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Contributor McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title Asher M. Childs clothes renovating establishment, No. 145 N. 9th St. [graphic] : Old clothes made to look equal to new, by cleaning or dyeing without taking a part. Also repairing, and altering done to the latest fashions. All work done in a superior manner.
Publisher Philadelphia
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1863
Date [ca. 1863]
Physical Description 1 print: wood engraving; 8 x 19 cm.(3.25 x 7.25 in.)
Description Advertisement containing an exterior view of the storefront flanked by patriotic vignettes. Vignettes show the figure of liberty and a sailor, with a woman at his feet, holding an American flag. Also includes interior scenes of employees dying and brushing clothes.
Notes Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies.
Subject Childs, Asher M.
Clothing industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Maintenance & repair -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Liberty.
Sailors.
Geographic subject Ninth Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- North -- 145.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Genre Wood engravings -- 1860-1870.
Advertisements -- 1860-1870.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Ph Pr - 8 x 10 - Advertisements - C [(2)5786.F.162a]
Accession number (2)5786.F.162