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Samuel Simes, operative & dispensing chemist. Store and family medicine laboratory. N.W. corner Chestnut & Twelfth sts. [graphic] / J. Mucklow [sic].
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Charles A. Poulson Philadelphia Scrapbooks
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Creator
Mucklon, John, engraver.
Title
Samuel Simes, operative & dispensing chemist. Store and family medicine laboratory. N.W. corner Chestnut & Twelfth sts. [graphic] / J. Mucklow [sic].
Publisher
[Philadelphia]
Date
Oct. 1856
Physical Description
1 print: engraving mounted on paper; irregular 10 x 18 cm. (4 x 6.25 in.)
Description
Advertisement containing two vignette views of the interior and exterior of the drugstore built 1851-1853 at 1201-1205 Chestnut Street. and manufactory. Interior view shows a couple being assisted by a clerk at the counter. Shelves with cubbies line the walls. Also shows a large glass dome by the counter. Exterior view shows pedestrians approaching a multi-storied building adorned with a flag. Vignettes connected by pictorial details of two pieces of chemistry equipment, including burners, tubing, and a stove.
Notes
Date from Poulson inscription.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject
Simes, Samuel.
Drugstores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadephia.
Scientific equipment.
Geographic subject
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 1201-1205.
Genre
Engravings -- 1850-1860.
Advertisements -- 1850-1860.
Provenance
Poulson, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1789-1866, compiler.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts| Rare| Poulson scrapbooks - vol. 8 [(8)2526.F.10]
Accession number
(8) 2526.F.10
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Charles A. Poulson Philadelphia Scrapbooks
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