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Katharine Wistar Elkinton letter to Howard W. Elkinton
Title:
Katharine Wistar Elkinton letter to Howard W. Elkinton
Description:
Discusses the new furniture acquisitions. Reports the deaths of Walter Stokes and of Hettie Green. Discusses an article in the Atlantic by professor Abraham Flexner arguing that building "mental discipline" is a poor basis from which to justify the teaching of Latin, geometry, and other subjects he considers useless.
Date:
1916-07-03
Collection:
Elkinton Family papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Hale, Kilburn & Co. Champion Folding Bed and Crib
Title:
Hale, Kilburn & Co. Champion Folding Bed and Crib
Description:
Advertisement for Hale, Kilburn & Co., sole manufacturers of the prize medal Champion Folding Bed & Crib.
Date:
(approximate) 1880 - (approximate) 1910
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Jacob Grell, Bronzing in all Varieties
Title:
Jacob Grell, Bronzing in all Varieties
Description:
Advertisement for Jacob Grell, Bronzing in all Varieties. This is the only card in the collection for this business. The date comes from a handwritten note on back of this card for an order.
Date:
1889
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
The Cowperthwaits' Home Furnishers & Interior Decorators' Screen Room Divider
Title:
The Cowperthwaits' Home Furnishers & Interior Decorators' Screen Room Divider
Description:
Advertisement for a triptych dividing screen with illustrations of women on each panel.
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Meyer & Warne, Manufacturers of All Kinds of Silver Plated Ware
Title:
Meyer & Warne, Manufacturers of All Kinds of Silver Plated Ware
Description:
Advertisement for Meyer & Warne, Manufacturers of All Kinds of Silver Plated Ware. This is the only card in the collection for this business.
Date:
1857
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Sheppard, Arrison & Sheppard
Title:
Sheppard, Arrison & Sheppard
Description:
Advertisement for Sheppard, Arrison & Sheppard. This is the only card in the collection for this business. The card can be dated based on information in the Gopsill's Philadelphia directories. The company's name changed in 1893. Card with illustration of a ship making its way through the ice.
Date:
1883 - 1895
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
American Watches and Jewelry on Exhibition and for Sale
Title:
American Watches and Jewelry on Exhibition and for Sale
Description:
Advertisement for American Watches and Jewelry on Exhibition and for Sale;. This is the only card in the collection for this business. Card with illustration of a dog pulling a sled across the snow, away from two figures.
Date:
1870 - 1900
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Wm. Sanderson's Chair Wareroom
Title:
Wm. Sanderson's Chair Wareroom
Description:
Advertisement for Wm. Sanderson's Chair Wareroom. This is the only card in the collection for this business.
Date:
1800 - 1860
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Spiro & Company Manufacturers of Fine Plush Goods
Title:
Spiro & Company Manufacturers of Fine Plush Goods
Description:
Advertisement for Spiro & Company Manufacturers of Fine Plush Goods. This is the only card in the collection for this business. The date comes from a handwritten note on the back of this card for an order.
Date:
1894
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
A. Heineman, Men's Fine Furnishing Goods
Title:
A. Heineman, Men's Fine Furnishing Goods
Description:
Advertisement for A. Heineman, Men's Fine Furnishing Goods. This is the only card in the collection for this business. Card with illustration of a young boy holding a rope, while standing on the back of a flying insect.
Date:
1885 - 1900
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Gregson, Upholder, &c.
Title:
Gregson, &c.
Description:
Advertisement for Gregson, Upholder, &c. This is the only card in the collection for this business. Card with illustration of an architectural structure with a Greek sphinx.
Date:
1780 - 1820
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
W. B. Barns, Wholesale and Retail Venition Blind Manufactory
Title:
W. B. Barns, Wholesale and Retail Venetian Blind Manufactory
Description:
Advertisement for W. B. Barns, Wholesale and Retail Venetian Blind Manufactory. This is the only card in the collection for this business. Handwritten note and signature of W. B. Barns on the back of the card for an order.
Date:
1846
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
It Was a Darling, So it Was (Mrs. Potts Patent Irons)
Title:
It Was a Darling, So it Was (Mrs. Potts Patent Irons)
Description:
Advertisement for It Was a Darling, So it Was (Mrs. Potts Patent Irons). This is the only card for this product in the collection. The front features parents adoring an iron-headed child, with the company's Philadelphia factory in the background. The reverse advertises a store in Chicago where these irons were sold. Mrs. Potts patented her iron in 1871, and so the card dates from after this period. Her irons were sold by mail through the Wells & Nellegar company of Chicago, Illinois.
Date:
1871 - 1900
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
John Nicholson business card
Title:
John Nicholson business card
Description:
Business card for John Nicholson, Upholder, Appraiser, and Undertaker. This is the only card in the collection for this business.
Date:
1800 - 1900
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Furber, Cabinet Manufacturer trade card
Title:
Furber, Cabinet Manufacturer trade card
Description:
Trade card advertisement for Furber Cabinet Manufacturers. This is the only card in the collection for this business. The date is an estimate based on the card stating, by appointment to Her Majesty. Queen Victoria reigned during this time.
Date:
1840 - 1900
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Henry & Peak, Cutlery, Iron, Steel, Tinware, Stoves, Hardware
Title:
Henry & Peak, Hardware
Description:
Advertisement for Henry & Peak, Cutlery, Iron, Steel, Tinware, Stoves, Hardware. The collection has two copies of this card. The date of the card is unknown, but the axe head illustration (William Mann, Lewistown, Pennsylvania) notes a patent date of 1868.
Date:
1868 - 1900
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Cattell & Craig, House and Sign Painters and Glass Stainers
Title:
Cattell & Craig, House and Sign Painters and Glass Stainers
Description:
Advertisement for Cattell & Craig, House and Sign Painters and Glass Stainers. This is one of two cards in the collection for this business. The date comes from a handwritten note on the back of this card for an order.
Date:
1851
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Samuel W. Cattell, House and Sign Painter and Glass Stainer
Title:
Samuel W. Cattell, House and Sign Painter and Glass Stainer
Description:
Advertisement for Samuel W. Cattell, House and Sign Painter and Glass Stainer. This is one of two cards in the collection for this business. The date comes from a handwritten note on the back of this card for an order.
Date:
1852
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
A. R. Howbert, Wholesale & Retail Dealer in Books, Stationery, Wall Paper, Musical Instruments, & c.
Title:
A. R. Howbert, Wholesale & Retail Dealer in Books, & c.
Description:
Advertisement for A. R. Howbert, Wholesale & Retail Dealer in Books, Stationery, Wall Paper, Musical Instruments, & c. This is the only card in the collection for A. R. Howbert's wholesale and retail business. The card was apparently printed by Gibson & Company of Cincinnati (or New York). Card with illustration of flowers.
Date:
1877
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Cabinet Maker, Upholsterer, Undertaker (J. Humberstone)
Title:
Cabinet Maker, Undertaker (J. Humberstone)
Description:
Advertisement for J. Humberstone Cabinet Maker, Upholsterer, Undertaker. This is the only card in the collection for this business. Card with illustration of furniture.
Date:
1850 - 1900
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection

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