Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

: Cichowski, Severin; Severin Cichowski, active in the lithographic trade in the 1840s, delineated two book illustrations published in Philadelphia. Plates include "To the Macon Volunteers of Macon, Geo.," published in William M. Huddy's "Military Magazine and Record of the Volunteers of the City and County," and a medical illustration printed by P. S. Duval showing "trepanning" in Robert Pancoast's A Treatise on Operative Surgery, 1844.

: Citti, John; John Citti, born about 1795 in Italy, worked as an image maker, "figurist", and artist in Philadelphia between ca. 1845 and 1857. He relocated with most of his family to New York City by 1860. Several of his sons and grandchildren, including Lewis F. (b. ca. 1827), Orelius (ca. 1831-ca. 1880), Theodore (b. ca. 1835) and John B. (b. ca. 1850) were employed in the lithographic trade in Philadelphia, New York City, and in Richmond, Virginia. Though some of his children returned to Philadelphia after several years, John and his Italian-born wife, Mary (b. ca. 1811), remained in New York City until his death about 1875.

: Citti, Louis F.; Louis F. Citti, born of Italian descent in Philadelphia about 1827, worked as a lithographer and printer in Philadelphia, Richmond, Virginia, and Jersey City, New Jersey between 1850 and 1893. Reared in Philadelphia by a family of artists, including his lithographer brothers Orelius and Theodore, Citti began his lithographic career in 1850 with partner Franklin B. Hallman with whom he worked until 1853., By 1860, Louis relocated to Richmond, Virginia and worked as a lithographer for Charles L. Ludwig. Seven years later he returned to the print trade in Philadelphia while residing with his wife, Charlotte (a.k.a. Charlotta, b. ca. 1833), and son, John B. (b. 1852), at 335 Marriott (i.e. Montrose) Street, their residence until 1874. In 1875, Louis and son John, partnered with Herman F. Bitterlich, and set up the operations of L. F. Citti & Co. at the corner of Seventh and Market Streets. According to credit reports, the firm did a "fair trade" and had "fair credit" with an estimated worth of $3000. In the same year, the family moved their residence to 3412 North Eleventh Street. Citti lived and worked in Philadelphia until about 1888, when he established a residence in Jersey City, New Jersey and worked for Williams Citti & Co. in New York City. He died about 1893 (his last listing in the Jersey City directory with a concurrent Philadelphia directory listing for his wife as a widow).

: Citti, Orelius; Orelius Citti, born ca. 1831 in Pennsylvania, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia and New York City between 1855 and about 1880. Brother of Louis F. Citti, and from a family of artists, painters and lithographers, Orelius began his lithographic career with P. S. Duval on 5 Ranstead Place in 1855. By 1860, he lived in Ward 21 in New York City with his parents, siblings, and his wife, Elizabeth (b. ca. 1835) and daughter, Ida (b. ca. 1856). Orelius may have lived briefly in Richmond, Virginia at the same time as his brother, Louis, given the place of birth of his daughter, Ida. He returns to Philadelphia in the 1870s, presumably working for his brother's business, L. F. Citti & Co., at Seventh and Market Streets. His family resided in Ward 1 at 229 Mifflin Street. Orelius died around 1880.

: Clancy, Peter; Peter Clancy, born 1841 in Pennsylvania, son of waterman Timothy Clancy (1801-ca. 1860) worked as a lithographic printer in Philadelphia between 1860 and 1866. A member of the Lithographic Printers' Union, Clancy worked with his brother-in-law, Charles Ross, at 929 North Front Street in 1861. They also shared a residence in the early 1860s in Ward 11 at 109 Green Street, until his sister, Ross's wife, Kate Clancy (b. 1838), died in 1862. His other sister Hannah (1845-1863) died a year later. Clancy also died young, at the age of twenty-five on March 17, 1866.

: Clark, James G.; See Rice & Clark.

