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Business Card

(Next post on Monday: Trademarks, July 18, 1916)

& a.k.a. Song of the &

Punch
April 17, 1869
&
Of all the types in a printer’s hand,
Commend me to the Amperzand, 
For he’s the gentleman (seems to me)
Of the typographical companie.
O, my nice little Amperzand,
My graceful, swanlike Amperzand;
Nothing that Cadmus ever planned
Equals my elegant Amperzand!

He’s never bothered, like A.B.C.
In Index, Guide, and Directorie:
He’s never stuck on a Peeler’s coat,
Nor hung to show where the folks must vote.
No, my nice little Amperzand, 
My plumb and curly Amperzand.
When I’ve a pen in a listless hand,
I’m always making an Amperzand!

Many a letter your writers hate,
Ugly q, with his tall so straight,
x, that makes you cross as a bear,
And z, that makes you with zouns to swear.
But not my nice little Amperzand,
My easily dashed off Amperzand,
Any odd shape folks understand
To mean my Protean Amperzand!

Nothing for him that’s starch or stiff,
Never he’s used in scold or tiff,
State epistles, so dull and grand,
Mustn’t contain the shortened and.
No, my nice little Amperzand,
You’re good for those who’re jolly and bland,
In days when letters were dried with sand
Old frumps wouldn’t use my Amperzand!

But he is dear in old friendship’s call, 
Or when love is laughing through lady-scrawl:
“Come & dine, & have bachelor’s fare,”
“Come, & I’ll keep you Round & Square.”
Yes, my nice little Amperzand
Never must into a word expand,
Gentle sign of affection stand,
My kind, familiar Amperzand.

“Letters Five do form his name:”
His, who Millions doth teach and tame:
If I could not be in that Sacred Band,
I’d be the affable Amperzand.
Yes, my nice little Amperzand,
And when P.U.N.C.H. is driving his five-in-hand,
I’ll have a velocipede, neatly planned
In the shape of a fly-away Amperzand.

Hanwell.   Scandula Exoluta.

Reprinted in its entirety or in part in many publications

Every Saturday
May 15, 1869

Littell’s Living Age
June 19, 1869

Wit and Humour
(Poems from “Punch”)
Shirley Brooks
Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., 1875

The Christian Union
October 2, 1890

The Gentleman’s Magazine
November 1892

Historic Magazine and Notes and Queries
November-December 1902
The Song of the Ampersand

T. P.’s Weekly
April 10, 1903
A Song of the &



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(Next post on Monday: Trademarks, July 11, 1916)

Ampersand Cocktail

Old Waldorf Bar Days
With the Cognomina and Composition of Four Hundred and Ninety-one Appealing Appetizers and Salutary Potations Long Known, Admired and Served at the Famous Big Brass Rail; Also, a Glossary for the Use of Antiquarians and Students of American Mores
Albert Stevens Crockett
Aventine Press, 1931
page 117: Ampersand
Two dashes Orange Bitters
One-third Brandy
One-third Tom Gin
One-third Italian Vermuth [sic]
Stir; strain; two dashes of Curacao on top

The American Printer
March 1937
page 44: Re: Ampersand Cocktail
As promised on page 26, we give below ingredients and directions for making the Ampersand Cocktail, formerly a favorite in the barroom of the old Waldorf-Astoria Hotel at Fifth Avenue and 34th Street....

The ingredients are:
Two dashes orange bitters
One-third brandy
One-third Tom gin
One-third Italian vermouth
Two dashes of Curacao on top

Directions: Put the ingredients into a shaker in the order named, then add cracked ice—shake vigorously and strain into the cocktail glass and serve promptly. The more you shake it, the weaker it gets.

Special Editorial P.S. The one we got at the Ampersandinner must have been shaken early. It was potent!

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(Next post on Monday: Trademarks, July 4, 1916)

