The Winterthur Library

 The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum

5105 Kennett Pike, Winterthur, Delaware  19735

Telephone: 302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883

 

 

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

 

Title:               Paint samples collection

Dates:             ca. 1875-ca. 1940

Call No.:         Col. 749

Acc. No.:        [various]

Quantity:        ca. 70 items

Location:        34 A 1, and map case 6, drawer 9

 

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

 

A collection of brochures and other advertising materials which include samples of paints, stains, finishes, varnishes, enamels, glosses, lacquers, colored bronze powders, etc.  The paints advertised were for indoor or outdoor use, for homes, boats, or automobiles, for walls, floors, furniture, or appliances.  Many of the brochures have directions for using the paints, and some have suggestions for combining colors to make different colors. 

 

ORGANIZATION

 

The physical arrangement is in accession number order.

  

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

 

The materials are in English.

 

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

 

Collection is open to the public.  Copyright restrictions may apply.

           

PROVENANCE

 

Gifts and purchases from various sources.    

 

RELATED MATERIALS

 

See also Col. 214 for advertisements for paints which do not have samples, and Col. 9 for trade cards for paints which do not include samples.

 

ACCESS POINTS

 

Topics:            Paint – Prices.

                        Paint industry and trade – Catalogs.

                        Paint materials.

                        Paint – Catalogs.

                        Paint mixing.

                        Stains and staining – Catalogs.

                        Varnish and varnishing – Catalogs.

                        Advertisements – Paint.

                        Trade catalogs – Paint.

 

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION

 

 

PAINT SAMPLES

CALL NUMBER

ACCESSION NUMBER

FIRM NAME

FIRM ADDRESS

DATE

AGENT

AGENT ADDRESS

PRINTER/ENGRAVER

PRINTER/ENGRAVER ADDRESS

ITEMS ADVERTISED

SUBJECTS

DESCRIPTION

Col. 749

00x138.1

Benjamin Moore & Co.

Empire Wall Paper & Paint Co.

223 W. Water St., Syracuse, NY

Dulamel semi-gloss finish

paints

samples; color illustration of kitchen

Col. 749

00x138.2

Benjamin Moore & Co.

Paqua water paste paint

paints

samples

Col. 749

00x138.3

Benjamin Moore & Co.

Empire Wall Paper & Paint Co.

223 W. Water St., Syracuse, NY

Moore's interior gloss

paints

samples; directions for use; color illustration of room

Col. 749

00x152.2

Billings King & Co.

New York, NY; Boston, MA

U.S.N. deck paint

paints

illustration of ship; samples

Col. 749

00x152.4

Patterson-Sargent Co.

Geo. M. Harris

Binghamton, NY

Nisoron varnishes

paints

illustrated; booklet on how to select paint and colors

Col. 749

01x021.10

paint

paints

card with house and paint samples

Col. 749

01x039.1

Utica Paint Co.

55-59 N. Genesee St., Utica, NY

Sterling paints

paints

samples; directions

Col. 749

01x077.3

F.O. Pierce Co.

New York, NY

John C. Post's Sons

52 S. Division St., Buffalo, NY

regal prepared liquid paint

paints

samples; directions

Col. 749

01x095.7

Lowe Brothers

after 1893

Barnard, Porter & Viall

15-19 N. Water St., 7 Front St., Rochester, NY

high standard liquid paint

paints

samples; directions

Col. 749

01x095.8

Bridgeport Wood Finishing Co.

40 Bleecker St., New York, NY

after 1883

Granville M. Breinig

lithogen silicate paint

paints

samples; directions

Col. 749

02x004.1

Longman & Martinez

C.H. Edwards

pure paints

paints

samples

Col. 749

03x024

Ohio Varnish Co.

Cleveland, OH

O.J. Richmond & Son

Chi-namel gloss enamels, paints

paints

price list; illustrations of Asian children painting; samples

Col. 749

03x076.1a-e

Alabastine Co.

New York, NY; Grand Rapids, MI

1901

alabastine (sanitary wall coating)

paints

ad with directions for use and samples; three loose samples; envelope

Col. 749

03x139.8a-e

Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co.

Milwaukee, WI

1933

wallhide (vitolized oil paint), waterspar quick-drying enamel

paints

letter, list of stores, brochure on where to use products, and interior decorators color rule

Col. 749

05x011.1

Colonial Works

Brooklyn, NY

Jones Bros.

