W.R. Cheney, Carriage Builder business card

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W. R. Cheney
Carriage Builder.
Repairing and Repainting Done Promptly.
Cor. Grant and Christian Sts.,
Lancaster, Pa.

William R. Cheney (1859-1932) was a blacksmith and carriage builder in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

For a similar Cheney business card by the same job printer (Pluck Print), see W. R. Cheney, Carriage Builder, Lancaster, Pa. See also a handbill for Carriages, Wagons, and Sleighs Repaired—Cheny's Repair Shop, Lancaster, Pa., ca. 1890.

The typography features Hansard caps set on a curve, French Oldstyle with larger initial caps, Archaic paired with R initials from Pynson, and Dante.

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