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Knapp & Co. was a lithography printing company in New York City. During the mid 1850s, Joseph Fairchild Knapp (1832–1891) entered the printing firm of Sarony & Major in New York City. Sarony left the partnership around 1864 to pursue a career in photography, and the company took on the name of Major & Knapp (ca. 1864–ca. 1871), and by 1888, the business was known as the Knapp Company. Around 1890, Joseph Palmer Knapp (1864–1951) purchased the company from his father and shortly after renamed it the Joseph P. Knapp Co. By the late 1890s, the firm was known as Knapp & Co.

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American eagle, chew American eagle fine cut, smoke eagle cavendish

American eagle, chew American eagle fine cut, smoke eagle cavendish (1885)

Julius Bien (American, 1826-1909)
Kimball’s high grade cigarettes

Kimball’s high grade cigarettes (1890)

Anonymous
Every Ginita cigar a good reason for another

Every Ginita cigar a good reason for another

Anonymous
H.J. Holbrook & Co., Utica, N.Y., misses and children fine shoes

H.J. Holbrook & Co., Utica, N.Y., misses and children fine shoes (1885)

Julius Bien (American, 1826-1909)
Allen & Ginter, arms of all nations, Richmond, Virginia

Allen & Ginter, arms of all nations, Richmond, Virginia (1890)

Geo. S. Harris & Sons (American, 19th/20th Century)
Bock beer

Bock beer (1883)

Henry Jerome Schile (American, 1829-1901)
A Oldbairisch Dirndel, un a luschdiger Bua, bock bier, a Moas’t, un a Sam’ldersu

A Oldbairisch Dirndel, un a luschdiger Bua, bock bier, a Moas’t, un a Sam’ldersu (1884)

Henry Jerome Schile (American, 1829-1901)
Perfumery gold medal

Perfumery gold medal (1856)

Charles Reen
Use Niagara starch

Use Niagara starch (1884)

Lautz, Wesp, Bros. & Co (American, 19th/20th Century)
National Guard half pounds. Manufactured by Baker Pleasants & Frayser, Richmond, Virginia

National Guard half pounds. Manufactured by Baker Pleasants & Frayser, Richmond, Virginia (1857)

Sarony, Major & Knapp Lith. (American, 19th/20th century)
Ayer’s hair vigor for the toilet. Restores gray hair to its natural vitality and color

Ayer’s hair vigor for the toilet. Restores gray hair to its natural vitality and color (1886)

Anonymous
Gotfried Kruger brewery, Newark, N.J., Bock beer

Gotfried Kruger brewery, Newark, N.J., Bock beer (1886)

Henry Jerome Schile (American, 1829-1901)
Geo. Ehret’s brewery, Munich beer girl

Geo. Ehret’s brewery, Munich beer girl (1885)

Henry Jerome Schile (American, 1829-1901)
Histories of our heroes packed in Duke cigarettes

Histories of our heroes packed in Duke cigarettes (1888)

Knapp & Co. (American, 19th Century)
Fred. Opperman, Jr., Bock beer, Bock beer card no. 7

Fred. Opperman, Jr., Bock beer, Bock beer card no. 7 (1885)

Henry Jerome Schile (American, 1829-1901)
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