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
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PAINT
SAMPLES |
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CALL
NUMBER |
ACCESSION
NUMBER |
FIRM
NAME |
FIRM
ADDRESS |
DATE |
AGENT |
AGENT
ADDRESS |
PRINTER/ENGRAVER |
PRINTER/ENGRAVER
ADDRESS |
ITEMS
ADVERTISED |
SUBJECTS |
DESCRIPTION |
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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 |
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Col. 749 |
00x138.2 |
Benjamin Moore & Co. |
Paqua water
paste paint |
paints |
samples |
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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 |
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Col. 749 |
00x152.2 |
Billings King & Co. |
New York, NY; Boston, MA |
U.S.N. deck paint |
paints |
illustration of ship; samples |
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Col. 749 |
00x152.4 |
Patterson-Sargent Co. |
Geo. M. Harris |
Binghamton, NY |
Nisoron
varnishes |
paints |
illustrated; booklet on how to select paint and colors |
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Col. 749 |
01x021.10 |
paint |
paints |
card with house and paint samples |
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Col. 749 |
01x039.1 |
Utica Paint Co. |
55-59 N. Genesee St., Utica, NY |
Sterling paints |
paints |
samples; directions |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Col. 749 |
02x004.1 |
Longman & Martinez |
C.H. Edwards |
pure paints |
paints |
samples |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Col. 749 |
05x011.1 |
Colonial Works |
Brooklyn, NY |
Jones Bros. |
Lenox Ave., Oneida, NY |
Flo-Flat washable flat wall paint |
paints |
illustrated; directions; samples |
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Col. 749 |
05x011.10, .18, .25 |
Devoe & Raynolds Co., Inc. |
New York, NY; Chicago, IL |
Devoe velour
finish |
paints |
illustrated; samples |
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Col. 749 |
05x011.11 |
Muralo Co.,
Inc. |
Staten Island, NY |
ca. 1934 |
Mural-tone wall paint |
paints |
illustrated; samples |
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Col. 749 |
05x011.12 |
Devoe & Raynolds Co., Inc. |
New York, NY; Chicago, IL |
Devoe floor
& deck enamel |
paints |
illustrated; directions; samples |
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Col. 749 |
05x011.13 |
Devoe & Raynolds Co., Inc. |
New York, NY; Chicago, IL |
Devoe floor
& deck enamel |
paints |
illustrated; directions; samples |
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Col. 749 |
05x011.14 |
Devoe & Raynolds Co., Inc. |
New York, NY; Chicago, IL |
Dehydray flat
wall paint |
paints |
illustrated; directions; samples |
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Col. 749 |
05x011.19 |
Breinig
Brothers, Inc. |
Hoboken, NJ |
Klein Smith Coal Co. |
Oneida, NY |
semi-gloss finish |
paints |
illustrated; samples |
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Col. 749 |
05x011.2 |
Devoe & Raynolds Co., Inc. |
New York, NY; Chicago, IL |
Devoe
lacquer |
paints |
illustrated; directions; samples |
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Col. 749 |
05x011.20 |
Breinig
Brothers, Inc. |
Hoboken, NJ |
Klein Smith Coal Co. |
Oneida, NY |
Brilac
enamels and stains |
paints |
illustrated; directions; samples |
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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 |
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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 |
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Col. 749 |
05x011.23 |
Acme-White Lead & Color Works |
Detroit, MI |
Acme Quality Enamel-Kote |
paints |
illustrated; directions; samples |
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Col. 749 |
05x011.27 |
Devoe & Raynolds Co., Inc. |
New York, NY; Chicago, IL |
Devoe
penetrating stain |
paints |
illustrated; samples |
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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 |
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Col. 749 |
05x011.29 |
Devoe & Raynolds Co., Inc. |
New York, NY; Chicago, IL |
Devoe
concrete floor paint |
paints |
illustrated; directions; samples |
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Col. 749 |
05x011.3 |
Devoe & Raynolds Co., Inc. |
New York, NY; Chicago, IL |
Devoe floor
& deck enamel |
paints |
illustrated; directions; samples |
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Col. 749 |
05x011.30 |
Patterson-Sargent Co. |
Cleveland, OH; Chicago, IL; New York, NY; Kansas City |
1932 |
BPS paint products |
paints |
illustrated; samples |
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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 |
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Col. 749 |
05x011.32 |
Martin Varnish Co. |
900 West 49th Place, Chicago, IL |
Amberlyte pure
alkyd enamels |
paints |
samples |
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Col. 749 |
05x011.4 |
Devoe & Raynolds Co., Inc. |
New York, NY; Chicago, IL |
Devoe mirrolac stains in varnish |
paints |
illustrated; directions; samples |
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Col. 749 |
05x011.5 |
Gerstendorfer Bros. |
New York, NY |
Sapolin
colored bronze powders |
paints |
samples |
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Col. 749 |
05x011.6 |
Klein-Smith Coal Co. |
302 East Walnut St., Oneida, NY |
1937 |
Breinig Bros.
