Mar 10, 2020 - Sale 2533

Sale 2533 - Lot 52

Price Realized: $ 594
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(CIVIL WAR--BROADSIDES.) E.W. Carryl & Co. Circular for "army and navy goods, and camp utensils." Illustrated broadside, 10 x 15 1/2 inches, printed in red and blue; mount remnants and staining at center vertical fold, minor offsetting and wear. Philadelphia: King & Baird, circa 1861-63

Additional Details

This firm was listed in Philadelphia directories through 1863. This circular advertises an 11-piece Ennis Army Stove with built-in fry pan, grid iron, and coffee boiler intended to cook "for 75 to 100 men." Also shown are Strong's Patent Army Trunk, intended to open up for use as a cot, with a "good hair mattrass and musquito net." Another 4-page version of their circular, listing different wares, is held by the Library Company of Philadelphia.