing the Carey Bro. & Grevemeyer wallpaper "Factory, 2228 to 2234 North 10th Street." View also shows street traffic, including horse-drawn carts and a locomotive. R. Davis and Theodore Carey and W.H. Grevemeyer partnered circa 1883 with a retail store on Market Street and a wall paper manufactory at North Tenth Street. The firm succeeded Hollowbrush & Carey, booksellers, stationers, and blank book manufacturers., Advertising text printed in borders: Orders by Mail promptly attended to. Blank books of all kinds Made to Order. Estimates furnished for Printing of all kinds., Bottom edge of each calendar page contains printed name of different types of products offered by the firm. Includes: Pocket Books and Satchels; Pocket Cutlery; Looking Glasses; Wrapping Paper, Paper Bags & Flour Sacks; Brushes of All Kinds; Paper and Oil Curtains; Table and Floor Oil Cloth; Store Shades made & Lettered to order; Photograph Frames & Albums; Bibles, Prayer and Hymn Books; Holiday Goods; and Almanacs and Diaries., Text on mount printed in blue and red., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date
[1883]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Calendars [P.2011.10.163]
[Billhead and envelopes of Wilson Drug Co., wholesale druggists, Charlotte, N.C.]
Title
[Billhead and envelopes of Wilson Drug Co., wholesale druggists, Charlotte, N.C.]
Description
Billhead contains vignette exterior view of the three-story storefront of the firm. Patrons enter and exit the building and laborers load barrels onto a horse-drawn wagon parked in the street near passing pedestrians. Billhead accompanied by corresponding envelope addressed to L. Perguson & Co., Bostic, N.C. Postmarked Charlotte, February 1, [18]90, 1 AM. Also contains two-cent stamp. Other envelope printed in predominantly block letters., Title supplied by cataloger., Printers include Gast St. L. N.Y. & S.F., Billhead completed in manuscript to L. Perguson & Co. on January 31, 1890 for several items, including grinder, pepper, turpentine, indigo, and "sm. chimneys" for $11.61., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[ca. 1880-ca. 1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - W [P.2011.46.263-265]
Gantz, Jones & Co.'s sea foam. [graphic].
Title
Gantz, Jones & Co.'s sea foam
Description
Series of trade cards containing captioned scenes in silhouette and profile, including racist imagery, that promote and portray the use of the New York firm's baking powder in cooking. "The First Lesson in Cooking" shows a matron-like figure (in the right) holding out a can of "Sea Foam" baking powder to three young woman standing in a row (in the left). The older woman is attired in a long-sleeved dress with a tiered skirt and bustle, spectacles, and an adornment in her hair. The young women wear long-sleeved dresses with tiered skirts and bustles and hair ornaments that resemble pointed caps. The woman closest to the matron also holds a parasol in her right hand and the woman in the far left also wears a long braid that runs down her back. The women look at and lean toward the baking powder can with interest. "Mine is the Best" shows a woman home cook and a professional male cook facing off. In the right, the man, holds his right hand in a fist, and points behind himself to a table on which a can of "Sea Foam" and a bowl rest. In the left, the woman points at him with her left hand and with her right hand points behind herself at a table on which a bowl and two canisters rest. The man wears a mustache, baker's hat, long smock, and pants. The woman wears a long-sleeved dress with an apron. "Missus, We'll Nebber Use Any Odder!" shows an African American man, portrayed with exaggerated features, and holding an extra-large "Sea Foam" can, walking toward a stove at which a woman is kneeled and placing something in the oven. A pot and tea kettle rest atop of the stove across from the stove pipe. The woman wears her hair down and is attired in a long-sleeved dress with ruffles at the bodice and a skirt with bustle., Gantz, Jones, & Co. was originally established as a chemical business in 1849 by Thomas Andrews. George W. Gantz joined the firm in 1853. About 1869 Andrews retired and in 1877 Walter H. Gantz and F. B. Jones joined the business as partners. In 1884 the firm's New York warehouse was heavily damaged by fire and in 1890 the partnership dissolved. Following the 1856 patent of the first modern baking powder, several later 19th-century chemical firms, including Gantz, Jones & Co. attempted to capitalize on the new, very profitable baking powder industry. Baking powder significantly lessened leaving times for baking and cooking, and multiple companies began to market either cream of tartar or alum based powders that required no combining at home. The "Baking Powder Wars" mired in propaganda about the pure and safe properties of various firms' products ended in the early 20th century with alum baking powder companies Clabber Girl and Calumet dominating the American industry., Title from items., Date inferred from attire of figures portrayed