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Title Adams & Co.'s Express, 116 Chestnut St. Philadelphia. [graphic] : Commissions executed in all the principal cities of the world.
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1850
Date [ca. 1850]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph; 15 x 10 cm.(6 x 3.75 in.)
Description Label for the Philadelphia branch (est. circa 1843) of the rail express service company started by Alvin Adams of Boston in 1840. Contains an ornate border and vignettes. Vignettes depict a horse-drawn delivery wagon transporting several crates; sailing ships; and traveling railroad trains. Border details include filigree and flowers.
Notes Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of Madelyn Wolke, Lucianne Reichert, and Clifford A. Mohwinkel Jr.
Subject Adams Express Company.
Express service. -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Railroads.
Vessels.
Borders (Ornament areas).
Genre Labels -- 1840-1850.
Lithographs -- 1840-1850.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| albums - Serz [P.9773.38o]
Accession number P.9773.38o

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