Lenox Ave., Oneida, NY

Flo-Flat washable flat wall paint

paints

illustrated; directions; samples

Col. 749

05x011.10, .18, .25

Devoe & Raynolds Co., Inc.

New York, NY; Chicago, IL

Devoe velour finish

paints

illustrated; samples

Col. 749

05x011.11

Muralo Co., Inc.

Staten Island, NY

ca. 1934

Mural-tone wall paint

paints

illustrated; samples

Col. 749

05x011.12

Devoe & Raynolds Co., Inc.

New York, NY; Chicago, IL

Devoe floor & deck enamel

paints

illustrated; directions; samples

Col. 749

05x011.13

Devoe & Raynolds Co., Inc.

New York, NY; Chicago, IL

Devoe floor & deck enamel

paints

illustrated; directions; samples

Col. 749

05x011.14

Devoe & Raynolds Co., Inc.

New York, NY; Chicago, IL

Dehydray flat wall paint

paints

illustrated; directions; samples

Col. 749

05x011.19

Breinig Brothers, Inc.

Hoboken, NJ

Klein Smith Coal Co.

Oneida, NY

semi-gloss finish

paints

illustrated; samples

Col. 749

05x011.2

Devoe & Raynolds Co., Inc.

New York, NY; Chicago, IL

Devoe lacquer

paints

illustrated; directions; samples

Col. 749

05x011.20

Breinig Brothers, Inc.

Hoboken, NJ

Klein Smith Coal Co.

Oneida, NY

Brilac enamels and stains

paints

illustrated; directions; samples

Col. 749

05x011.21

Patterson-Sargent Co.

Cleveland, OH; Chicago, IL; New York, NY; Kansas City

A.B. Ferris

Oneida, NY

BPS paints

paints

directions; samples

Col. 749

05x011.22

Patterson-Sargent Co.

Cleveland, OH; Chicago, IL; New York, NY; Kansas City

after 1928

A.B. Ferris

Oneida, NY

Pat-Co flat wall finish

paints

illustrated; directions; samples

Col. 749

05x011.23

Acme-White Lead & Color Works

Detroit, MI

Acme Quality Enamel-Kote

paints

illustrated; directions; samples

Col. 749

05x011.27

Devoe & Raynolds Co., Inc.

New York, NY; Chicago, IL

Devoe penetrating stain

paints

illustrated; samples

Col. 749

05x011.28

Patterson-Sargent Co.

Cleveland, OH; Chicago, IL; New York, NY; Kansas City

A.B. Ferris

Oneida, NY

BPS house paint

paints

illustrated; directions; samples

Col. 749

05x011.29

Devoe & Raynolds Co., Inc.

New York, NY; Chicago, IL

Devoe concrete floor paint

paints

illustrated; directions; samples

Col. 749

05x011.3

Devoe & Raynolds Co., Inc.

New York, NY; Chicago, IL

Devoe floor & deck enamel

paints

illustrated; directions; samples

Col. 749

05x011.30

Patterson-Sargent Co.

Cleveland, OH; Chicago, IL; New York, NY; Kansas City

1932

BPS paint products

paints

illustrated; samples

Col. 749

05x011.31

Pratt & Lambert-Inc.

New York, NY; Buffalo, NY; Chicago, IL; Fort Erie, Ontario

Browne-Davis Inc.

141 Main St., Oneida, NY

paint products

paints

illustrated; samples

Col. 749

05x011.32

Martin Varnish Co.

900 West 49th Place, Chicago, IL

Amberlyte pure alkyd enamels

paints

samples

Col. 749

05x011.4

Devoe & Raynolds Co., Inc.

New York, NY; Chicago, IL

Devoe mirrolac stains in varnish

paints

illustrated; directions; samples

Col. 749

05x011.5

Gerstendorfer Bros.

New York, NY

Sapolin colored bronze powders

paints

samples

Col. 749

05x011.6

Klein-Smith Coal Co.

302 East Walnut St., Oneida, NY

1937

Breinig Bros. paint products

paints

illustrated; samples

Col. 749

05x011.7

Devoe & Raynolds Co., Inc.

New York, NY; Chicago, IL

Devoe mirrolac enamel

paints

illustrated; directions; samples

Col. 749

05x011.8

U.S. Gutta Percha Paint Co.

12 Dudley St., Providence, RI

Barreled Sunlight tinting colors

paints

samples; directions

Col. 749

05x011.9

Patterson-Sargent Co.

