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c.1890 Brochure for Oil Chemists Highlighting "Gold Scare" (62862)

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:10.00 USD Estimated At:20.00 - 40.00 USD
c.1890 Brochure for Oil Chemists Highlighting  Gold Scare   (62862)
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This 3pp brochure for E.F. Houghton & Co. in Philadelphia that begins by referencing "a big gold scare." We are able to date it to c.1890 based on the fact it mentions them being in business for 22 years and the company starting in the late 1860s. The brochure highlights their wool oil that is "20 percent better in quality...and30 percent lower in price." They say "we are not 'one-horse' jobbers or mixers, but manufacturers, merchants, and scientists." Company located at No. 211 South Front Street in Philadelphia. Color print. Separation starting on one panel. 9 x 6" State: Pennsylvania City: Philadelphia Date: