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Armstrong & Co. “Jumbo.” Art supplement to The Philadelphia Press, June 14, 1896. Chromolithograph.
Forbes Co. “Greatest Show on Earth .” Art supplement to The Philadelphia Press, April 12, 1896. Chromolithograph.
Metamorphic trade cards, ca. 1880-1895.
Unidentified silhouettes, several cut at Peale’s Museum, ca. 1803-ca. 1810.
Unidentified silhouettes, several cut at Peale’s Museum, ca. 1803-ca. 1810.
Attributed to Raphaelle Peale. Moses Williams, Cutter of Profiles. Philadelphia, ca. 1803.
McLoughlin Bros. Improved Authors with Portraits & Autographs. New York, 1889. Gift of Clarence Wolf.
Joseph P. Schiller Syndicate. “Sister Prue at Church. Polly’s Paper Playmates.” Art supplement to the Public Ledger, ca. 1910. Half-tone photomechanical print.
Donaldson Bros. “Fire Scene at Night.” Art supplement to the Philadelphia Inquirer, February 2, 1896. Chromolithograph.
“Washington Crossing the Delaware.” Art supplement to The Philadelphia Press, February 16, 1896. Chromolithograph.
McLoughlin Bros. Improved Authors with Portraits & Autographs. New York, 1889. Gift of Clarence Wolf.
McLoughlin Bros. Improved Authors with Portraits & Autographs. New York, 1889. Gift of Clarence Wolf.
Bicycle clubs gameboard. United States, ca. 1896.
McLoughlin Bros. Improved Authors with Portraits & Autographs. New York, 1889. Gift of Clarence Wolf.
Mary S. Holmes.The Game of Philadelphia Buildings. Philadelphia: The Billstein Company, 1899.
Mary S. Holmes.The Game of Philadelphia Buildings. Philadelphia: The Billstein Company, 1899.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla Rainy Day Puzzle. Lowell, Mass.: C. I. Hood & Co., 1891. Chromolithograph in original accompanying frame.
Stereographs, ca. 1858-ca. 1915.
Stereographs, ca. 1858-ca. 1915.
Stereographs, ca. 1858-ca. 1915.
Stereographs, ca. 1858-ca. 1915.
Stereographs, ca. 1858-ca. 1915.
The format of paper stereographs evolved over the decades. Initially produced with square corners, the photograph mats soon thereafter assumed rounded corners to better fit the stereoviewers. In the late 1870s, curved cards were introduced to further enhance the three-dimensional effect.
Metamorphic trade cards, ca. 1880-1895.
Metamorphic trade cards, ca. 1880-1895.
Metamorphic trade cards, ca. 1880-1895.
Metamorphic trade cards, ca. 1880-1895.
Lindley Murray. An Abridgement of Murray’s English Grammar. Worcester: Isaiah Thomas, 1806.
Lindley Murray. An Abridgement of Murray’s English Grammar. Worcester: Isaiah Thomas, 1806.
Calling cards of Wilson H. Blackwell, Mrs. Samuel McClintock Hamill, and Benjamin F. Huddy, 19th century. From the Library Company’s “Things Left in Books Collection.”
Calling cards of Wilson H. Blackwell, Mrs. Samuel McClintock Hamill, and Benjamin F. Huddy, 19th century. From the Library Company’s “Things Left in Books Collection.”
Calling cards of Wilson H. Blackwell, Mrs. Samuel McClintock Hamill, and Benjamin F. Huddy, 19th century. From the Library Company’s “Things Left in Books Collection.”
Calling cards of Wilson H. Blackwell, Mrs. Samuel McClintock Hamill, and Benjamin F. Huddy, 19th century. From the Library Company’s “Things Left in Books Collection.”
Needlework bookmarks, 19th century. From the Library Company’s “Things Left in Books Collection.”
Needlework bookmarks, 19th century. From the Library Company’s “Things Left in Books Collection.”
Needlework bookmarks, 19th century. From the Library Company’s “Things Left in Books Collection.”
Needlework bookmarks, 19th century. From the Library Company’s “Things Left in Books Collection.”
