| Creator |
Rae, Julio H. |
| Contributor |
Fisher, Joseph, former owner. |
| Title |
[Plate 1 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 |
3 items: lithograph, letterpress, and wood engraving; 24 x 34 cm.(9.5 x 13.25 in.) |
| Description |
Plate depicts section of the 200 block of Chestnut Street (42-59 pre-consolidation). South side includes William McMakin,
Tailor (42); Wm. [G.] Mason, Printing and Engraving (46); McAllister & Co., Walking Canes & Spectacles (48); Wm. Curry’s Wholesale
& Retail Trimming Store (50); F. H. Smith, Pocket Book & Port Monnaie (52 1/2); J. E. Van Meter & Co., Paper Hangings (54);
Charles Ellis & Co., Druggists & Importers of English, French & German Drugs (36); and Joseph Fisher, Thermometers (for distilling).
North side includes H. A. Dreer’s Seed & Horticultural Warehouse (59); J. G. Falconer, French millinery and J. N. Torr, Card
and Fancy Job Printing (57); Bank of Commerce with the offices of Browns & Bowen (55); Clarenbach & Herder, Cutlery (51);
and R. Magee, Bookseller and Stationer (45). Also shows partial view of Strawberry Street. Plate also includes a detail showing
a donut-shaped object captioned “Blacking” pasted on the depicted roof of the Curry building (50).
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Advertisements promote the businesses depicted, except Bank of Commerce, as well as Thomas Hargrave, Plain and Ornamental
Marble Worker and Designer, Corner of Ridge Road and Thirteenth St., Philadelphia; Marble-colored and Fancy Papers, Wholesale
and Retail, Manufactured by Joshua M. Raybold, Goldsmith’s Hall, Library Street, Philadelphia; George Hummel’s Premium Essence
of Coffee Manufactured and Sold, Wholesale and Retail, by Daniel Bohler & Co., No. 218 Callowhill Street, above Sixth; and
J. Dougherty’s Black Expectorant Syrup, No. 26 North Sixth Street, Between Market and Arch Streets, Philadelphia. Majority
of advertisements include several lines of promotional text and ornamented types, as well as a few include wood engraved vignettes.
Mason (50) advertisement lists the materials produced, including seals, presses, paper stamps, cards, tickets, blanks, and
door plates. Vignettes depict a woman leaning on a sepulchral monument (Hargrave), portrait of J. Dougherty holding his “Black”
syrup, and a shears (Clarenbach & Herder).
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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. |
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Folder 2. |
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LCP also holds trimmed duplicate depicting the North side [Rae - Chestnut Street (8)1322.F.7a] . |
| Subject |
Curry, William. |
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Dougherty, James. |
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Dougherty, James, -- Portaits |
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Dreer, Henry A., 1818-1873. |
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Falconer, John G. |
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Fisher, Joseph. |
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Hargrave, Thomas. |
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McMakin, William. |
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Magee, Richard. |
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Mason William G. |
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Raybold, Joshua M. |
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Smith, F. H. |
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Torr, Josiah N. |
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Bank of Commerce (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Browns & Bowen. |
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Charles Ellis & Co. |
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Clarenbach & Herder. |
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Daniel Bohler & Co. |
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J. E. Van Meter & Co. |
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McAllister & Co. |
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Commercial streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Banks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Booksellers and bookselling -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Coffee industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Cutlery industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Distilling industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Luggage industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Marble industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Millinery -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Nonprescription drug industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Opticians' shops -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Pharmaceutical industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Printing industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Publishing industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Seed trade -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia |
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Stationery trade -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Tailor shops -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Wallpaper industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Sepulchral monuments. |
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Scissors & shears. |
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Trimmings stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 200 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 2 [*Am 1851 Rae, 2975.Q] |
| Accession number |
2975.Q |
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2975.Q folder 2-1 |
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2975.Q folder 2-2 |
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2975.Q folder 2-3 |