: Clarkson, E.; E. Clarkson, probably Edward Clarkson, mid-19th century Philadelphia animal portrait painter, was the artist for the lithograph depicting trotting horse "Andrew Jackson, Jr." published ca. 1850 by Baltimore lithographic firm A. Hoen & Co., Clarkson, born ca. 1827 in Pennsylvania, presumably, although not listed in the census, lived with his wife Eliza (b. ca. 1831) and daughters in Ward 3 in 1860. In 1870, Clarkson resided in Ward 8 of the city with his wife and a daughter in a group family home. By 1880, he relocated to Buck County and worked as a farmer., Clarkson was listed as an engraver or artist intermittently in Philadelphia city directories ca. 1849-ca. 1869. From 1849 to 1850, Clarkson worked from the same address (80 1/2 Walnut Street) as lithographer John F. Watson. Clarkson also exhibited horse portrait paintings at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1855 and 1856., The 1856 city directory lists two Edward Clarksons: an artist at 182 Chestnut and an engraver at 99 Catherine Street (Ward 3). WWWAA suggests "engraver" Clarkson was the father of "artist" Clarkson, but the dual listings could indicate an evolving change of address.

: Clay, E. W. (Edward W.); Edward W. Clay, the most prolific lithographic cartoonist of the Jacksonian era, was born of English-decent on April 17, 1799 in Philadelphia where he was active as an artist, engraver, and lithographer ca. 1819-1837. Son of well-to-do sea captain Robert Clay (1770-1804) and Eliza Williams (1776-1857) and admitted to the bar as a lawyer in 1825, Clay entered the printing trade as a Philadelphia engraver during his legal studies in the late 1810s. In pursuit of his chosen career, Clay traveled to Europe and studied art (ca. 1825-ca. 1828) and created book and periodical illustrations, sheet music covers, portraits, and character vignettes, such as "Lessons in Dancing" published by R. H. Hobson in 1828., He created his most known work issued in Philadelphia, his etched series "Life in Philadelphia" (1828-1830) satirizing middle-class African American Philadelphians, following his return from Europe. Clay also began to work in lithography at that time and drew complementary lithographs to the "Life" series, including "Back to Back" (ca. 1829) and "A Dead Cut," (1829); the latter published by Pendleton, Kearny & Childs. Clay would continue to work with Childs' noted lithographic establishments from 1830 to 1833 and delineated advertisements, and satiric genre and news event prints, including "Skating. Scene on the River Delaware..." and "Ropers Gymnasium," both published by Childs & Inman in 1831. By 1831, however, Clay predominately focused his skills on political cartoons. He started to publish this work from the southeast corner of Fourth and Walnut Streets, including the popular anti-Jackson lithograph "The Rats Leaving a Falling House" (1831)., At about 1835, Clay relocated from his 300 Spruce Street Philadelphia residence to New York. Although he had lithographs published in New York previously by John Pendleton (formerly of Pendleton, Kearny, & Childs) and Anthony Imbert. he predominately designed cartoons printed by H. R. Robinson. In New York, Clay also drew lithographic sheet music covers on rare occasions, and during the 1840s and 1850s had many of his cartoons published by John Childs. Clay remained in New York designing political cartoons until about 1852 when his eye sight began to fail. Soon thereafter, as a result of family connections, he served as the Clerk of the Court of Chancery and Clerk of the Orphan's Court for Delaware between 1854 and 1856, as well as designed a Shankland's American fashion plate printed in 1854 by P. S. Duval & Co. By 1857 Clay returned to New York for medical care and died of "pulmonary consumption" on December 31, 1857. He was buried at the Christ Church Burial Ground in Philadelphia.

: Clement, A.; A. Clement, probably real estate agent Aaron Clement, was the Philadelphia publisher of the version of John Lewis Krimmel's "White's Great Cattle Show..." printed ca. 1861 by Frederick Bourquin., Aaron Clement worked from 5 Pennsylvania Railroad Building and resided at 1534 South Street in 1861.

: Clements, John; John Clements, born in Holland about 1832, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia in 1860. He resided in a boarding house in Ward 6 operated by Elizabeth Henne (b. ca. 1811).

