Miner's shirtings - warranted fast colors, David S. Brown & Co., Philadelphia – Historic Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Miner's shirtings - warranted fast colors, David S. Brown & Co., Philadelphia, preserved in this historic print. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Miner's shirtings - warranted fast colors, David S. Brown & Co., Philadelphia
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A woodcut label advertises Miner's shirtings, a sturdy cotton cloth sold with the assurance that its colors were warranted fast, meaning they would hold up to washing and sunlight. David S. Brown & Co. of Philadelphia issued it around 1868, when the city was one of the country's leading centers of textile manufacturing and dry goods trade. Trade labels like this were pasted to bolts or packages of cloth, and their bold lettering and woodcut design were meant to catch a shopkeeper's eye and reassure buyers about quality.
| Created / published | c1868. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : woodcut. |
| Genre | Labels 1860-1870.Woodcuts 1860-1870. |
| Notes | LOT subject: Textile industry and fabrics. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by David S. Brown & Co. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,072 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-114846 |
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