S.H. Colesworthy, Jr. business card
Samuel H. Colesworthy, Jr. (1845–1921) and his family were longtime booksellers located at 92 Exchange Street in Portland, Maine. The datestone on the building at that address still says, “Colesworthy, 1829–1889” (and the round object affixed to the wall below the stone is a cannonball!).
Colesworthy’s business card is blank on the other side and likely dates to the late nineteenth century.
Established 1829.
S. H. Colesworthy, Jr.,
Dealer in Books, Stationery, and Wall Papers, Blank Books, Pocket Cutlery, Plush Goods, &c.
92 Exchange St., Portland, ME.
The name as well as the second to last line are set in Erratick (c.1887). Note the use of “&c” for “et cetera”. “Books, Stationery” and the last line are in a Latin Antique, while “Wall Papers” features Souvenir (1884), an all-caps Latin with curling terminals and a hatched splt shade. The high-waisted caps used for the small intermediate lines are from Outing. Last but not least, the sans at the top might be Gothic No. 122.
4 Comments on “S.H. Colesworthy, Jr. business card”
Where could we download these fonts?
Generally speaking: go to the typeface page by following the link for the respective typeface sample. There you can find information about the typeface, and learn if and where a digital version is available.
The fonts used on this business card are all predigital. For some of them, there are digital interpretations. They’re all commercial: in order to download them, you need to purchase a license.
Erratick was digitized as Vineyard Wide Solid.
I’m not aware of a direct digitization of Latin Wide. Vanguardia has some related qualities.
I don’t know of a digital version of Souvenir.
For Outing, see Pique-Nique NF.
Proto Grotesk isn’t based on Gothic No. 122, but takes inspiration from a related early grotesk, Breite Halbfette Grotesque.
This is my ancestor. Any chance you’d be willing to sell this to me?
Hi Caroline, this card is from the collection of Alan Mays. You can contact him via his Flickr.