Visual Materials

Series III. Printing-related companies

Description: This series contains approximately 1,000 billheads and letterheads from printing and publishing companies and related businesses. The billheads and letterheads include transactional information, correspondence, and promotional advertisements from printing-related companies. Items from various job printers, publishers, stationers, lithograph companies and engraving companies throughout the world are included.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1840-1933
Call number: priBulkley
Creator: Bulkley, Jonathan D(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jonathan D. Bulkley, December 2011.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Series I. United States

Visual Materials

This series contains approximately 33,500 billheads and letterheads from various manufacturers and companies within the fifty U.S. states.

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This series contains approximately 1,500 billheads and letterheads from international manufacturers and companies. Materials in the Europe binder include items from Austria, Czech Republic/Slovakia, Hungary, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and more. Materials in the World binder include items from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Columbia, Cuba, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and more.

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Ohio: Cleveland P-Z, by company. Columbus A-B, by company

Visual Materials

The Jonathan D. Bulkley collection of illustrated billheads and letterheads contains about 36,000 billheads, letterheads, flyers, and other ephemera relating to commerce and industry in the United States from 1758 to 1952, with the bulk of the items dating from 1840 to 1910. While most of the items document products or services manufactured by American companies, countries such as Cuba, France, Great Britain, Germany, and Mexico are represented as well. Imagery and text on the materials pertain to the history of production, finance, consumerism, and advertising. Many of the items include graphic logos, decorative images of views of storefronts and factories, and detailed representations of the various products manufactured for sale. Typography on the materials also include visual motifs of varying text styles and printing techniques. The collection contains items that are both engraved, as well as lithographed. Some of the recurrent printers and lithographers of items in the collection include: Baldwin & Gleason Co.; Geo. D. Barnard & Co.; Britton & Rey; J.H. Bufford's Sons; Calvert Lithography Co.; Clay & Richmond; Cosack & Company; H.S. Crocker & Co.; George F. Frauenberger; Fuchs & Lang Manufacturing Co.; A. Gast & Co.; Gies & Co.; Gillies Lithographing and Printing Co.; Heinecke-Fiegel Lithographing Co.; Henderson Lithographing Co.; A. Hoen & Co.; Krebs Lithographing Co.; Charles Magnus & Co.; Mayer & Merkel; W.J. Morgan & Co.; J. Ottmann Lithographing Co.; Henry Seibert & Brothers; Sage, Sons & Co.; and Sarony, Major & Knapp.

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Pennsylvania: Philadelphia A-B, by company

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Washington, D.C.: A-Z, by company

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Wisconsin: Milwaukee A-Z, by company

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Series III. Printing-related companies

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Series I. United States

Series II. Other countries

Ohio: Cleveland P-Z, by company. Columbus A-B, by company

Pennsylvania: Philadelphia A-B, by company

Washington, D.C.: A-Z, by company

Wisconsin: Milwaukee A-Z, by company