: Clonney, James G.; James G. Clonney, born in England in 1812, was a New York genre painter, miniaturist, and lithographer who practiced lithography in Philadelphia at Childs & Inman 1831-ca. 1833. He drew lithographic plates printed by the firm for the Doughty's "Cabinet of Natural History and American Rural Sports" (1830-1833). Childs & Inman retained Clonney based on the recommendation of Inman (Vice-President of the National Academy of Design). In March 1831, he sent the New York lithographer and Academy student to Philadelphia with a letter of introduction for Childs. Clonney was never listed in Philadelphia city directories, but most likely resided in the city during the period he worked for the Philadelphia firm., Clonney left the lithographic trade by about 1840 (the year of his naturalization) and focused on genre painting in New York. He exhibited his works at the National Academy of Design, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Apollo Association, and the American Art Union. By 1850, he was listed in the census as a farmer residing in New Rochelle, New York with his wife Margaret and several children. He died in Binghamton, New York in 1867.

: Clules, John; John Clules worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia in 1854 according to Groce & Wallace.

: Coggins, E. H. (Edward H.); Edward H. Coggins, born ca. 1822 in Pennsylvania, worked as a flour and feed dealer, engraver, printer, stationer and photographer in Philadelphia between 1851 and 1862. He began work as an engraver in 1853 at the northwest corner of Eighth and Market Streets (30 North Eighth Street), where he remained for his career in the printing trade, including acting as publisher of the L. N. Rosenthal lithograph reissue of "An East Prospect of the City of Philadelphia" (1854). In 1859, Horatio N. Harbach partnered with Coggins, but by 1861 Theodore J. Harbach took over his interest of the business (renamed Harbach & Bros.). Consequently, Coggins changed his profession to photographer and removed from Center City to Hestonville (West Philadelphia), where he opened and operated a portrait gallery on Lancaster Avenue above the railroad depot until the early years of the Civil War and his enlistment ca. 1862., Near the beginning of his career in the printing trade (1850), Coggins lived with his father and siblings in the Spring Garden Ward (Ward 1) and by the end (i.e., 1860) he resided in Ward 24 in Hestonville, on Lancaster Avenue, with one servant, Eliza Higbee., A soldier in Company P of the 28th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, Coggins died of wounds inflicted during the Battle of Antietam at the end of September 1862.

: Cohle, Ortelia; Ortelia Cohle, born ca. 1835 in Pennsylvania, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia according to the 1860 census. He resided in a boarding house with Elizabeth Cohle (b. ca. 1836), probably his wife, in North Philadelphia (Ward 17).

: Collins, Alfred M.; Alfred M. Collins, card and cardboard manufacturer for printers and lithographers, was born in New York in 1819. Residing in Philadelphia by the early 1840s, Collins pursued the mercantile trade before he established the paper manufacturing business A. M. Collins & Co. at 506-508 Minor Street in the early 1850s. By the 1860s, the business expanded to include card manufactory and by the end of the decade Collins's son Harry H. as well as Edward Cope, Jr. became partners in Alfred M. Collins, Son & Co. Around this time (ca. 1867), Collins also expanded to an additional location at North Third Street and Canal Street and introduced the "Chrystal Card" to the local market., A prolific advertiser in the "Printers Circular" journal, Collins gained a reputation as the "best and most appointed cardboard manufactory" in the country by the 1870s, and in 1876 he relocated his manufactory and warehouse to 9 Decatur Street (destroyed by fire December 1, 1879), and 18 South Sixth Street., Collins was married in 1843 to Hannah (b. ca. 1820), with whom he had three surviving children and was a contributor to and a secretary for the House of Refuge. Collins died on May 26, 1895 with funeral services held at his late residence of 1518 Locust Street.

: Collins, John; John Collins was a Philadelphia lithographic printer accused of burglary in a December 1873 newspaper report.

