| Abstract: |
The Carey Bros. Wall Paper Manufacturing Company Records, spanning the dates 1799
- 1933 (1867-1918), consists of one linear foot of ledgers, financial and legal documents,
minutes, deeds, ephemera, letters, and a photograph. This small collection documents the
existence and demise of a Philadelphia-based business of booksellers, stationers, and
manufacturers of blank books and wallpaper. The collection provides valuable insight into a
family business that flourished at the end of the nineteenth into the second decade of the
twentieth century. The records outline a chronology that leads to the dissolution of the
company through documents connected to the Carey family and its business acquisitions and
operations.
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