Form: Advertising cards - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Extent:: 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: This collection includes advertising ephemera about cleaning, laundry, and kitchen products, mostly marketed to women who managed their own home.

Held at: Free Library of Philadelphia: Rare Book Department [Contact Us]

Extent:: 0 linear ft. (1 linear feet)
Abstract:: The collection is composed of three scrapbooks compiled by Sarah Coates Harris, Quaker reformer and naturalist of Galena, Illinois. Scrapbook 1 contains newspaper clippings that reflect Harris' activities in horticultural, temperance, suffrage, and other civic endeavors as well as biographical information about her husband and local history. Scrapbook 2 contains botanical cards organized by the month of flowering and a small number of images of the Gould Mine in Nevada. Scrapbook 3 contains her collection of lithographed trade and greeting cards.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

Extent:: 1 volume (39 x 32 cm) and 4 oversize removal
Abstract:: The C. B. Cottrell & Sons Co. printing specimens and trade catalogs includes approximately 133 items related to this printing press manufacturer spanning the period 1874 to 1910. Items found in the collection include trade catalogs, advertising cards, broadside and leaflet advertisements, blank stationery, memoranda, ledger sheets, invoices, receipts, and other printing specimens, and other materials related to the business.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

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