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Contributor Serz, John, ca. 1810-ca. 1878.
Title [Gumpert Bros., cigar manufacturers, 1341 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.] [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1876
Date [1876]
Physical Description 1 print: steel engraving; 12 x 10 cm.(4.5 x 3.5 in.)
Description Advertisement depicting the factory during the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 adorned with several signs, including ones illustrated with allegorical figures and patriotic imagery. Passersby look at displays of boxes in the window near pedestrians walking on the sidewalk. In the street, a man on horseback, and a horse-drawn carriage and omnibus travel. Also shows partial views of adjacent buildings. Gumpert Bros, originally W.H. Grumpert, was established in 1856. The firm name changed to Gumpert Bros in 1866 and the business removed from the site in 1879.
Notes Probably engraved by John Serz.
Title supplied by cataloger.
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 Gumpert Bros.
Cigar industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Factories -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Horse-drawn vehicles -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 1341.
Genre Advertisements -- 1870-1880.
Steel engravings -- 1870-1880.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| albums - Serz [P.9773.76e]
Accession number P.9773.76e

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