: LCP-Collins-DirPhila1838-35-1084-O-107b.jpg; John Collins, the grandson of premier New Jersey printer Isaac Collins, born in New York in 1814, was a Quaker artist, teacher, poet, and author, who worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia and Burlington, N.J. during the mid and later 19th century. Collins was also husband to Anna Baily (b. ca. 1815-1894), and father of six children, of whom four lived to adulthood., A student at the academy of John Gummere in Burlington and the first class at Haverford School (i.e., College) founded in 1833, Collins entered the lithography profession in Philadelphia in 1836. From 1836 to 1837, Collins established his own print shop at 79 South Third Street, exhibited two art works at the Artist Fund Society, and printed a lithograph of his alma mater Haverford School (1837). Soon thereafter, he printed lithographs for the seminal works John C. Wild's "Views of Philadelphia" (1838) and his cousin's husband Samuel Morton's "Crania Americana" (1839), as well as married., By 1840, although Collins contributed lithographs to The Oxford Drawing Book (New York, 1840), he sold his studio to his associate Thomas Sinclair. Sinclair would remain the printer of most of his future lithographic endeavors, including the series "Views of Burlington" (1847) and "The City and Scenery of Newport" (1857). In addition, the drawing book would be the first of a number of art instruction books that Collins either authored or to which he contributed lithographs, including Progressive Drawing Book of Flowers for Beginners (1844); My First Drawing Book (1871); and Model Drawing Book for Boy and Girls (1892). Following the sale of his shop, Collins resided in Philadelphia, New York, and Burlington, where he finally settled in 1846 at his family home at Broad and York streets and pursued a teaching career. He, however, continued his association with lithography and drew a series of lithographs of the West-town Boarding School (ca. 1858) and authored "The Art of Engraving on Metal, Wood and Stone" (1858) in addition to working at the shop of P. S. Duval & Son in 1858. He also wrote an antislavery poem "The Slave Mother" (1855) and traveled to Cuba in 1859 where he made sketches and watercolors of sites from his trip. During the 1860s, Collins still remained active in lithography and served as a floor manager and committee member of the Lithographic Printer's Union Ball of 1863. In 1870, he authored the prophetic poem "1970 - A Vision of the Coming Age.", The ensuing decade saw Collins and his family transplanted to Eastern Tennessee, following a visit to the North Carolina Yearly Meeting to learn about Southern Quakers' lives under Reconstruction. From 1870 to 1878, Collins lived first in Friendsville, Tn. where he may have had a position as principal of the William Foster Institute and then Maryville, Tn. where he returned to teaching. In the South, he continued with his art and drew and sketched the people and sites of his residence., In 1879, Collins and his family, returned to Philadelphia where by 1880 they resided at 602 North Forty-Third Street and by 1885 at 702 North Forty-Third Street. In his later years, Collins cited his occupation as an artist and in 1883 he lithographed a portrait of Burlington porter Benny Jackson during a visit to his former place of residence. Collins made other trips to Burlington in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including reading a historical sketch (published 1893) about Isaac and Rachel Collins at a Collins Family Reunion in 1890, as well as visited Tennessee. Collins also continued with his reform activities and was a member of the Prison Society, the Pennsylvania Peace Society, and the Temperance Society until his death on December 17, 1902 in Philadelphia.

: Collis, Francis; Francis Collis was active in the printing trades, including lithography, in Philadelphia in the mid-1860s. He was nominated for treasurer of the Lithographic Printers Union in 1862 and worked as an engraver at 412 Girard Avenue in Philadelphia in 1867.

: Concannon, Thomas; Thomas Concannon, born ca. 1841 in Ireland, worked as a lithographer and printer in Philadelphia in 1860 and 1861. He resided with siblings and his widowed mother on 616 Charles and 1 Berlin (i.e., South Leithgow) Street. This lithographer may be the Thomas Concannon living in Chicago, Illinois by 1870 with wife, Mary Concannon (b. ca. 1842) and daughter, Sarah E. Concannon (b. ca. 1867).

