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Platt & Washburn Refining Co. advertising cards
Title
[Platt & Washburn Refining Co. advertising cards].
Production
New York, New York : Platt & Washburn Refining Co., [1890s]
Physical Description
25 cards : lithographs ; cards 7 x 15 cm
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
Place of creation from versos.
Date supplied by cataloger.
Accompanied by an envelope with the name “Mrs. True.”
Captions in English.
Provenance
Gift of Michael Vinson, 2015.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Biographical / Historical Note
The Platt & Washburn Refining Co. was organized in as a corporation in New Jersey in 1885 and was dissolved by 1918. It manufactured greases and compounding oils.
Summary
Advertising cards published by Platt & Washburn Refining Co. with lithographs produced by Ward Brothers of Portland, Oregon; Seattle and Tacoma, Washington; and Los Angeles, Pasadena, San Diego, and San Francisco, California. Cards promote the company’s “specialty 'magic wool' oil.”
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 23, 2021
References
Platt & Washburn Refining Co. Advertising Cards. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Cite as
Platt & Washburn Refining Co. Advertising Cards. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Advertising cards.
Lithographs.
Also listed under
Ward Brothers (Columbus, Ohio), lithographer.
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