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Calendars

• [Calendar for 1863] Copyrighted 1862. Copyright deposit in LOC, January 3, 1863. 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 (full sheet). Chromolithograph. [LOC (Reilly: 1862-17)]
  An advertising calendar including the months of 1863 and first six months of 1864 in three columns in the middle. At the top is a scene with figure of Columbia with an eagle, surrounded by symbols of industry at left and military symbols at right. Below is vignette at left of farmers and of soldier at right. Text: "Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co./ Lithographer/ Engravers & Printers/ Carlisle Building, S.W. Cor. 4th & Walnut/ Cincinnati, O."

  
  

• [Calendar for 1863] Copyrighted 1862. Copyright deposit in LOC, January 3, 1863. 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 (full sheet). Chromolithograph. [LOC (Reilly: 1862-18)]
  An advertising calendar including the months of 1863 placed in the middle. Columbia with an eagle is at the top, with military, industrial symbols around. At the bottom of are groups of cherubs, black and white, one of whom whitewashes out "1862" and another of whom paints in "1863." One cherub is blowing bubbles and another plays the fiddle. Text: "Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. Lithographers Engravers & Printers Carlisle Building, / S.W. Cor. 4th & Walnut Cincinnati, O." Within this text area is a small cartouche with: "Show Cards, Music Titles, Portraits, Diplomas, Commercial Work, Labels of every Description."

  
  

• [Calendar for 1863] Copyrighted 1862. Copyright deposit in LOC, January 3, 1863. 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 (full sheet). Chromolithograph. [LOC]
  An advertising calendar including the months from January 1863 to June 1864 in three columns in the center. An eagle is depicted at the top with images of Civil War soldiers and a naval scene with an iron clad ship scattered around. Text: "Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co./ Lithographers,/ Engravers & Printers./ S.W. Cor. 4th. & Walnut. Cincinnati, O."

  
  

• [Calendar for 1863] Copyrighted 1862. Copyright deposit in LOC, January 3, 1863. 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 (full sheet). Chromolithograph. [LOC]
  An advertising calendar with two columns including the months of 1863. No text, but a blank space in the center for an advertisement. Columbia with an eagle graces the top, and figures for the four seasons are drawn below, and also an orchestra of cherubs at the bottom.

  
  

• [Calendar for 1865] 1865. LC: "Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. Lithogr. Cincinnati." 9 3/4 x 12 7/8 (full sheet). Two tone lithograph with hand color. [CL]
  An advertising calendar with the months of 1865. Calendar has an architectural motif, with civil war scenes around. Text: "Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co./ Lithographers, Engravers & Printers,/ Carlisle Building/ South W. Corner 4th. & Walnut,/ Cincinnati."

  
  

• [Calendar for 1866] Copyright 1865 by R.H. Magill. Copyright deposit in LOC, October 10, 1865. Lithograph. [LOC]
  An advertising calendar for the Phoenix Insurance Company with the months of 1866 in the center. The design includes a Phoenix rising from flames, with fire scenes all around. In the corners are small vignettes entitled "North," "South," "East," and "West." Text: "Get the Genuine Article. Phoenix Insurance Company Hartford, Conn. Losses always paid promptly."

  
  

• [Calendar for 1867?] 1867. 13 3/4 x 10 1/2 (full sheet). Lithograph. [CL]
  An uncolored lithograph by Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. that is possibly the background for a calendar. There are two areas left blank in the middle, though the sheet has no text and no months. The date "1867" appears just above these blank spaces. There is an insignia of a company, which might read "C&R Wr. Co." The design shows a mixture of pencils, paper, bottles, ink, etc. at the top and includes three books with the insignia on the spine: American Household Book of Medicine, Nasby, and Dadd's American Horse & Cattle Doctor.

  
  

Advertisements & Ephemera

• Double sided advertisement for Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. No date.
  
  • Side 1: "Steam Lithographic Printing House. Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. Lithographers. Printers & Publishers, S.W. Cor. Fourth & Walnut Sts. Cincinnati." Chromolithograph. 7 1/2 x 4 3/8.
    