paint products |
paints |
illustrated; samples |
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Col. 749 |
05x011.7 |
Devoe & Raynolds Co., Inc. |
New York, NY; Chicago, IL |
Devoe mirrolac enamel |
paints |
illustrated; directions; samples |
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Col. 749 |
05x011.8 |
U.S. Gutta Percha
Paint Co. |
12 Dudley St., Providence, RI |
Barreled Sunlight tinting colors |
paints |
samples; directions |
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Col. 749 |
05x011.9 |
Patterson-Sargent Co. |
Oneida, NY |
A.B. Ferris |
Oneida, NY |
BPS paints, enamels, finishes |
paints |
illustrated; samples |
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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 |
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Col. 749 |
05x066.2 |
Sherwin-Williams Co. |
Cleveland, OH |
Enameloid |
paints |
illustrated; samples; directions |
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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 |
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Col. 749 |
06x064.1 |
Alabastine Co. |
Grand Rapids, MI |
ca. 1882 |
Alabastine wall
finish |
paints |
samples; directions; suggestions; prices; testimonials |
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Col. 749 |
06x143.1 |
Benjamin Moore & Co. |
New York, NY |
Gould & Cutler |
Boston, MA |
Muresco wall
finish |
paints |
samples |
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Col. 749 |
06x143.2 |
Benjamin Moore & Co. |
New York, NY |
Muresco wall
finish |
paints |
samples; directions for using and mixing; suggestions |
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Col. 749 |
06x143.7 |
A. Wilhelm Co. |
Reading, PA |
Anchor iron oxide paint |
paints |
samples |
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Col. 749 |
07x090.9 |
F.O. Pierce Co. |
12 West Broadway, New York, NY |
Hay's |
Portland, MA |
Knickerbocker deck paint |
paints |
samples |
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Col. 749 |
08x097.21 |
John Maxwell & Co. |
1420 S. Front St., Philadelphia, PA |
Maxwell's gypsum paint |
paints |
samples; testimonials; prices; list of users |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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Col. 749 |
13x034.6 |
Boston Varnish Co. |
Boston, MA |
Kyanize floor finish |
paints |
color illustrations, samples |
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Col. 749 |
13x034.7 |
Acme White Lead & Color Works |
Detroit, MI |
Enamel-Kote |
paints |
color illustration; samples, directions |
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Col. 749 |
13x034.8 |
A. Wilhelm Co. |
Reading, PA |
ca. 1923 |
Treman, King
& Co. |
Ithaca, NY |
Royal Machine mixed liquid paint |
paints |
samples |
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Col. 749 |
13x083 |
Alabastine Co. |
Grand Rapids, MI |
W.H. Boyenton & Co. |
Hampton, VA |
Church's Improved Alabastine |
paints |
directions, samples |
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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 |
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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 |
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Col. 749 |
16x070.17 |
Alabastine Co. |
Grand Rapids, MI |
Alabastine water
colors for walls |
paints |
illustrated; samples |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Col. 749 |
94x055.1 |
Seeley Bros. |
E.F. Ramsland |
Westby, WI |
Averill paint |
paints |
includes 35 paint samples |
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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 |
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Col. 749 |
96x034.2 |
W.W. Lawrence & Co. |
Pittsburgh, PA |
W.B. Quigley |
Mottville, NY |
Lawrence paints |
paints |
illustrated; direction for use; samples |
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Col. 749 |
96x034.8 |
Carpenter-Morton Co. |
after 1886 |