: Conklin, Jacob M.; Jacob M. Conklin, born ca. 1840 in Vermont, worked as a lithographer and shirt manufacturer in Philadelphia. A member of the Lithographic Printers Union, serving as secretary in 1862, Conklin was employed by P. S. Duval & Co. at 22 South Fifth Street in 1858. By 1866, he partnered in Conklin & Gibbons at the southeast corner of Dock & Walnut Streets. Two years later he tenanted 148 1/2 Walnut Street, the same address as fellow lithographers Samuel B. Linton and Daniel O'Donnell. Conklin switched trades in 1872 and opened a varieties and furnishing store at 1221 Girard Avenue, where the business remained until the late 1880s. By the early 1890s the business had relocated at 1132 Arch Street., During the 1860s, Conklin resided at 906 Ontario Street (Ward 25). In the 1870s he lived near his "gentleman's furnishing" business at 1238 Girard Avenue (Ward 14), and in the 1880s he resided at 538 North Eleventh Street (Ward 10). In the 1890s he lived with his wife Margaret W. (b. ca. 1840) and her sister Nancy M. Platt (b. ca. 1837) at 330 Arch Street in Camden, N.J.

: Conrad, Timothy A.; Timothy Abbott Conrad, born June 21, 1803 in Burlington County, New Jersey to a family interested in natural history, was a naturalist, conchologist, paleontologist, author, and artist of lithographic book plates. Educated at Westtown, Conrad drew lithographic plates for natural history works that he authored and include "American Marine Conchology, or Descriptions and Colored Figures of the Shells of the Atlantic Coast" (1831); "Fossil Shells of the Tertiary Formations of North America" (1832); and "New Fresh-water Shells of the United States, with Lithographic Illustrations and a Monograph of the Genus Anculotus of Say" (1832)., Son of Solomon White Conrad (1779-1831), a publisher and printer and professor of botany at the University of Pennsylvania, Conrad worked as a clerk for his father in the 1820s, and upon the elder's death assumed management of the establishment. After a few years, he abandoned the printing business to pursue his natural history studies, and in 1837 he was appointed Geologist of the state of New York. A member of the Academy of the Natural Sciences beginning in 1831 and later the American Philosophical Society, he contributed approximately twenty-two illustrated articles in the 1830s, some to the Academy's journal, and helped to found the Association of American Geologists in 1840., By 1850, he lived with family in the High Street Ward in Center City. Working as a geologist according to the 1860 census, he lived in his brother-in-law's household in Trenton (Ward 3). He returned again to Center City Philadelphia (Ward 9) by 1870. He never married, and according to one biography, was often melancholy, especially in his later years. He passed away in Trenton on August 9, 1877.

: Coster, George G.; George G. Coster, born in 1840 in Pennsylvania, worked as a lithographer and printer in Philadelphia between 1865 and 1895. A Union soldier with Company K, 91st Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry from September 27, 1861 to the end of the war, Coster was mustered out as Full 1st Sergeant. He returned to Philadelphia and was employed as a lithographic printer. Coster resided in several different wards of the city, predominately in the north, with his wife, Barbara (b. ca. 1847), and their five children: Charlie H. (b. 1867), Emma J. (b. 1871), George G. (b. 1872), Harry (b. 1876), and William (b. 1880). In 1897, the widowed Coster admitted himself to the Central Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in Dayton, Ohio. By 1900, he resided on North Jessup Street in Philadelphia with two of his sons and his mother-in-law. Ten years later he lived with his daughter, Emma Snyder, and her family in Ward 37 of the city. Coster died on July 4, 1924.

