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Whereas, I, George P. Helfrish of Boston in the state of Massachusetts

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Description
Image of the United States Patent Office in Washington, D.C., at the top of a letters patent certificate transferring letters patent for "improvement in plates or dishes" from George P. Helfrish to lithographer Louis Prang; seal with witness signatures below.
Type
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Date
1881
Call number
priJLC_PRG_002321
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. The bulk of the Louis Prang archive was transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2012.
Restrictions
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Associated people
Allen, Grace Barton. (1823-1903.)
Anderson, Sophie, (1815-1885.)
Ansdell, Richard, (1822-1898.)
Bartholomew, William N. (1842-)
Bensell, Edmund Birckhead, (1830-1902.)
Bierstadt, Albert, (1837-1908.)
Bleischwitz, J. (1834-1923.)
Bonsall, M. W. (1831-1913.)
Borsigian, B. H. (1850-1936.)
Bricher, Alfred Thompson, (1817-1907.)
Bridges, Fidelia, (1842-1924.)
Brown, John George, (1816-1890.)
Brown, Matilda. (1489?-1534.)
Brownscombe, Jennie Augusta, (1853-1894.)
Bruith, A. (1832-1895.)
Callowhill, James. (1822-1895.)
Callowhill, Sidney. (1819-1914.)
Chamberlin, Grace M. (1796-1886.)
Champney, Benjamin, (1824 or 1825-1896.)
Church, Frederick S. (1838-1874.)
Comins, Elizabeth B. (-1900.)
Coomans, J. (1850-1913.)
Correggio, (1811-1894.)
Cruickshank, W. (1828-1901.)
Davidson, Julian Oliver, (1829-1908.)
De Haas, Mauritz Frederik Hendrik, (1859-1952.)
Dougal, William H., (1824-1906.)
Duffield, Mary Elizabeth, (1864-1931.)
Durand, A. B. (1832-1920.)
Edmonds, S. C. (1861-1929.)
Eglau, (1839-1908.)
Fausel, D. (1802-1873.)
Ferguson, H. A. (1855-1911.)
Field, L. B. (1813-1886.)
Fisher, Ellen T. (active 1857-1875.)
Fortuny, Mariano, (1840-1901.)
Gifford, John, (1854-1913.)
Girardet, Eugene. (1853-1921.)
Granbery, V. (1840-1902.)
Harlow, Louis K. (1837-1898.)
Harring, W. (1851-1919.)
Hart, James McDougal, (1842-1935.)
Hart, Mary Theresa. (1854-1932.)
Hatfield (1850-)
Hill, Thomas, (1782 or 1783-1841.)
Hills, Laura Coombs, (1849-1924.)
Johnson, Eastman, (-1929.)
Jourdain, Henri, (1857-1926.)
Key, John Ross, (1861-1945.)
Klein, Catharina, (1829-1906.)
Knobel, Edward, (1819-1905.)
Landseer, Edwin, (1848-1930.)
Lautenberger, Ferd. (1847-1915.)
Lee, J. (1808-1887.)
Longpré, Paul de, (1840-1902.)
Marecek, Frank J. (1839-1923.)
Mazzanovich, J. (1846-1919.)
Metz, Aug. C. (1844-1919.)
Meyer, A. C. (1852-1923.)
Meyer, Johann Georg,
Moore, Nina,
Moradei, Arturo,
Moser, James Henry,
Murphy, John Francis,
Nast, Thomas,
Niles, George E.,
Nowak, E.,
Nowell, Annie C.
Ochtman, Leonard.
Palmer, Walter Launt,
Parker, Elizabeth F.
Parsons, A. Wilde.
Penniman, John Ritto,
Pilule.
Pope, Alexander,
Post, May Audubon,
Rebholtz, WIlliam.
Rhead, Louis,
Rigby, Burnham.
Rigolot, A.
Robinson, Will S.,
Ryan, C.
Sandorff, G.
Schroeder, Friedrich
Stone, Benjamin Bellows Grant,
Stumm, Maud.
Tait, Arthur Fitzwilliam,
Thulstrup, Thure de,
Turner, Ross,
Tyler, James G.
Wyngaerdt, A. J. van
Vibert, J. G.
Wagner, E.
Wagner, K.
Waugh, Ida,
Welch, Thaddeus,
Wells, Newton A.
Whitney, Olive E.
Associated organizations
Annin & Smith.
Bee Publishing Co.
C.C. Corbett & Co.
J.E. Purdy & Co. (Boston, Mass.)
L. Prang & Co.
Lamson, Wolffe & Co.
National Bank Note Company.
Prang Company.
Prang Educational Company.
Scientific Pub. Co. (New York, N.Y.)
Taber Prang Art Co.
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