Visual Materials

Cheney Brothers' silks

Description: Image of a shield with the initials "C.B." under an image of a cow's head and an oversized length of silk thread with banners above and below advertising Cheney Brother's silks.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1864-1869
Call number: priJLC_FASH_001620
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress.

Ask for our stand by silk umbrella Hirsh & Bro. makers

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Image of an umbrella above a shield that reads "Trade Mark" between a pair of antlered deer rearing with front hooves on shield; three women in feathered hats and bonnets trimmed with ribbons pictured above.

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Hamburg American Packet Company. Imperial German U.S. mail steamships

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Image of a steamsship sailing the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by promotional text advertising the Hamburg American Packet Company steamship routes, including lines from New York City to France, England, and various locations in Germany; decorative borders and banners with text surround the image; "H.A.P.A.G." on shield surrounded by flags at top center.

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President Lincoln & cabinet

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Image of a set of portraits of United States president Abraham Lincoln and the six men of his cabinet in a Union shield frame with stars and stripes: Secretary of War Simon Cameron, Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase, Secretary of State William H. Seward, Postmaster General Montgomery Blair, Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Interior C.B. Smith, and Attorney General Edward Bates.

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Haverly’s Genuine Colored Minstrels

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Image of a minstrel blackface marching band, drum major, and an officer on a horse carrying a sword performing outdoors with banners labeled "Haverly's Genuine Colored Minstrels."

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J. & P. Coats best six-cord spool cotton, for hand and machine

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Image of a woman with a small dog indoors in an advertisement for J. & P. Coats cotton thread; the dog is playing with a spool of thread on the floor while the woman pulls on the length of thread attached to her embroidery project that is unwinding from the spool on the floor; the room is finely furnished, including a brocade settee, patterned screens, a bearskin rug and woven rug on the floor, and an ornamental plat stand.

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Golden sheaf bitters

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Image of the goddess Columbia with an American flag, bald eagle, and liberty cap at the center of an advertisement for Golden Sheaf Bitters; sheaves of grain and blank banners for text at left and right.

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