and format of advertisements., Advertising text printed on verso of P.2018.6.3.1, "The First Lesson in Cooking": It is a first-class article, and will do more than it claims to do, and never fails to do its work well. Good health makes labor of all kinds easier and prolongs life. Sea foam is warranted to make better, lighter, healthier, sweeter, more toothsome and more [in italics] digestive [in italics] and nutritious bread, biscuits, cakes, puddings, etc., than can be made in any other way. Those who use it say: "We prefer it over all others." "It is A No. 1." "Gives universal satisfaction.", Advertising text printed on verso of P.2018.6.3.2,"Mine is the Best": SEA FOAM BAKING POWDER IS PERFECTLY PURE. Those who have used it once will never use any other. The BEST in the WHOLE WIDE WORLD. Without an equal. It is the perfection of science in cookery. Your cookery will be always good. You will always have a good cook. It makes every cook a good one. Your bread will never be sour. Light, well-raised bread, biscuits, and cakes digest easily and conduce to good health., Advertising text printed on verso of P.2018.6.3.3, "Missus, We'll Nebber Use any Odder!": Bread is always good. Cannot be beaten. Champion Yeast Powder of America. Every body likes it. Sells like hot cakes. The best customers ask for it. It is A No. 1. The ladies never get tired of telling each other about it. All first-class stores keep it. Gantz's Sea Foam is perfectly pure. Without an equal [in italics]. It is an entirely new invention. Never fails to make light bread. To avoid dyspepsia, use Sea Foam. One can is worth three of any other., Captions printed in all capitals., RVCDC, Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022.
Date
[ca. 1885]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Gantz, Jones & Co. [P.2018.6.3.1-3]
[Collection of business correspondence of W. H. Schieffelin & Co., 170 and 172 William Street, New York]
Title
[Collection of business correspondence of W. H. Schieffelin & Co., 170 and 172 William Street, New York]
Description
Collection of business correspondence dated between August 23, 1879 and May 5, 1898, including form letters, stationery, blank forms, billheads, and a circular. Two of the billheads contain ornamented type, decorative lettering, and an allegorical view. View includes an inset of a medieval apothecary at work surrounded by scenes of transportation and trade. Scenes show a train traveling past a large bundle and barrels, and a man standing near a horse-drawn cart loaded with bundles near a wharf by which a steam ship and sailing ship are visible on the water. Items billed include "Eng Catheters asstd," Rhubarb Root, Cuttle Bone, "Jayne's Cough Pills," Ayer's Sarsaparilla, Dandelion Root German, Garfield Tea, "Box from Fowler Mfg & Novelty Co.," Best Tooth Brush, and Dodds Kidney Pills. Collection also contains the August 1885 promotional circular "W. H. Schieffelin & Co's Soluble Pills and Granules" illustrated with images of the exhibition medals awarded to the firm, including Gold Medal, Holland International Exhibition, 1883; Paris Exposition, 1878; First Award, Sydney, 1879; Medal of Superiority, American Institute, New York, 1879; and Silver Medal, Melbourne, 1880. Medal imagery includes allegorical female figures, portrait busts, and garlands. Other correspondence relates to an invoice of goods, receipt for goods, requests for circulars from college of Pharmacy, the incorrect "William N. Clark," and an erroneous shipment of diphtheria antitoxin., Title supplied by cataloger., Printers include American Bank Note Company New York., Correspondents include G. W. Aimar & Co., Charleston, S.C. (founded in 1852); O. J. Griffin; David Hayes; M. Berliner & Co., Carry, Pa.; A. W. L. Jackson; William N. Clark; H. J. Patterson; and Polk Miller Drug Co., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand., W.H. Schieffelin & Co. was originally founded by Effingham Lawrence in 1791. Lawrence sold the business to his brother-in-law Jacob Schieffelin and his brother John B. Lawrence in 1794 and it operated as Lawrence & Schieffelin until 1799 and the departure of Lawrence. Schieffelin continued in business and in 1805 entered into partnership with his son as Jacob Schieffelin & Son, which was reestablished in 1814 as H. H. Schieffelin & Co. following the retirement of Jacob. Henry H. retired in 1849 and his four sons assumed the firm, which became Schieffelin Brothers & Co. Between 1853 and 1859, Asher F. Randolph, John D. Dix, and William H. Schieffelin, William A. Gellatly and Joseph H. Westerfield also became partners in the business. In 1865, the four Schieffelin brothers retired and the firm became W.H. Schieffelin & Co. Schieffelin died in 1895 and William N. Clark, great-grandson of Jacob Schieffelin became president in 1895. The firm, which specialized in the manufacture of heavy chemicals and the distribution of synthetics, was incorporated as Schieffelin & Co. in 1903.
Date
[ca. 1870-ca. 1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - S [P.2011.46.220-228]