Description

Series of illustrated trade cards containing "Fishing" showing a couple fishing in a rowboat with a pet dog that has its head in their picnic basket; "Caught on the fly" depicting a man attached to the hook of his own fishing rod as he stands next to a stream; "We met by chance, or waiting for the swell" showing a man floating on a wave in the ocean and colliding with a woman as she stands in the ocean near other women and children; "What are the wild waves saying sister?" depicting a man in overalls and a wide-brimmed hat standing next to a nun looking out at the ocean; "Oh, come and see us" showing a group of children standing in a pond jeering at an older man who stands on dry land in the foreground; and "Scoot, brother scoot!" depicting an African American boy and girl scurrying from the approaching waves of the ocean. Leavenworth & Dikeman, the partnership between Elisha Leavenworth and Nathan Dikeman, operated in Waterbury, Connecticut between 1850-1890.; Four prints [P.9828.7033-7036] printed by Phoenix Card Co., N.Y.; Forms part of the William H. Helfand Patent Medicine Trade Card Collection.

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The Library Company of Philadelphia

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PA Digital