| Creator |
Rae, Julio H. |
| Contributor |
Fisher, Joseph, former owner. |
| Title |
[Plate 15 and advertisements from Rae's Philadelphia pictorial directory & panoramic advertiser. Chestnut Street, from Second
to Tenth Streets] [graphic].
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| Publisher |
[Philadelphia: Julio Rae] |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1851 |
| Date |
[1851] |
| Physical Description |
2 items: lithograph, letterpress, and wood engraving; 24 x 34 cm.(9.5 x 13.25 in.) |
| Description |
Plate 15 showing a section of the 900 block (244-293) of Chestnut Street. South side includes Burd Mansion (identified with
pencil inscription) and C. N. Robinson, Looking Glasses (248). North side includes Markoe House, W. Watson, proprietor (293);
the women's exchange Ladies Depository (289); S. H. Mattson, Tailor (287); boot and shoe maker M. Lauer & Co. (285); E. Griffith,
Fancy Dry Goods (283); J. H. Farrand’s, Confectionery (281); C. Dan[g]uy , Hair Dresser (279); and Charles S. Rand, Druggist
& Chemist (279).
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Accompanying advertisements promote ten of the depicted businesses, as well as businesses from adjacent plate, including F.
A. Hoyt’s Boy’s Clothing Store (264); T. W. Dufrene, Composition Marble Cement (Chestnut, below Tenth); Rand; Danguy; Farrand;
Laurer; Mattson; and the Ladies Depository. Advertisements contain promotional text and ornamented type. Promotions include
Rand noting the availability of "Vaccine Virus"; Dufrene highlighting the advantages of imitation marble; and the Ladies Depository
listing "Surplices, Ladies and Gentlemans Dressing Gowns, as well as Plain and Fancy Needlework, of every description, neatly
executed, - also marking with Indelible Ink."
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| Notes |
Title supplied by cataloger. |
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Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
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LCP also holds trimmed duplicate depicting North side [P.2008.34.16.13]. |
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Folder 16. |
| Subject |
Burd, Edward Shippen, 1779-1848 -- Homes and haunts. |
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Danguy, Canelle. |
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Dufrene, T.W. |
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Farrand, James H. |
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Griffith, Ely. |
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Hoyt, F.A. |
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Mattson, Samuel H. |
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Rand, Charles S. |
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Robinson, C.N. |
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Ladies’ Depository (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Markoe House (Hotel : Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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M. Lauer & Co. |
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Commercial streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Cement industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Clothing stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Confectioneries -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Dry goods stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Glass industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Hairdressing -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Hotels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Pharmaceutical industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Shoe industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Tailor shops -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Theaters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Women's exchanges -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 900 block. |
| Genre |
Advertisements -- 1850-1860. |
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Letterpress works -- 1850-1860. |
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Lithographs -- 1850-1860. |
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Wood engravings -- 1850-1860. |
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Panoramic views -- 1850-1860. |
| Provenance |
Fisher, Joseph, former owner. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| albums - Rae - Folder 16 [*Am 1851 Rae, 2975.Q] |
| Accession number |
2975.Q |
|
2975.Q folder 16-1 |
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2975.Q folder 16-2 |
