Trade Catalog
John E. Hand & Sons Company
Compass makers and adjusters
1909
Founded in Philadelphia in 1873, the John E. Hand & Sons Company quickly gained a reputation as compass adjusters and manufacturers of quality nautical instruments. The Hand Company built navigational equipment for all varieties of commercial and private floating vessels, working under contract for the United States military during and after World War II.
Promotional Card
Mariner’s Church Services
"Very Plain Words to Young Men"
Sermon Titles:
"The Young Man Adrift" and
"The Young Man Anchored"
circa 1870
Broadside
Building for Sale or Lease
Quaker Shipyard
circa 1930
Trade Card
United States Mail Steamship Lafayette
Service from Liverpool, England to Philadelphia
Mid-19th century
Trade Card
"To Southern Shippers"
Wilcox & Delleker,
Notaries Public and Custom House Brokers.
For use by shippers between the Union and Confederate States
Civil War Era
Trade Card
James M. Vance & Co.
Importers of Hardware, Cutlery, Ship Chain
Late 19th century
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