| Creator |
Rae, Julio H. |
| Contributor |
Fisher, Joseph, former owner. |
| Title |
[Plate 5 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 depicts section of the 300 block of Chestnut Street (111-129 pre-consolidation). South side includes Eugene Roussel/X.
Bazin, Importer & Manufacturer of Perfumery (114); J. Craig’s Cheap Job Printing Office and Adams & Co.’s Express (116); Hart,
Montgomery & Co., Paper Hangings (118); Jules Hauel, Perfumer & Importer (120); Thomas C. Garrett & Co., Watches & Jewelry
(122); A. Hart, publisher (126). North side includes Fairbanks & Glessner, Printers and R.P. Cox, Clothing Store (129); Jenkins
& Hartshorne, agents for Dr. Rose Family Medicine, (125); S. Miller’s Chestnut St. House (121); Archer & Warner, Gas Fitters
(119); S. Kayser’s Clothing Store (117); [Andrew] Scott’s Weekly Paper (115); offices of Godey’s Ladies Book and [G. Zantzinger’s]
Wine Store (113); J.W. M’Curdy & Son, Ladies Boots & Shoes and Rockhill & Wilson, Clothing Store (111) Also shows parts of
Fourth Street, Hudson’s Alley, and Franklin Place. Adams signage (116) included on plate as pasted-on detail.
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Advertisements promote the businesses depicted. Majority includes ornamented type and several lines of promotional text, including
Scott’s Weekly Paper advertising "Beautiful Parlor Engravings as Premiums!!!" Bazin advertisement also announces his succession
over Roussel.
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| Notes |
Title supplied by cataloger. |
|
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
|
Folder 6. |
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LCP also holds trimmed duplicate depicting North side [P.2008.34.16.2] and full plate [Rae - Chestnut Street, P.2006.1.20a&b]. |
| Subject |
Bazin, Xavier. |
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Cox, Richard P. |
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Hart, Abraham, 1810-1885 |
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Hauel, Jules. |
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Kayser, Solomon. |
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Miller, Samuel. |
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Moore, Samuel. |
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Scott, Andrew. |
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Zantzinger, George. |
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Adams Express Company |
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Archer & Warner. |
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Chestnut Street House (Hotel : Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Fairbanks & Glessner. |
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Hart, Montgomery & Co. |
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Jenkins & Hartshorne. |
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J. S. Rose & Co. |
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J. W. McCurdy & Son. |
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Rockhill & Wilson |
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Thos. C. Garrett & Co. |
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Commercial streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Clothing stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Express service -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Gas light fixtures industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Hotels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Jewelry stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadephia. |
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Nonprescription drug industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Patent medicines -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Perfumes industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Printing industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Publishing industry -- Pennyslvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Seed trade -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia |
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Shoe industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Wallpaper industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia |
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Wine industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 300 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 6 [*Am 1851 Rae, 2975.Q] |
| Accession number |
2975.Q |
|
2975.Q folder 6-1 |
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2975.Q folder 6-2 |