Calling cards of Wilson H. Blackwell, Mrs. Samuel McClintock Hamill, and Benjamin F. Huddy, 19th century. From the Library Company’s “Things Left in Books Collection.”
Das Neue Testament Unsers Herrn und Heilandes Jesu Christi. Philadelphia: Georg W. Mentz, 1836 and insertions, ca. 1840-1880. Gift of Howard S. Mott, Inc.
Das Neue Testament Unsers Herrn und Heilandes Jesu Christi. Philadelphia: Georg W. Mentz, 1836 and insertions, ca. 1840-1880. Gift of Howard S. Mott, Inc.
Poor Will’s Pocket Almanack, for the year 1777. Philadelphia: Joseph Crukshank, 1776.
Poor Will’s Pocket Almanack, for the year 1797. Philadelphia: Joseph Crukshank, 1796.
John Tobler. The Pennsilvania [sic] Town and Country-Man’s Almanack, for the Year of our Lord 1762. Germantown: Christopher Sower, 1761.
Mechanical calendar for New Jersey electrician Romaine Maice. New York, 1883. Chromolithograph. Gift of Helen Beitler.
Carey, Bro. & Grevemeyer, 423 Market St., Philadelphia, Booksellers, Stationers and Blank Book Manufacturers, Paper Curtains, Oil Shades and Shading, Floor and Table Oil Cloth. Philadelphia, 1884. Photomechanical print. Gift of Helen Beitler.
Geo. S. Harris & Sons. Printers & Lithographers. 718, 720, 722, 724 Arch St. Philadelphia. Philadelphia, 1883. Chromolithograph. Gift of Helen Beitler.
Compliments of Lehman & Bolton, Lithographers, Printers, Publishers. 715, 717, 719 Arch Street. Philadelphia, 1885. Chromolithograph. Gift of Helen Beitler.
Rewards of Merit, ca. 1835-1845. Gifts of Helen Beitler.
Rewards of Merit, ca. 1835-1845. Gifts of Helen Beitler.
Rewards of Merit, ca. 1835-1845. Gifts of Helen Beitler.
Advertisement for Father Arent’s Plaster Company. Buffalo, ca. 1910. Gift of William H. Helfand.
Dr. C. F. Brown’s Young American Liniment. Philadelphia: Duross Bros. Printers, ca. 1861-1865. Chromoxylograph.
World’s Dispensary Medical Association. An Earnest Request. Buffalo, ca. 1890. Gift of William H. Helfand.
World’s Dispensary Medical Association. Advertisement for The People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser. Buffalo, 1890. Gift of William H. Helfand.
World’s Dispensary Medical Association. Advertisement for The People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser. Buffalo, 1890. Gift of William H. Helfand.
Theodore Metcalfe Company scrapbook. Boston, 1873-1891.
Theodore Metcalfe Company scrapbook. Boston, 1873-1891.
Billheads for W. H. Schieffelin & Co., later Schieffelin & Co., printed ca. 1880 and ca. 1895; issued 1882 and 1898. Gift of William H. Helfand.
Billheads for W. H. Schieffelin & Co., later Schieffelin & Co., printed ca. 1880 and ca. 1895; issued 1882 and 1898. Gift of William H. Helfand.
Medical lecture admission cards, 1807-1833. Gift of William H. Helfand.
Medical lecture admission cards, 1807-1833. Gift of William H. Helfand.
Medical lecture admission cards, 1807-1833. Gift of William H. Helfand.
Medical lecture admission cards, 1807-1833. Gift of William H. Helfand.
Medical lecture admission cards, 1807-1833. Gift of William H. Helfand.
From De Haven’s Ladies’ & Children’s Shoe & Gaiter Emporium. Philadelphia: Holland & Edgar, ca. 1861-63.
F. E. Myers & Brother. All Praise to Admiral Dewey. Ashland, Ohio, 1898. Gift of Helen Beitler.
F. E. Myers & Brother. All Praise to Admiral Dewey. Ashland, Ohio, 1898. Gift of Helen Beitler.
William H. Mitchell. Prices Current. Philadelphia, 1875.
