Alan Mays' photos with the keyword: papers

"Frescoing! House and sign painting, paper hanging, graining, glazing. Latest styles of wall paper in large variety. All work done as represented. E. A. Weis, agt., 26 N. 6th St., Reading, Pa. Eagle Job Print, Reading."

"A. B. Tack, practical paper hanger and decorator, 1210 N. 3d St., Harrisburg, Pa. Full assortment of wall paper and window shades always on hand."

"Augustus F. Siller, paper hanger, 437 Franklin St., Philadelphia, Pa." A nineteenth-century business card for a Philadelphia wallpaper hanger. For other late nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century business and trade cards for paper hangers, see A. B. Tack, Practical Paper Hanger and Decorator, Harrisburg, Pa. , A. E. Cobaugh, Paper Hanging, Falmouth, Pa., 1902 , and Frescoing! House and Sign Painting, E. A. Weis, Reading, Pa. (see below).

"A. E. Cobaugh, paper hanging in Falmouth, Pa. Agent for Alfred Peats & Co., prize wall papers. American Lithographic Co., N.Y." Printed on the back of this advertising trade card: "The pattern shown on the front of this card is an exact reproduction of one of Alfred Peats & Co.'s prize wall papers for 1902. There are over 500 papers of this kind in their sample books, which will be shown by their agent. The patterns are most artistic, The colorings are very beautiful. The prices are extremely low, ranging from from 5 cents to 50 cents per roll. If you want for one room or a whole house, be sure and see these samples before making selections."

Founded in 1803, N. J. Haibara was a Japanese printing company and paper manufacturer based in Tokyo, as this Victorian-era business card indicates (see my Google-assisted translation below). Today, the firm operates under the name of Haibara Corporation and still manufactures washi and other types of paper. -------- N. J. Haibara Vingt recompenses obtenues aux expositions. Maison fondée en 1803. Eventails, cartes postales illustrée, crans. Papiers peints, tentures et tapisseries.Dessins imprimés sur la planche. Gravée, lithographié, phototypie. Cartes de visite. Papiers à lettre, enveloppes et cathets à papier. Imagier et marchand de papier. 1 Nihonbasi, Tôkiô, Japon. R. Nakamoura, atelier d'imprimerie, Simonegisi, Tôkiô. -------- N. J. Haibara Twenty awards obtained at exhibitions. House founded in 1803. Fans, illustrated postcards, screens. Wallpapers, wall hangings, and tapestries.Drawings printed on board. Engraving, lithography, collotype. Visiting cards. Letterheads, envelopes, and cachets for paper. Image maker and paper merchant. 1 Nihonbasi, Tokyo, Japon. R. Nakamoura, print shop, Simonegisi, Tokyo.

"A Merry Christmas, 1906, A. M. Collins Mf'g Co., Mr. Albert Dumer." The A. M. Collins Manufacturing Company was a Philadelphia-based supplier of photographic card folders and mounts. In the nineteenth century, the company was a major U.S. manufacturer of cards for mounting CDVs and cabinet photos.