Details
Creator Kurtz, Horatio I., artist.
Title [Street scene showing E.M. Eldridge Groceries and Provisions in Bristol, Pa.] [graphic].
Publisher [Bristol, Pa.]
Publisher PA. Bristol. 1880
Date 1880
Physical Description 1 drawing : watercolor and graphite ; sheet 38 x 28 cm (14.75 x 11 in.)
Description Exterior view of E.M. Eldridge Groceries & Provisions in Bristol, Pa. Shows the two-story store with shuttered windows and dormers on a busy street corner. The store's name appears on the covered awning at the entrance and also on a horse-drawn cart. Goods are displayed in the window, barrels and containers are on the sidewalk, and brooms lean near the front door. A man unloads a horse-drawn wagon in front of the store, and a boy pushes a cart full of boxes. On the street are pedestrians, a man riding a horse, and horse-drawn carts. Adjacent buildings are visible.
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
Date from manuscript label: [D]rawn by H.I. Kurtz. 1880. Available in accession file.
Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2022.
Biographical / historical note Horatio Kurtz worked as an artist and lithographer in Philadelphia circa 1859 to circa 1900.
Subject Eldridge, Enoch Miller, 1851-1936.
E.M. Eldridge Groceries & Provisions.
Carts & wagons -- Pennsylvania -- Bristol.
Grocery stores -- Pennsylvania -- Bristol.
Horses -- Pennsylvania -- Bristol.
Pedestrians -- Pennsylvania -- Bristol.
Geographic subject Bristol (Pa.)
Genre Graphite drawings -- 1870-1880.
Watercolors -- 1870-1880.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2022.62.3.12]
Accession number P.2022.62.3.12