Poster for the Ziegfeld-produced play Mam’selle Napoleon, starring Anna HeldA 1903 poster for the Ziegfeld-produced play Mam’selle Napoleon, starring Anna Held.
Potthast Bros. Buffet, n.d.This glass negative shows a Potthast Bros. buffet table, identified as item no. 251.
Potthast Bros. Calling Card, n.d.This calling card, which featured an image of a period couch, was circulated by Potthast Bros. salespeople. This card would…
Potthast Bros. Certification LabelFrom the very start, the Potthast brothers affixed a certification label to every repair or reproduction. The label attested to…
Potthast Bros. Dresser, n.d.This glass negative shows a Potthast Bros. dresser, identified as item no. 262.
Potthast Bros. Interior, 1907In 1907, Potthast Bros. participated in the Jamestown Exhibition in Norfolk, Virginia, a world’s fair celebrating the three-hundredth anniversary of…
Potthast Bros. LabelIn 1904, Potthast Bros. acquired additional space at 506-508 North Tyson Street. At that point, their existing quarters at 507…
Potthast Bros. LetterbookPayroll and sales records, order books, and company letterbooks dating from around 1905 point to an increase in both staff…
Potthast Bros. Main Showroom Display, n.d.This undated photograph shows the Potthast Bros. showroom at 924 North Charles Street in Baltimore. The showroom was located there…
Potthast Bros. Order BookCompany order books and other remaining pieces of documentation are helpful insofar as they chart the ebb and flow of…
Potthast Bros. Payroll BookThese payroll records show that the Potthast brothers paid at least twenty-seven employees for work performed during the week of…
Potthast Bros. Retail Store, 1970sIn 1975, when the company finally shut down, it closed its retail store at 924 North Charles Street in downtown…
Potthast Bros. Sketch, n.d.This sketch of a dresser was made for a custom order. The sketch included dimensions and listed the price as…
Potthast Bros. Wicomico Street Factory, 1970sDuring the postwar period, as business slowed, the number of people employed at Potthast Bros. dropped to around twenty. This…
Potthast Bros., Mount Vernon Sideboard, n.d.This undated sideboard, most likely from the 1930s, was modelled after one in George Washington’s private home. The piece, known…
Potthast Brothers Collection, PP7Created By: Potthast Brothers Publisher: Maryland Historical Society Library, Special Collections Department
Potthast Brothers, ca. 1903This photograph shows the four Potthast brothers (from left to right), William, Vincent, Theodore, and John, along with their accountant…
Potthast Brothers, Inc. 1892-1975, Correspondence, 1933-34, n.dCreated By: Potthast Brothers, Inc Publisher: Maryland Historical Society Library, Special Collections Department
Potthast Brothers, Inc. 1892-1975, Letterbooks, 1908-32Created By: Potthast Brothers, Inc Publisher: Maryland Historical Society Library, Special Collections Department
Potthast Brothers’ Brochure, Mount Vernon CollectionIn the late 1920s, the Potthasts decided to partner with various museums to manufacture handcrafted reproductions of pieces from certain…