Campbell's varnish stain |
paints |
color illustrations; samples; directions for use |
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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 |
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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 |
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Col. 749 |
97x137 |
Longman & Martinez |
New York, NY |
ca. 1885-1890 |
pure paints |
paints |
illustrated; samples; how to estimate in English & German |
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Col. 749 |
98x013.2 |
Paintex Co. |
New York, NY |
General Ptg. Corp. (P) |
Fort Wayne, IN |
textile paints |
paints |
samples |
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Col. 749 |
98x013.3a-d |
R.F. Johnston Paint Co. |
Cincinnati, OH |
1918 |
Krakno paints |
paints |
price list, envelope, order form & sample card |
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Col. 749 |
98x055 |
Bradley White Lead Co. |
P.& C.M. Williams |
13 State St., New London, CT |
white lead colors |
paints |
sample cards |
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Col. 749 map case 6 drawer 9 |
08x045 |
Longman & Martinez |
NY |
pure paints |
paints |
samples |
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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 |
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Collection 749 |
2018x021.3 |
Detroit White Lead Works |
Detroit, Michigan |
Rogers' varnish stains |
Paints |
Sample card |
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Collection 749 |
2018x024.16 |
Boston Varnish Company |
Boston, Massachusetts |
Niagara Litho. Co. |
Boston, Massachusetts |
Kyanize floor finish |
Paints |
Sample cards |
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Collection 749 |
2019x005.3a |
Benjamin Moore & Co. |
New York, New York |
B.M. & Co. |
United States |
Muresco white
and tints |
Paints |
Sample card |
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Collection 749 |
2019x005.3b |
Benjamin Moore & Co. |
New York, New York |
Muresco white
and tints |
Paints |
Sample card |
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Collection 749 |
2019x005.3c |
Sherwin Williams |
Cleveland, Ohio |
H.E. Mason & Sons |
Delhi, New York |
Floor enamel |
Paints |
Sample card |
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Collection 749 |
2019x005.3d |
Sherwin Williams |
Cleveland, Ohio |
H.E. Mason & Sons |
Delhi, New York |
Porch and deck paint |
Paints |
Sample card |
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Collection 749 |
2019x005.3e |
John Lucas & Company, Inc. |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Luco-kwik four
hour enamel |
Paints |
Sample card |
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Collection 749 |
2019x005.3f |
Valspar Corporation |
386 Fourth Avenue, New York, New York |
Super Valspar |
Paints |
Sample card |
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Collection 749 |
2019x076.11 |
Larkin Co. |
Buffalo, New York |
Ready mixed house paints, floor paints, and clear and colored
varnishes |
Paints |
Sample card |
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Collection 749 |
2019x076.12a |
Murphy Varnish Company |
Newark, New Jersey |
Laclede Mfg. Co. |
Buffalo, New York |
Murphy vari-use enamel |
Paints |
Sample card |
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Collection 749 |
2019x076.12b |
Murphy Varnish Company |
Newark, New Jersey |
Murphy permanent brushing stain |
Paints |
Sample card |
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Collection 749 |
2019x076.12c |
Murphy Varnish Company |
Newark, New Jersey |
Laclede Mfg. Co. |
Buffalo, New York |
Murphy exterior paint |
Paints |
Sample card |
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Collection 749 |
2019x076.12d |
Murphy Varnish Company |
Newark, New Jersey |
Laclede Mfg. Co. |
Buffalo, New York |
Murphy vari-use gloss |
Paints |
Sample card |
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