: Craig, Finley & Co.; Craig, Finley & Co., the lithographic and printing firm established in 1867 by printer William Craig (b. ca. 1838), operated until 1950. The firm printed pamphlets, trade cards, and commercial business ephemera, including certificates and letterhead for patrons like Riehl Bros., manufacturer of cutting machines. Between 1867 and 1870, the firm, including partners Craig and James Finley (1846-1932), operated under the names of Craig, Butt, Finley (1869) and Craig, Finley & Rowley (1869-1870) from Tenth and Chestnut streets., In August 1870, Craig, Finley & Rowley announced their dissolution in the "Printers Circular" as a result of the retirement of Thomas Rowley. The firm continued as Craig, Finley & Co. with the remaining partners of William Craig, James G. Finley and James Ferguson, Jr. (b. ca. 1840). After 1870, the firm relocated to South Eleventh and Chestnut streets, and in 1875, to 1018/1020 Arch Street. On October 31, 1877 a fire struck the firm. The blaze destroyed the establishment's stock of printing presses, paper, and types in addition to damaging its stored lithographic stones at an estimated cost of $25,000, which was covered by their insurance., The three partners remained in business into the 20th-century with increasingly larger facilities at 137-139 North Twelfth Street by 1920 and 2218-20-22 Vine Street by 1929 where the firm remained until at least 1945., William Craig, born in Ireland ca. 1838, lived on Franklin Street (20th Ward) in North Philadelphia with his wife Mary (b. ca. 1840) and six children in 1880. James G. Finley, born in Pennsylvania ca. 1846, was married to Ellen (b. ca. 1848) with two children and lived in a household with a servant on Evergreen Avenue (Roxborough) in 1880. By 1930, Finley remained active in the printing trade and lived in Springfield, Pa. with his second wife Anna (b. ca. 1849) and a servant. He died in June 1932. James Ferguson, Jr., born ca. 1840 in Pennsylvania, lived on 1646 Vienna, (i.e., Berks) Street in Kensington with his three children, including step son James Alexander in 1880.

: Crawford, William; William Crawford, born ca. 1834 in Pennsylvania, worked as a lithographic printer in Philadelphia in the early 1870s. His professional associations probably included lithographer John H. Camp, with whom he resided during that time at 409 North Fourth Street., Previous to his lithographic work (1860s) and again by 1876, Crawford worked as a druggist at 141 Market Street. Other than his residency with Camp, Crawford resided at 123 Noble Street during these decades.

: Cridland, Leander Jr.; Leander Cridland, Jr., born in December of 1842, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia in 1860. He resided in his father's household in Ward 15 with five siblings and extended family. His career in lithography was short-lived, and by 1867 he was working as a carpenter with his father and brother., By 1880, Cridland resided on the Reading Turnpike with his wife's family, the Pipers. In 1900, Cridland headed a household on East Mount Airy Avenue (Ward 22) that included his wife Lydia (b. ca. 1850) and seven children, including Carrie L. (b. 1869), Robert B. (b. 1872), Leanora (b. 1873), Percy (b. 1876), Stanley (b. 1879), Laman S. (1884-1918), and Mira R. (b. 1887). At the time of Leander's death on March 24, 1905, he resided at 140 East Washington Lane.

: Croome, W. (William); W. Croome worked as a lithographic artist in Philadelphia for P. S. Duval between ca. 1847 and 1851. He designed portraits, and architectural and engineering views., Croome was probably engraver and artist William Croome (1790-1860) known for his work as a book and periodical illustrator. Trained in Boston under Abel Brown, he was also a member of the Boston Bewick Co. of engravers who published "American Magazine of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge" (1830-1834). During his residency in Philadelphia ca. 1843-ca. 1850 (following his marriage to a Philadelphian), he predominately was employed as an engraver. He worked solely at Sixth and Walnut streets and later as a partner in the engraving firms of Croome, Meignelle & Minot and Croome & Minot (1841-1842) and Croome & Brightly (ca. 1850)., Croome was married to Rosalie Cress (ca. 1816-1903) on October 3, 1842 in West Chester, Pa. They appeared to have one daughter, Rosalie (b. ca, 1848) who lived with her maternal grandparents in 1860. During his career in Philadelphia he resided on the 1000 block of Spring Garden Street (1845) and at 59 Buttonwood Street (1847-1850).

: Crouse, Lewis; Lewis Crouse, born about 1830 in Kassel, Germany, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia in 1860. He resided in Ward 5 of the city with his German-born wife, Clara (b. ca. 1832) and his son, Lewis (b. 1858).