Howlett, Onderdonk & Co. “Square Bag.” Patented, Feb’y 20th, 1872. Philadelphia, 1875.
John Kean, on the Corner of Market and Third Streets. Philadelphia, printed ca. 1780, issued 1783.
Bought of James S. Jones, Wholesale & Retail Dealer in Fancy & Staple Dry Goods & Trimmings. Germantown, 1850.
Evans & Watson, No. 76 South Third Street Opposite the Philadelphia Exchange. Philadelphia: Bond & Clayton, printed ca. 1840, issued 1848.
Leaflet, trade card, and envelope of the Vacuum Oil Company, Rochester, ca. 1880s. Gift of Helen Beitler.
Leaflet, trade card, and envelope of the Vacuum Oil Company, Rochester, ca. 1880s. Gift of Helen Beitler.
Leaflet, trade card, and envelope of the Vacuum Oil Company, Rochester, ca. 1880s. Gift of Helen Beitler.
Leaflet, trade card, and envelope of the Vacuum Oil Company, Rochester, ca. 1880s. Gift of Helen Beitler.
Leaflet, trade card, and envelope of the Vacuum Oil Company, Rochester, ca. 1880s. Gift of Helen Beitler.
Specimens of Theatrical Cuts: Being Fac-similes, in Miniature, of Poster Cuts ... Ledger Job Printing Office, Public Ledger Building, Philadelphia, George W. Childs, Proprietor. J. E. Jackson, Business Manager. Philadelphia, 1869. Gift of S. Marguerite Brenner.
Banking House of A. H. Emley. Philadelphia: Lith. of J. Haehnlen, printed ca. 1860, issued 1863. Lithograph. Gift of Dr. Don Yoder and William Woys Weaver.
William P. Lyon … Envelope Manufacturer, and Wholesale Dealer in Writing Papers and Other Stationery. New York: William P. Lyon, after 1862. Gift of David Doret in memory of Rose and Leon Doret.
John Robinson. Knickerbocker Card Manufactory. Scale of Sizes and Prices. New York, ca. 1865-70. Gift of David Doret in memory of Rose and Leon Doret.
To H. S. Duterte, Dr., General Furnishing Undertaker, No. 838 Lombard St. Philadelphia, printed ca. 1890, issued 1897. Transfer lithograph. Gift of Cordelia H. Brown, Lillie V. Dickerson, Mary Hinkson Jackson, and Georgine E. Willis in honor of Phil Lapsansky.
E. B. Clayton’s Sons. New Cancelling Machine. New York, ca. 1868. Relief and letterpress. Gift of David Doret in memory of Rose and Leon Doret.
“Patent Lithograph Printing Machine” in R. Hoe & Co., Printing Press, Machine & Saw Manufacturers. New York: Hoe & Company, 1876.
“Friends and Flowers.” An Album of Floral Groups Drawn From Nature and Arranged for Photograph Portraits. Belfast, Ireland: Marcus Ward & Co., 1876. Manufactured by William White Harding.
The Cheapest and Best. William W. Harding Photograph Albums, 326 Chestnut Street, Philada. Philadelphia, ca. 1865. Trade card printed in relief.
The Cheapest and Best. William W. Harding Photograph Albums, 326 Chestnut Street, Philada. Philadelphia, ca. 1865. Trade card printed in relief.
Advertisement for “Harding’s Patent Flexible Chain-Back Albums” in Photographic Mosaic (1870). Reproduction.
James Smither. Benjn. Randolph Cabinet Maker, at the Golden Eagle in Chesnut Street between Third and Fourth Streets. Philadelphia. Philadelphia, 1769. Engraving.
E. D. Trymby, Furniture, 1217 Market Street, Philadelphia. Philadelphia, ca. 1880. Chromolithograph.
Massachusetts Militia. Mr. [blank] You Being a Training Soldier in the Company of Militia. Boston, 1758.
