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[Advertisements from Rae's Philadelphia pictorial directory & panoramic advertiser. Chestnut Street, from Second to Tenth Streets] [graphic].
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Creator
Rae, Julio H.
Contributor
Fisher, Joseph, former owner.
Title
[Advertisements from Rae's Philadelphia pictorial directory & panoramic advertiser. Chestnut Street, from Second to Tenth Streets] [graphic].
Publisher
[Philadelphia: Julio Rae]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1851
Date
[1851]
Physical Description
3 items: letterpress and wood engraving; 24 x 34 cm.(9.5 x 13.25 in.)
Description
Advertisements predominantly for sponsoring businesses not located on Chestnut Street, including George S. Storr’s Chemical Hair Invigorator, No. 68 North Eighth Street; H. P. & W. C. Taylor, Manufacturers of the Only Real Transparent Soap, Ninth, between Green & Coates Street; E. G. A. Baker, Manufacturing Jeweler, Northeast corner Branch & Fourth Streets; T. L. Buckingham, Dentist, 162 Race Street, below Fifth; music publisher Lee & Walker, 162 Chestnut Street; and C. G. Henderson & Co. Philadelphia Central Book & Stationery Warehouse, 164 Chestnut Street. Most of the advertisements contain several lines of promotional text. Storr’s text details the results of use of the product, including prevention of premature grayness and improved disposition of curled hair; testimonials; and a word of caution about impostors. Lee & Walker promote their title list, including asterisked items containing a lithograph cover. Henderson & Co. notes the "aim of proprietors to sell at the lowest rates"; "the Beauty and Elegance of Its Pictorial Department"; and their stationery merchandise. Taylor advertisement promotes their award wining and new varieties of soap, as well as contains a wood engraving of the exterior of the factory on the 600 block of North Ninth Street. Image includes a train traveling toward the building and pedestrians and a patron in front of the building.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Folder 18.
Subject
Baker, E.G.A.
Buckingham, T.L.
Storr, George S.
C.G. Henderson & Co.
H.P. & W.C. Taylor.
Lee & Walker.
Bookstores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Dental offices -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Factories -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Jewelers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Music publishing industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Nonprescription drug industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Railroads -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Soap trade -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Ninth Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- North -- 600 block.
Genre
Advertisements -- 1850-1860.
Letterpress works -- 1850-1860.
Wood engravings -- 1850-1860.
Provenance
Fisher, Joseph, former owner.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| albums - Rae - Folder 18 [*Am 1851 Rae, 2975.Q]
Accession number
2975.Q
2975.Q folder 18-1
2975.Q folder 18-2
2975.Q folder 18-3
2975.Q folder 18-4
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Rae's Philadelphia Pictorial Directory & Panoramic Advertiser
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