: Currier, Nathaniel; Premier lithographer Nathaniel Currier, born in Roxbury, Massachusetts on March 27, 1813, worked in Philadelphia in 1833 with former, fellow Pendleton of Boston apprentice M. E. D. Brown. Currier worked at Brown's establishment (5 Library Street) before he relocated to New York City. He, however, remained associated with Brown and the first print issued by his press was delineated by his former Philadelphia employer., Before the establishment of his renown partnership in 1856 with James Ives, Currier worked with Adam Stodart in the 1830s and then solely. The Currier & Ives partnership survived until about 1907. While in Philadelphia, Currier probably assisted in the design of lithographs with M. E. D. Brown imprints, including plates in the "Floral Magazine" (1832-1834);"American Journal of Science and Arts" (1832-1833); and "Cabinet of Natural History" (1830-1834). Currier retired in 1880, leaving his interest in the firm to his son, Edward and died of pneumonia in November 1888.

: Curtis, Thomas; Thomas Curtis, was a Philadelphia bookseller, who exhibited a "lot of lithographic prints" at the 1854 Franklin Institute Exhibition of American Manufacturers. Curtis operated his business from 134 (i.e., 600 block) Arch Street and resided on Race Street above Sixth Street in 1855.

: Dando, Thomas S. (Thomas Stotesbury); Thomas S. Dando, printer, lithographer, publisher, and businessman was born on January 21, 1856 in Newark, New Jersey. Son of Joseph Clifford Dando, a Pennsylvania-born oil merchant and bookkeeper, Dando attended Friends schools in Philadelphia, and by the age of eighteen was employed as a printer at 307 Walnut Street. Some of his earliest works were maps distributed by general agents Peter Wright & Sons, also located at the Walnut Street address. In the late 1870s, he copartnered with Henry B. Davis to operate Thomas S. Dando & Co., and continued to produce catalogs, annual reports, pamphlets, and maps in addition to lithographed trade cards and advertisements from this location until 1885. Thomas resided with his parents and siblings at 1306 Master Street (Ward 20) during this period of his career., On January 1, 1886, Dando Printing and Publishing Co. succeeded Thomas S. Dando & Co. in the building formerly occupied by Drexel & Co. at 34 South Third Street. Henry W. Brown served as president, Thomas S. Dando as vice president, and H. B. Davis as secretary and treasurer. Thomas's brother, Joseph Clifford Dando (b. ca. 1863) joined the business shortly after, filling the roles of secretary and treasurer, as Thomas managed the "Public Ledger' (600 Chestnut Street) and co-founded "The Sporting Life Publishing Company" (also located at 34 South Third Street). Thomas was a member the Union League, the Keystone Shooting League and the Riverton Gun Club, and, in addition to his publishing companies, he also served as a director for the Manufacturers' Casualty Insurance Company, incorporated in 1915 to protect employers of labor in Pennsylvania., Thomas married Helena Jones (b. May 1865) in 1884 and together they had four children. The family moved several times, from Germantown to Moorestown, New Jersey and back to the Fairmount section of the city (Ward 15). By the time of his death on July 31, 1921, he resided on Montgomery Avenue east of Edgewood Road in Ardmore, Pa.

: Darley, Felix O. C. (Felix Octavius Carr); Felix Octavius Carr Darley, born June 23, 1822 in Philadelphia, the son of actors John and Eleanor Darley, Jr., was the leading 19th-century American book and magazine illustrator, including in the medium of lithography Originally apprenticed as a clerk, Darley a self-trained artist, entered the field of commercial illustration and design in Philadelphia in 1840. During the 1840s, Darley served as staff illustrator for "Graham's Magazine" and provided engraved illustrations for a number of books and series, including "Scenes of Indian Life" (1843). He also produced lithographs, including the portrait print of performer "John Day, American Jester" issued by Henry Dacre in 1847 and the series printed by Thomas Sinclair "In Town and About" (1843) depicting Philadelphia street life., In 1848, Dacre relocated to New York where he continued a very successful career as a book and periodical illustrator of the works of popular authors. In 1859, he relocated to Clayton, Delaware following his marriage to Jane Colburn and remained active in the trade until his death on March 27, 1888, Darley was listed in Philadelphia city directories in only the year 1847 as a designer at 417 High (i.e., Market) Street. Throughout his art career, he exhibited work at the National Academy of Design, the Artist Fund Society, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the Brooklyn Art Association. He also designed bank note vignettes.