Oneida, NY

A.B. Ferris

Oneida, NY

BPS paints, enamels, finishes

paints

illustrated; samples

Col. 749

05x066.1

Wadsworth, Howland & Co.

Boston, MA

George Helfrich & Sons

Ramsey & Stricker Sts., Blatimore, MD

Bay State in-or-out enamel

paints

illustrated; samples; directions

Col. 749

05x066.2

Sherwin-Williams Co.

Cleveland, OH

Enameloid

paints

illustrated; samples; directions

Col. 749

05x066.3

Wadsworth, Howland & Co.

Boston, MA

George Helfrich & Sons

1040 W. Baltimore St., Baltimore, MD

Bay State Dultint

paints

illustrated; samples; directions

Col. 749

06x064.1

Alabastine Co.

Grand Rapids, MI

ca. 1882

Alabastine wall finish

paints

samples; directions; suggestions; prices; testimonials

Col. 749

06x143.1

Benjamin Moore & Co.

New York, NY

Gould & Cutler

Boston, MA

Muresco wall finish

paints

samples

Col. 749

06x143.2

Benjamin Moore & Co.

New York, NY

Muresco wall finish

paints

samples; directions for using and mixing; suggestions

Col. 749

06x143.7

A. Wilhelm Co.

Reading, PA

Anchor iron oxide paint

paints

samples

Col. 749

07x090.9

F.O. Pierce Co.

12 West Broadway, New York, NY

Hay's

Portland, MA

Knickerbocker deck paint

paints

samples

Col. 749

08x097.21

John Maxwell & Co.

1420 S. Front St., Philadelphia, PA

Maxwell's gypsum paint

paints

samples; testimonials; prices; list of users

Col. 749

08x097.30

T.H. Nevin & Co.

Pittsburgh, PA

1884

Shaw & Ruhlman

Cardington, OH

Pioneer prepared paints

paints

illustration of farm; samples; rule for measurement; directions

Col. 749

11x019.6

A. Wilhelm Co.

Reading, PA

Royalcote 4 hour enamel

paints

samples; directions for use; color illustration of Asian woman painting small object.

Col. 749

11x065.10

Bridgeport Wood Finishing Co.

New Milford, CT

1891

Charles Richardson & Co.

85 Oliver St., Boston, MA

Breinig's lithogen silicate paint

paints

samples

Col. 749

11x065.11

Harrison Bros. & Co.

117 Fulton St., New York, NY

1877

Town & Country ready mixed paints

paints

Prices, selection of colors, directions for use, samples, illustration of factory.

Col. 749

13x034.6

Boston Varnish Co.

Boston, MA

Kyanize floor finish

paints

color illustrations, samples

Col. 749

13x034.7

Acme White Lead & Color Works

Detroit, MI

Enamel-Kote

paints

color illustration; samples, directions

Col. 749

13x034.8

A. Wilhelm Co.

Reading, PA

ca. 1923

Treman, King & Co.

Ithaca, NY

Royal Machine mixed liquid paint

paints

samples

Col. 749

13x083

Alabastine Co.

Grand Rapids, MI

W.H. Boyenton & Co.

Hampton, VA

Church's Improved Alabastine

paints

directions, samples

Col. 749

16x011.7

Devoe & Raynolds Co.

Chicago, IL; New York, NY

Eugene P. Hawkins

24 N. Park Ave., Rockville Center

Devoe house paint

paints

illustrated; samples; directions

Col. 749

16x049

National Chemical & Mfg. Co.

Chicago, IL; Brooklyn, NY

Regal Paint Store

511 Landis Ave., Vineland, NJ

Luminall paint

paints

brochure with short course in interior decorating showing different rooms; samples

Col. 749

16x070.17

Alabastine Co.

Grand Rapids, MI

Alabastine water colors for walls

paints

illustrated; samples

Col. 749

16x097.28

Martin-Senour Co.

Chicago, IL; Lincoln, NE; Brooklyn, NY; Los Angeles, CA

Kolor-Brite quick drying decorative enamel

paints

illustrated; samples; suggestions; instructions

Col. 749

73x311

Harrison Bros. & Co.

105 S. Front St., Philadelphia, PA

ca. 1877

Ackerman (E)

"Town & Country" paints

paints

colored litho with paint samples attached; description of medals at Columbian Exposition; prices; directions for use

Col. 749

93x053.10

Benjamin Moore & Co.

New York, NY

[1890-1919]

Claud Miller

Pen Argyl, PA

color varnish

paints

color illustrations of bedroom and samples of varnish; directions for use

Col. 749

93x053.11

Benjamin Moore & Co.

