THE EPHEMERA OF BUSINESS

Ever since I won a lot of paper that had some old newspapers in it I have been facsinated with old advertisements. I think this is an under appreciated area. Recently I won a lot of pharmacy medical magazines entitled The Druggist Circular. There are lots of great advertisements in this lot. Here are a few below.  1878 The Druggist Circular - a magazine for pharmacists R. Low, Son & Haydon ad for soap with packaging examples. Petrolina ad for the Binghamton Oil Refining Co. great ad of storm and lightening. Davidson Rubber Co. of Boston MA feeding bottle. Dr. Kilmer's famous ad of the human body - trade cards of this sell for lots of  money. Dr. Kilmer store graphic ad and price list. Pappoose cigar advertisement.

A very popular subject that sells well on ebay. 1828 billhead top London - Taylor fishing tackle maker 1831 billhead top London - AR Jacobs  1868 billhead C. Bradburn & Co. Cleveland OH  1874 billhead Moore & Son Ellenville NY 1875 billhead Barton & Co. New York NY 1881 billhead Bradford & Anthony Boston MA 1881 billhead Gilbert Bailey Portland ME 1881 letterhead George A. Graves Springfield MA 1885 billhead Andrew Hendryx New Haven CT 1895 billhead Tracey, Wells & Co. Columbus OH 1899 billhead Sidney R. Baxter & Co. Boston MA 1899 billhead JW Tuttle & Co. Plattsburgh NY 1899 letterhead Miller, Sloss & Scott San Francisco CA 1903 billhead JC Schmidt & Son Memphis TN 1903 letterhead Marshall Wells Hardware Co. Duluth MN 1904 billhead Dame, Stoddard & Co.  Boston MA 1904 billhead Abbey & Imbrie New York NY 1905 billhead Wm Frank Hardware C...

1821 billhead Thomas Greene ironmonger, brazier and tinman dealer in nails, cutlery, lechs, files, edge tools of Stourbridge UK. Great graphics. 1932 billhead Jones & Kirk linen and woollen drapers of Hull UK. I like the sheep in the background.

1869 Bliss & Perkins gas fixtures 1887 Maurice Goggin pieced tin ware. 1869 Baxter & Vinal masons.

I have had no luck finding personal information on Howell Evans a printer in Philadelphia. Here are some billheads and other printed items for Evans. Painting of Howell Evans working at his print shop. Trade card for Evans.

1923 Buffalo Wire Works Co. Buffalo NY. 1908 letterhead Buffalo Lounge Co. Buffalo NY. 1900 letterhead Buffalo Brewing Company Sacramento CA. 1894 billhead Buffalo Candy Company Buffalo NY. 1927 letterhead Pioneer Glass and Paint Company Omaha NE. 1891 billhead The R. Ovens Bakery Buffalo NY. 1890 billhead Nevin & Orr gloves and mittens Buffalo NY.

In 1774 and the Spring of 1775 Paul Revere was employed by the Boston Committee of Correspondence and the Massachusetts Committee of Safety as an express rider to carry news, messages, and copies of resolutions as far away as New York and Philadelphia.  On the evening of April 18, 1775, Paul Revere was sent for by Dr. Joseph Warren and instructed to ride to Lexington, Massachusetts, to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that British troops were marching to arrest them. After being rowed across the Charles River to Charlestown by two associates, Paul Revere borrowed a horse from his friend Deacon John Larkin. While in Charlestown, he verified that the local "Sons of Liberty" committee had seen his pre-arranged signals. (Two lanterns had been hung briefly in the bell-tower of Christ Church in Boston, indicating that troops would row "by sea" across the Charles River to Cambridge, rather than marching "by land" out Boston Neck. Revere had arranged fo...