Image of a leaflet advertising holiday goods available for purchase at Charles W. Neeld & Co. Prices and promotional information about the products are listed. Print was folded, with four printed pages total, two on verso and two on recto. Recto includes four vignettes of bicycles and wagons on the right page, and the left page includes nine vignettes of products ranging from washing machines, to carpet sweepers, rocking-horses, baby carriages, and more. Interior verso pages include images of sleds, wagons, desks, easels, and tool chests also available for sale. Probable date based on history of items (Boss washing machine 1889; Bissell Grand Rapids carpet sweeper 1890). "Chas W. Neeld. Edwin S. Titus." --text, top of recto. "Chas. W. Neeld & Co. Holiday Goods. 609 Market Street. Philadelphia, Pa. Prices quoted on application." --text, top of recto. "Chas. W. Neeld & Co., 609 Market Street, Philadelphia." --text, top of verso. "Crench." --text, below engraving of iron wheel barrow on recto. "Hollenberg. Phila." --text, below engraving of shoo-fly horses on recto, below engraving of toy cart on verso.
Type
image
Extent
1 engraving : uncolored ; overall 36.35 x 55.56 cm (14 5/16 x 21 7/8 in.)
Selling--Furniture Selling--Toys Advertising--Bicycle industry Advertising--Toys Charles W. Neeld & Co Advertisements. (gmgpc) Intaglio prints--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Place
Philadelphia (Pa.)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Sports & Leisure Large Size The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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