Visual Materials

Francois Gregoire & Co. enamel of America

Description: Image of an advertisement for Enamel of America sold by Francois Gregoire & Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; image of Columbia at center in crown and flowing robes with a large draped American flag.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: ©1866
Call number: priJLC_PC_003583
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: 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 view prints were transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2012.

Springfield, Mass. Fire & Marine Insurance Co

Visual Materials

Image of an advertisement for Springfield, Massachusetts, Fire & Marine Insurance Company; Columbia seated at center holding a draped American flag and a Union shield aloft an a sword and laurel crown in her other hand; globe, books, and American eagle flank her; burning city and ships at sea in background.

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Paris laundry soap : Shubart, Ehret & Co. Chicago

Visual Materials

Image of an advertisement for Paris laundry soap manufactured by Shubart, Ehret & Company, Chicago; image of an elephant draped with tapestries carrying Paris soap and several cherubs on its back being carried in an oversized shell pulled by large fish; cavorting mermen and nude women draped in flowing fabric surround the elephant.

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White shuttle sewing machines the best in the world

Visual Materials

Image of an advertisement for shuttle sewing machines by White Sewing Machine Company of Cleveland, Ohio, and sold by Levi Bange of Valley Junction, Pennsylvania; columns listing the benefits of White Shuttle machines flank a center image of a woman at home sewing at a machine below draped American flags and a bald eagle; White Shuttle factory building at bottom center flanked by images of women in robes representing industry and knowledge with sewing machines at left and right.

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Bitters S. S. Wyckoff & Co. New York

Visual Materials

Image of an advertisement for bitters sold by S. S. Wyckoff & Co. of New York, New York; allegorical woman figure wearing a liberty cap and holding laurel wreaths in each hand at center surrounded by books, ewers, sculpture, sheaves of grain, grapes, and a draped American flag; United States Capitol building in background; United States seal with eagle at bottom center.

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Eureka wringer

Visual Materials

Image of an advertisement for Eureka laundry wringers; large central image of woman in flowing robes, cape, and Liberty cap putting an American flag through a Eureka wringer on top of a globe with a large bald eagle at her side; ten smaller vignettes surrounding central image with an Uncle Sam-type salesman demonstrating and selling the Eureka wringer to people all over the world.

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Cycle cigarettes

Visual Materials

Image of an advertisement for Cycle cigarettes featuring a woman in flowing robes with ivy woven into the braids in her hair reaching towards the sun.

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Francois Gregoire & Co. enamel of America

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