W. A. Leary & Co. Leary & Co.’s Cheap Book Store, No. 138 North Second Street, Ten Doors Below New Street, Philadelphia. Philadelphia, ca. 1849-1852.
Dr. Josiah Brigg’s Sure Corn Cure/Bunion Balsam/Pile Remedies. Uncut proof sheet of labels, ca. 1885. Photomechanical print. Gift of William H. Helfand.
University of Pennsylvania Alumni Dinner. Parkinson’s Saloons. November 16, 1852. Bill of Fare. Philadelphia: George G. Evans, 1852.
Directors Philadelphia Bank. Private Dinner. November 15th, 1852. Bill of Fare. Philadelphia, 1852.
“Fire Proof Safe for Plates” and “Job Composition Room” in Geo. C. Rand & Avery. R & A Specimens. Boston, ca. 1870.
“Fire Proof Safe for Plates” and “Job Composition Room” in Geo. C. Rand & Avery. R & A Specimens. Boston, ca. 1870.
Frederick Langenheim. Deaf and Dumb Asylum. Philadelphia, 1856. Glass stereograph.
Oscar H. Harpel. Harpel’s Typograph or Book of Specimens: Containing … Examples of Letterpress Job Printing Arranged for the Assistance of Master Printers, Amateurs, Apprentices, and Others. Cincinnati: Printed and published by the author, 1870.
James Ronaldson. Specimen of Printing Type, from the Letter Foundry of James Ronaldson, Successor to Binny & Ronaldson. Philadelphia, 1816.
Printing plates of Library Company of Philadelphia bookplates, ca. 1780s (left) and 1830s (right).
Printing plates of Library Company of Philadelphia bookplates, ca. 1780s and 1830s.
Wood type, 19th century. On loan from Jennifer Woods Rosner.
Line-engraved copper printing plate of Jabez Maud Fisher calling card, ca. 1830. Gift of David Doret.
James Ronaldson. Specimen of Printing Type, from the Letter Foundry of James Ronaldson, Successor to Binny & Ronaldson. Philadelphia, 1816.
Thomas F. Adams. Typographia: A Brief Sketch of the Origin, Rise, and Progress of the Typographic Art. Philadelphia: Printed and Published by the Compiler, 1837.
Matthias Koops. Historical Account of the Substances Which Have Been Used to Describe Events, and to Convey Ideas, from the Earliest Date to the Invention of Paper. London: Jaques and Co., 1801.
Benjamin Franklin. Magna Britannia: Her Colonies Reduc’d. London, ca. 1766. Etching.
Matthew Clarkson and Ebenezer Hazard. For Sale at Public Vendue, On Thursday the 10th Day of March, at the Late Dwelling House of Pierre Eugène Du Simitière, Esq. Philadelphia: Charles Cist, 1785.
Mackellar, Smiths & Jordan Co. Printing Types, Borders, Ornaments and All Things Needful for Newspaper and Job Printing Offices Made by MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan, Type-Founders. Philadelphia, 1878.
Thomas F. Adams. Typographia: A Brief Sketch of the Origin, Rise, and Progress of the Typographic Art. Philadelphia: Printed and Published by the Compiler, 1837.
Matthias Koops. Historical Account of the Substances Which Have Been Used to Describe Events, and to Convey Ideas, from the Earliest Date to the Invention of Paper. London: Jaques and Co., 1801.
Matthew Clarkson and Ebenezer Hazard. For Sale at Public Vendue, On Thursday the 10th Day of March, at the Late Dwelling House of Pierre Eugène Du Simitière, Esq. Philadelphia: Charles Cist, 1785.
Benjamin Franklin. Magna Britannia: Her Colonies Reduc’d. London, ca. 1766. Etching.
Envelopes, ca. 1855-1876.
Postcards, ca. 1905-ca. 1910.
Postcards, ca. 1905-ca. 1910.
Postcards, ca. 1905-ca. 1910.
I’ll Return Bye and Bye. By a One Legged Soldier. United States, ca. 1900. Gift of George Allen.
Men’s Medical Office. Philadelphia Trolley, Motor Bus, Office Building, and Street Guide. Philadelphia, 1926.
