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Contributor Serz, John, ca. 1810-ca. 1878.
Title Allen's Furniture Warehouse, Philadelphia. [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1870
Date [ca. 1870]
Physical Description 1 print: steel engraving mounted on paper; 24 x 18 cm.(9.5 x 7 in.)
Description Advertisement depicting the multi-story storefront for cabinetmakers Allen & Bro. (Joseph and James C.) erected in 1860 at 1209 Chestnut Street. Also shows pedestrians looking at furniture visible in the large display windows. The building contained salesrooms on the lower floors and upholstery and finishing rooms on the upper ones. Allen & Bro. was originally established by William Allen in 1836. The business specialized in custom orders and exhibited at the Centennial Exhibition of 1876.
Notes Probably engraved by John Serz.
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.
Variant wood engraving published in I. L. Vansant, ed., The royal road to wealth (Philadelphia: Samuel Loag, (1869?)], opp. p. 43.
Subject Allen & Bro.
Furniture industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Merchandise displays -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 1209.
Genre Advertisements -- 1860-1870.
Steel engravings -- 1860-1870.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| albums - Serz [P.9773.76c]
Accession number P.9773.76c

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