: Davis, J. D. & Sons; J. D. Davis & Sons, a cigar establishment, issued the explanatory key to the noted lithograph "Washington's Triumphal Entry into New York, Nov. 25th, 1783," printed by P. S. Duval and published by William Smith in 1861., Davis & Sons was listed at 807 Walnut Street in the 1860 city directory.

: Demme, William; William Demme, born ca. 1826? in Germany, was a partner in the lithographic firm Schnabel, Finkeldey, and Demme 1856-1857. Comprised of Edward Schnabel, John F. Finkeldey, and Demme, the firm issued at least four versions of lithographs showing the lower blocks of Chestnut Street under the series title "Panorama of Philadelphia." Schnabel, Finkeldey, and Demme also issued sheet music covers. Before entering the partnership, Demme worked at the establishment of P. S. Duval at 5 Ranstead Place in 1856., Demme was possibly the William Demme listed in the 1870 census as 44 years of age and a resident of Ward 11. He lived with Sabina (b. ca. 1826) and Louis (b. ca. 1855), most likely his wife and son. He may also be the William Demme who declared his intent to be naturalized on September 20, 1854 in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.

: Dhatley, H.; H. Dhatley, according to Peters, was a Philadelphia lithographer who drew a portrait lithograph of Edward Everett in 1859.

: Dick, Andrews & Co.; Dick, Andrews & Co., the partnership between Horace B. Dick and Edward G. Andrews, was active in the Philadelphia lithographic trade at 614 Chestnut Street in 1867. Dick resided at 711 South Ninth Street and Andrews at 1040 Clement Street. By 1868, the firm, nor Andrews was listed in the Philadelphia city directories, but Dick was listed as an editor. According to the 1870 city directory, Dick resided in Camden and worked as a clerk at 808 Chestnut Street and Andrews worked as an artist at 1308 Chestnut Street and resided at 2032 North Seventh Street.

: Dinneen, Cornelius; Cornelius Dinneen, born ca. 1832 in Ireland, worked as a lithographer and printer in Philadelphia between 1856 and the mid-1860s. Dineen immigrated to Philadelphia in 1851 and was in the employ of P. S. Duval beginning about 1856 and was named in his insolvency petition of 1859. Cornelius worked at his establishments at 5 Ranstead Place, 8 South Fifth Street, and 22 South Fifth Street, as well as served as the secretary of the Lithographic Printers Union in 1858. By 1860, he owned real estate valued at $700 and personal estate valued at $100., During this time he resided in Ward 1 of the city with his wife, Mary (b. ca. 1835), and their Pennsylvania-born daughters, Mary (b. 1857) and Margaret (b. 1859). His brothers, Patrick Dinneen (b. ca. 1828) and Dennis Dinneen (b ca. 1833), also worked as lithographers for P.S. Duval.

: Dinneen, Dennis; Dennis Dinneen, born about 1833, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia in 1856 and 1857 for P. S. Duval at his 5 Ranstead Place and 8 South Fifth Street establishments. His brothers, Patrick Dinneen (b. ca. 1828) and Cornelius Dinneen (b ca. 1832), also worked as lithographers for P. S. Duval.

: Dinneen, Patrick; Patrick Dinneen, born circa 1828 in Ireland, worked as a lithographer and printer in Philadelphia between 1854 and 1861 for P.S. Duval at his 5 Ranstead Place, 8 South Fifth Street, and 22 South Fifth Street establishments. He resided on 507 Federal Street in Ward 1 with his wife, Margaret (b. ca. 1828) and three Pennsylvania-born children. His brothers, Dennis Dinneen (b. ca. 1833) and Cornelius Dinneen (b ca. 1832), also worked as lithographers for P. S. Duval.

: Dolcey, August; August Dolcey, born circa 1832 in Prussia, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia in 1860. He lived with his wife Maria (b. ca. 1836), and another German couple in Ward 5.

: Dougherty, Hugh; Hugh Dougherty, born about 1843 in Pennsylvania, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia in 1860. He boarding with Mary Dougherty (b. ca. 1845) in the household of brickmaker Charles Carr at 2006 Pine Street (Ward 8).

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