Dr. J. R. Mabee. Chicago Street Guide. Chicago, 1930.
National Medical Institute. Things People Will Not Talk About and St. Louis Street Guide. St. Louis, 1937.
Pocket Package Prepared Paper for the Million. New York: Diamond Mills Paper Company, 1872.
Pocket Package Prepared Paper for the Million. New York: Diamond Mills Paper Company, 1872.
Envelopes, ca. 1855-1876.
Envelopes, ca. 1855-1876.
Envelopes, ca. 1855-1876.
Envelopes, ca. 1855-1876.
Citizen’s Grand Dress Ball, for the Benefit of the Families of the Members of the Franklin Fire Company, Now Serving Their Country in Mexico. Philadelphia, 1847.
Postcards, ca. 1905-ca. 1910.
Postcards, ca. 1905-ca. 1910.
Postcards, ca. 1905-ca. 1910.
Postcards, ca. 1905-ca. 1910.
Postcards, ca. 1905-ca. 1910.
Postcards, ca. 1905-ca. 1910.
Postcards, ca. 1905-ca. 1910.
Venereal disease prevention matchbook covers, ca. 1941-45. Gift of William H. Helfand.
Ephemera from the Centennial Exhibition. Philadelphia, 1876.
Ephemera from the Centennial Exhibition. Philadelphia, 1876.
Robert Newell. Old Commissioners Hall. Philadelphia, ca. 1869. Albumen print.
Postcards, ca. 1905-ca. 1910.
Ephemera from the Centennial Exhibition. Philadelphia, 1876.
Rally to the Rescue! Recruits Wanted for Col. Owen’s 2d Regiment, Baker’s Brigade. Philadelphia: King & Baird, 1861. Color relief print.
Ephemera from the Centennial Exhibition. Philadelphia, 1876.
Ephemera from the Centennial Exhibition. Philadelphia, 1876.
Ephemera from the Centennial Exhibition. Philadelphia, 1876.
Ephemera from the Centennial Exhibition. Philadelphia, 1876.
Ephemera from the Centennial Exhibition. Philadelphia, 1876.
Ephemera from the Centennial Exhibition. Philadelphia, 1876.
Ephemera from the Centennial Exhibition. Philadelphia, 1876.
Sidney H. Riesenberg. U.S. Marines, Active Service on Land and Sea. United States, ca. 1917. Color photomechanical print.
Ephemera from the Centennial Exhibition. Philadelphia, 1876.
Ephemera from the Centennial Exhibition. Philadelphia, 1876.
Ephemera from the Centennial Exhibition. Philadelphia, 1876.
Ephemera from the Centennial Exhibition. Philadelphia, 1876.
What’s for Dinner? Pullman Dining Cars on the Central Route of the Southern Pacific Company. California, 1892.
What’s for Dinner? Pullman Dining Cars on the Central Route of the Southern Pacific Company. California, 1892.
What’s for Dinner? Pullman Dining Cars on the Central Route of the Southern Pacific Company. California, 1892.
Bill of Fare of Jackson’s Dining Rooms. Philadelphia: Samuel Loag, 1870s.
Bill of Fare of Jackson’s Dining Rooms. Philadelphia: Samuel Loag, 1870s.
Theatrical Exhibition. An Evening Brush to Sweep Away Dull Care. Pennsylvania?, ca. 1828 . Relief print.
Variety is the Spice of Life! Go and See Pettit! Philadelphia: U.S. Steam-Power Job Print, 1864.
Pennsylvania Council of Safety. In Council of Safety, Philadelphia, December 8, 1776. Philadelphia: John Dunlap, 1776.
United States Continental Army. Head-Quarters, Philadelphia, Dec. 13th, 1776. Philadelphia, 1776.
Pennsylvania Council of Safety. In Council of Safety, Philadelphia, December 23, 1776. Philadelphia: John Dunlap, 1776.
Extract of a Letter from New-Town, (Bucks County,) December 27, 1776. Philadelphia: W. and T. Bradford, 1776.