  • Side 2: "Steam Lithographic Printing House. Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. Lithographers, Engravers, Printers & Publishers, Cincinnati. S.W. Cor. 4th and Walnut Sts. Carlisle Building." Along side is this list: "Blanks For Banks, Bankers, and Insurance Companies. Certificates of Stock and Deposit, Bonds, Diplomas, Checks, Drafts, Notes, Receipts, Cards, Bill & Letter Headings, &c. &c."
    
  This advertisement was probably issued in a book, perhaps a Cincinnati directory.

  
  

• "Before and After Using Palmer's Vegetable Cosmetic Lotion." No date. 13 3/4 x 9 3/4. Chromolithograph. [CL]
  An advertisement showing two partially naked lades; one with skin blemishes and one without.

  
  

• "Black Nectar Tobacco." Published by John Duddy & Co., Cincinnati, 1865. 13 1/2 x 7. Chromolithograph. [CL]
  A tobacco advertisement with an image of grapes surrounded by an elaborate border.

  
  

• "Catawba Tobacco." Published by Hafer, Homes & Co., 1868. 12 1/2 x 7. Chromolithograph. [CL]
  A tobacco advertisement with an image of grapes surrounded by an elaborate border.

  
  

• "The Cincinnati Pioneer Association." 1858. LL: "Designed by Henry Lovie." LC: "Ehrgott & Forbriger Lith. S.W. Cor. Of 4th. & Main Sts. Cincinnati, O." 23 x 16 1/2. Sepia tone lithograph. [CLR]
  A certificate with scenes of western images/Indians, and view of Cincinnati at bottom: "Cincinnati in 1802, drawn by W. Bucknall." With a blank oval at top (for some sort of crest?), and two blank spaces at left and right, over signatures, where probably photos were meant to go. Nice print. At bottom, prob. in manuscript, is written that certificate was issued Feb. 1858.

  
  

• "The Accident Insurance Company of Columbus, O." No date. 13 1/4 x 10. Chromolithograph. [CL]
  A handsome advertising broadside and fire box key. There is a view of a building at top, probably the Accident Insurance Co. headquarters. Below is a list of fire boxes with numbers and explanation of how to signal (e.g. 2 rings, then pause, then four more).

  
  

• "Eclipse Navy." Published by H. Goepper, Cincinnati, 1869. 6 3/4 x 14 3/8. Chromolithograph. [CL]
  An advertisement showing a horse in the winner's circle.

  
  

• "Fire Alarm Key Presented By The Aetna Insurance Company." No date. 13 x 10. Chromolithograph. [CL]
  A fire box key. Includes a fire scene in middle and then list of fire boxes with numbers and explanation of how to signal. For Cincinnati locations.

  
  

• "The Highland Chieftain Tobacco. Quarter Pounds." No date. LR: EF. 13 1/2 x 7. Chromolithograph. [CL]
  A tobacco label with a landscape scene with a Scottish lad wearing a kilt standing.

  
  

• "Hoffheimer Bro's. Celebrated Bavarian Bitters For Sale Here!" No date. 9 3/4 x 13. Chromolithograph. [CL]
  An attractive sales sign with a scene of a bottle (of the "Celebrated Bavarian Bitters") on a table with fruit.

  
  

• "Holtzermann's Stomach Bitters For Sale Here! J.D. Holtzermann & Sons, Wholesale Dealers in Foreign and Domestic Liquors. Cor. Of Main & Water Sts. Piqua, O." No date. 17 x 22. Chromolithograph. [CL]
  An advertisement with a bottle of Holtzermann's Stomach Bitters set amongst fruit.

  
  

• "The Home & Tomb Of President Lincoln Presented By the Sangamo Ins. Co.... Of The City Of Springfield, Ill." Designed by C. W. Hotchkiss. Copyright 1865 by Sangamo Insurance Co. in southern district of Illinois. Copyright deposit in LOC, August 22, 1865. 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 (full sheet). Lithograph. [LOC; Indianapolis Museum of Art]
  An illustrative advertisement for the Sangamo Insurance Co., with a portrait of Lincoln surrounded by his home, log cabin, and tomb, and vignettes of Lincoln splitting rails and rafting on a river. Illustrated in Holzer, p. 414.

