Subject: Roofing

A stampless letter dated August 17, 1850, from J. B. Butler & Son in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, to Hendricks & Brothers in New York, New York. The letter concerns a request for details on copper roofing, specifying a quantity of 420 square feet. The letter includes an orange circular date stamp and a truncated "5".

This trade card advertises J. Rose & Son, located at 14 North Queen Street in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The front of the card depicts a comical man in blue and white sepia clothing holding a candle and buckets, standing in front of a leaking roof. The back of the card is blank.

This trade card advertises the services of Joseph Wm. Itzstein, a tin roofer, copper, tin, and sheet iron worker, and hollow-ware specialist. The front of the card displays the business's name and a description of its services: "TIN ROOFER, COPPER, TIN AND SHEET IRON WORKER...HOLLOW WARE." The address, 156 Brown Street below Second, is also clearly printed on the card. The back of the card is blank. The image is predominantly text-based, with no illustrations or decorative elements.