Lettering: 100 Ampersands, Part 4

201. A. Zeese & Co.

The Inland Printer

October 1894

202. Blomgren Brothers & Co.
The Inland Printer
October 1894

203. Blomgren Bros. & Co.
The Inland Printer
October 1894

204. Blomgren Bros. & Co.
The Inland Printer
December 1894

205. Blomgren Bros. & Co.
The Inland Printer
February 1895

206. designs & colorings
The Printing Art
October 1912

207. Geo. H Benedict & Co
The Inland Printer
May 1895

208. Geo. H Benedict & Co
The Inland Printer
October 1895

209. Geo. H Benedict & Co
The Inland Printer
December 1895

210. Geo. H Benedict & Co
The Inland Printer
January 1896

211. J. Grose & Co
Garment Manufacturers’ Index
February 1920

212. Schwartz & Levine
Garment Manufacturers’ Index
March 1920

213. S&L, Schwartz & Levine

Garment Manufacturers’ Index

June 1920

214. Arkell & Smiths
The Printing Art
February 1913

215. Erwin & Wasey Company
Printers’ Ink
January 30, 1919

216. S.M. Levor & Co

Garment Manufacturers’ Index

July 1920

217. Mabie Todd & Co.
The American Stationer and Office Outfitter
September 26, 1921

218. Arts & Decoration
The Art World and Arts & Decoration
May 1918

219. Yale & Towne
Country Life in America
July 1, 1911

220. Cleaning & Dyeing

Garment Manufacturers’ Index

July 1920

221. Rosenberg Bros & Co
The Saturday Evening Post
1916

222. Rausch & Lang
Country Life in America
October 15, 1911

223. Cohen Goldman & Co.

Men’s Wear

May 9, 1906

224. Cohen Goldman & Co.

Men’s Wear

June 6, 1906

225. Cohen Goldman & Co.

Men’s Wear

December 5, 1906

226. Cohen Goldman & Co.

Men’s Wear

January 9, 1907

227. Cohen Goldman & Co.

Men’s Wear

February 6, 1907

228. Cohen Goldman & Co.

Men’s Wear

March 20, 1907

229. Cohen Goldman & Co.
Men’s Wear
April 10, 1907

230. Cohen Goldman & Co.
Men’s Wear
May 8, 1907

231. Cohen Goldman & Co.
Men’s Wear
July 10, 1907

232. Starting & Lighting
The Saturday Evening Post
1916

233. Pulp & Paper
Printers’ Ink
February 6, 1919

234. Barnhart Brothers & Spindler
The American Printer
February 1901

235. Jones & Co.

The Inland Printer

September 1909

236. The Holiness of Arts & Crafts

The Printing Art

January 1916

237. Briggs & Stratton Co
QST
January 1923

238. Travel & Entertainment
The Printing Art
April 1907

239. Pratt & Lambert
House Beautiful
June 1920

240. Fulsom & Sunergren
Profitable Advertising
June 15, 1898

241. Week & Then
Black Cat
March 1897

242. H & I
Charles Austin Bates Criticisms
February 1902

243. Smith & Thayer
National Magazine
September 1904

244. Billings & Spencer
The Literary Digest
May 24, 1919

245. Karpen & Bros
Printing Art
September 1918

246. Guido & Lawrence Rosa
Printing Art
September 1919

247. McGraw & Son
248. McCreery & Co. and Broadway & 11th
The Cosmopolitan
February 1887

249. Henderson & Co.
The Cosmopolitan
April 1900

250. Baltimore & Ohio
The American Magazine
March 1922

251. Supplies & Equipment
Editor & Publisher
June 5, 1919

252. Blank Books & Loose Leaf
Geyer’s Stationer
July 15, 1920

253. White & Wycoff
Geyer’s Stationer
July 1, 1920

254. Whiting & Cook
Geyer’s Stationer
August 5, 1920

255. Whiting & Cook
Geyer’s Stationer
September 9, 1920

256. Whiting & Cook
Geyer’s Stationer
November 18, 1920

257. H&P
Postage
March 1918

258. Lannigan’s & Brannigan’s
Motion Picture Magazine
December 1916

259. Quarterly & Fortnightly
Illinois Alumni Quarterly and Fortnightly News
October 21, 1921

260. Brooks & Co
Tolo Annual 1919

261. Lowman & Hanford
Tolo Annual 1922

262. Words & Music
Just a Little Longer
Melody Shop, 1923

263. Advertising & Selling
June 1913

264. A&S
265. Advertising & Selling
March 1914

266. Advertising & Selling
March 1914

267. Exposition & Motor
Advertising & Selling
November 1913

268. February & March
The Quarterly Illustrator
January/February & March 1893

269. Wolfe & Co
The Post
June 1922
Franklin High School, Portland, Oregon

270. Ladd & Tilton
The Post
June 1922
Franklin High School, Portland, Oregon

271. Almanac & Directory
Protestant Episcopal Almanac & Directory
for the Year of Our Lord 1876

272. Lewis & Conger
The Churchman
January 2, 1897

273. Constable & Co., Broadway & 19th
The Churchman
January 9, 1897

274. Glass & Decorating
275. J&R
The Churchman
March 27, 1897

276. Literature & Life
277. Mead & Company
The Bookman
March 1908

278. Mork & Co.
The American Hatter
August 1921

279. Richelieu & Ontario
Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine
June 1909

280. Smith & Wesson
The Literary Digest
May 24, 1913

281. Drakenfeld & Co
The Crockery and Glass Journal
November 6, 1919

282. Fisher & Son
Boot and Shoe Recorder
June 25, 1921

283. Green & Hickey
Boot and Shoe Recorder
June 25, 1921

284. Smith & Sons
Boot and Shoe Recorder
June 25, 1921

285. C & E
Boot and Shoe Recorder
July 9, 1921

286. Johnson & Rand
Boot and Shoe Recorder
July 9, 1921

287. Levor & Co
Boot and Shoe Recorder
July 9, 1921

288. Levor & Co
Boot and Shoe Recorder
August 13, 1921

289. Alexander & Co
The American Hatter
August 1921

290. Endel & Peles
The American Hatter
August 1921

291. Levy & Sons
The American Hatter
August 1921

292. Simon & Keane
The American Hatter
August 1921

293. Schreiber & Co.
Fur Age
June 1920

294. A&W
Fur Age
June 1920

295. Kaye & Einstein
Fur Age
June 1920

296. Schulang & Sons
Fur Age
June 1920

297. Trieger & Drucker
Fur Age
June 1920

298. Berger & Co.
Fur Age
June 1920

299. Bill & Andy
The Film Daily
May 1931

300. Silks & Straws
The American Hatter
November 1921

100 Ampersands, Part 1

100 Ampersands, Part 2

100 Ampersands, Part 3

Wood Type Ampersands

Ampersand Cocktail
& a.k.a. Song of the &

(Next post on Monday: Al Hirschfeld, 1922)