Billhead from W. Parkinson of New York City, dated January 1841, for framing services rendered to Henry Tobias for a copy of the Declaration of Independence. The billhead features a vignette of an American eagle and the text "American Manufactory."
Subject: Declaration of Independence
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Engraved broadside on rice paper, measuring 19 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches, commemorating the centennial of the Declaration of Independence (1776-1876). Published in New York by James D. McBride for the Columbian Publishing Company in 1874. This facsimile replicates the Stone engraving but includes a patriotic border and a revised signature arrangement to accommodate advertising in the lower right corner. This particular broadside was presented by S. Freedman & Co., Detroit, Michigan, dealers in dry goods and carpets, located at 147, 149 & 151 Woodward Avenue. S. Freedman was active in local Jewish affairs, and the Freedman family were early Jewish settlers in Detroit, listed in the 1837 city directory.
This 1876 book by Max Rosenthal features chromolithographed portraits of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. The portraits are presented in an accordion-style foldout format, bound in full red morocco with gilt lettering on the covers. The book measures 1 1/2" x 1 1/4".