  
  

• "Huntington & Brooks, Importers of Queensware &c." Billhead illustration for this Cincinnati firm. Image shows Britannia, with sleeping lion, sitting by boxed imports with ships in background.

  
  

• "The Lady of the Lake Tobacco. Quarter Pounds. B.E. Hall & Co. Covington, KY." No date. 13 3/4 x 7. Chromolithograph. [CL]
  A tobacco advertisement with a scene of a lady in boat, with a Scottish man looking on.

  
  

• "Lang & Manner. Tanners & Curriers. No. 39, Dunlap Str. between Henry Str. & Hamilton Road, Cincinnati. O." No date. LL: "Ehrgott, Forbriger Lith. Cin. O." Uncolored lithographic business card. [CL]

  
  

• "Longworth's Wine House. Cincinnati, Ohio." Drawn by F. Achert. No date. LR: "Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. Lith,. Cincinnati." 10 1/2 x 14 3/8. Two tone lithographic advertisement. [CL]

  
  

• "M. Greiner & Son, Manufacturers of the Celebrated Madison XX Ale. Madison, Ind." No date. 17 1/2 x 22 1/2. Chromolithograph. [CL]
  A brewery advertisement with a fancy border surrounding a view of the brewery.

  
  

• "Mississippi Valley Life Ins. Co. Covington, Ky." No date. 17 x 21 1/2. Sepia lithograph. [CL]
  An advertisement with a fancy border and a vignette scene in the middle entitled "De Soto's Discovery of the Mississippi."

  
  

• "Moss Rose Tobacco." Published by John Duddy & Co., Cincinnati, 1865. 13 1/2 x 7. Chromolithograph. [CL]
  A tobacco advertisement with a fancy border and a rose in the middle.

  
  

• "Pride of the North." Copyrighted 1862. Copyright deposit in LOC, April 15, 1862. 9 1/2 x 20 3/4 (full sheet). Lithograph. [LOC]
  Text: "Manufactured by Wm. H. Clark Queen City Cane Mill Works, Cincinnati, O." Shows a scene of a mill owned by the Clark Mill Works.

  
  

• "Professor Leonnard's Celebrated Nectar Bitters Sold Here. Hubbell, Swasey & Co. Sole Agents. 23 & 25 Sycamore St. Cincinnati, O." W.H. Leonnard copyright secured, but no date. Ca. 9 x 7 3/4. Chromolithograph. [CL]
  A bright advertisement with a border and scene with a cupid in the middle.

  
  

• [Promissory Note] Dated August 6th , 1870. 3 1/4 x 8 1/8. Lithograph.
  A printed promissory note with a vignette at the left.

  
  

• "Russell's Banana Sweet. Manufactured by W.H. Glore & Son. Covington, Ky." No date. 13 3/4 x 7. Chromolithograph. [CL]
  A tobacco advertisement with a banana plantation scene.

  
  

• "Russell's Mazeppa Extra Black Manufactured by W.H. Glore & Co., Covington." No date. 13 5/8 x 6 3/4. Chromolithograph. [CL]
  A tobacco advertisement showing a man tied to horse charging through woods.

  
  

• "Strawberry Tobacco." Published by H. Goepper, 1869. 14 x 6 3/4. Chromolithographic advertisement. Not labeled as by EF, so might not be, but is on a board in the CL with two other tobacco advertisements by EF that are similar in size and style. [CL]

  
  

• "Subscriber's Ticket/ Opera House/ Admit One." No date. 2 1/2 x 3 1/2. Lithograph. [CL]
  An opera ticket probably for Cincinnati Opera House.

  
  

• "Ta Tsing Bitters. The Great Chinese Remedy. For Sale Here." 1862. Chromolithograph. [CL]
  An advertising card with an interesting scene of the four continents: Europe as woman with fan at top; Asia as many holding stick with snake around it and little girl holding umbrella for him behind; Africa as naked warrior with spear, and America as Indian with rifle gazing off into distance. Just below panel with text is a scene of scientific equipment.

  
  

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