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Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Trade Catalogues Adams Paint Company 1920
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Adams Paint Company.
Contributor:
Trade Catalogue Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Adams Paint Company--Catalogs.
Adams Paint Company.
Paint--Catalogs.
Paint.
Genre:
Trade catalogs -- Paint.
Physical Description:
1 envelope : col. samples ; 10 x 17 cm.
Place of Publication:
Cleveland : Adams Paint Company, [ca. 1920]
Notes:
Title from envelope.
Consists of 11 color paint sample cards and a single celluloid transparent sheet; sample colors are for overlay with celluloid sheets to view a house and barn with the color selected; housed in original paper envelope.
Local Notes:
Athenaeum copy: Exhibited: "Color in a Can: Early Marketing of Paint in America," at the Athenaeum of Philadelphia, 2016.

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