New York, NY

[1890-1919]

dulamel semi-gloss finish

paints

color illustration of kitchen and samples of paint

Col. 749

94x055.1

Seeley Bros.

E.F. Ramsland

Westby, WI

Averill paint

paints

includes 35 paint samples

Col. 749

96x034.1

W.W. Lawrence & Co.

Pittsburgh, PA

W.B. Quigley

Mottville, NY

Lawrence varnish floor enamel paint

paints

color illustration of woman painting floor; samples

Col. 749

96x034.2

W.W. Lawrence & Co.

Pittsburgh, PA

W.B. Quigley

Mottville, NY

Lawrence paints

paints

illustrated; direction for use; samples

Col. 749

96x034.8

Carpenter-Morton Co.

after 1886

Campbell's varnish stain

paints

color illustrations; samples; directions for use

Col. 749

96x034.9

Utica Paint Co.

55-59 N. Genesee St., Utica, NY

W.B. Quigley

Mottville, NY

Utica liquid paints

paints

directions for use; samples

Col. 749

97x118

Alabastine Co.

New York, NY; Grand Rapids, MI

ca. 1880

Sackett, Wilhelms & Betzig (E)

45-51 Rose St., New York, NY

alabastine (coating)

paints

samples

Col. 749

97x137

Longman & Martinez

New York, NY

ca. 1885-1890

pure paints

paints

illustrated; samples; how to estimate in English & German

Col. 749

98x013.2

Paintex Co.

New York, NY

General Ptg. Corp. (P)

Fort Wayne, IN

textile paints

paints

samples

Col. 749

98x013.3a-d

R.F. Johnston Paint Co.

Cincinnati, OH

1918

Krakno paints

paints

price list, envelope, order form & sample card

Col. 749

98x055

Bradley White Lead Co.

P.& C.M. Williams

13 State St., New London, CT

white lead colors

paints

sample cards

Col. 749 map case 6 drawer 9

08x045

Longman & Martinez

NY

pure paints

paints

samples

Col. 749 map case 6 drawer 9

09x024

Western Paint & Roofing Co.

Cincinnati, OH

after 1870

U.T. Thorn

Rising Sun, IN

Jones' non-corrosive paints

paints

large broadside with 20 samples

Collection 749

2018x021.3

Detroit White Lead Works

Detroit, Michigan

Rogers' varnish stains

Paints

Sample card

Collection 749

2018x024.16

Boston Varnish Company

Boston, Massachusetts

Niagara Litho. Co.

Boston, Massachusetts

Kyanize floor finish

Paints

Sample cards

Collection 749

2019x005.3a

Benjamin Moore & Co.

New York, New York

B.M. & Co.

United States

Muresco white and tints

Paints

Sample card

Collection 749

2019x005.3b

Benjamin Moore & Co.

New York, New York

Muresco white and tints

Paints

Sample card

Collection 749

2019x005.3c

Sherwin Williams

Cleveland, Ohio

H.E. Mason & Sons

Delhi, New York

Floor enamel

Paints

Sample card

Collection 749

2019x005.3d

Sherwin Williams

Cleveland, Ohio

H.E. Mason & Sons

Delhi, New York

Porch and deck paint

Paints

Sample card

Collection 749

2019x005.3e

John Lucas & Company, Inc.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Luco-kwik four hour enamel

Paints

Sample card

Collection 749

2019x005.3f

Valspar Corporation

386 Fourth Avenue, New York, New York

Super Valspar

Paints

Sample card

Collection 749

2019x076.11

Larkin Co.

Buffalo, New York

Ready mixed house paints, floor paints, and clear and colored varnishes

Paints

Sample card

Collection 749

2019x076.12a

Murphy Varnish Company

Newark, New Jersey

Laclede Mfg. Co.

Buffalo, New York

Murphy vari-use enamel

Paints

Sample card

Collection 749

2019x076.12b

Murphy Varnish Company

Newark, New Jersey

Murphy permanent brushing stain

Paints

Sample card

Collection 749

2019x076.12c

Murphy Varnish Company

Newark, New Jersey

Laclede Mfg. Co.

Buffalo, New York

Murphy exterior paint

Paints

Sample card

Collection 749

2019x076.12d

Murphy Varnish Company

Newark, New Jersey

Laclede Mfg. Co.

Buffalo, New York

Murphy vari-use gloss

Paints

Sample card