Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

: French, John T.; John T. French, born in Pennsylvania in July 1822, worked as a lithographer, predominately with Thomas Sinclair, in Philadelphia ca. 1845-1852. French was first listed as a lithographer in Philadelphia directories in 1845. He produced fashion advertisements, genre and view prints, and book illustrations. His S. A. & A. F. Ward fashion prints issued in the late 1840s received particularly note from Peters., French was listed in the 1850 census as a lithographer who resided in the Spring Garden Ward 3. He resided at Poplar Street above Seventh Street with his wife Sarah (b. ca. 1823) and two children in a multi-family dwelling. At the time of his death on March 3, 1852, he resided at 4 Clarence Row.

: Friend & Aub; Friend and Aub, a partnership established ca. 1852 between Norman Friend and Jacob Aub, specialized in map engraving and lithography. The firm, located at 332 Walnut Street remained in operation until dissolved by "mutual consent" on July 19, 1860. Much of their map work was done in collaboration with Wagner & McGuigan and L. N. Rosenthal.

: Friend, Norman; Norman Friend, a map lithographer and engraver, born in Denmark about 1814, worked in Philadelphia ca. 1840s-1888. Friend immigrated to the United States in the early 1840s. By 1844, he resided in Philadelphia and began the naturalization process. He was married to Mary (b. ca. 1830) by 1850 and resided most of his professional career on the 100 and 200 block of North Second Street. In 1849, he started his own firm at 141 (i.e. 400 block) Walnut Street, which he removed to 80 (i.e., 332) Walnut Street in 1851 preceding his partnership with Jacob Aub in the firm of Friend & Aub. After Aub's departure in 1860, Friend continued to operate at the address under his own name until his death., Throughout his career, he specialized in map work, beginning with "Sidney's Map of Twelve Miles around New York" (1849) from surveys by James C. Sidney, and the "Map of Philadelphia" published as part of the Philadelphia City Directories of 1849 and 1850. During the 1860s and 1870s, he worked on many of the Midwestern county maps and atlases published by Lewis H. Everts and his various associates (including Duval & Hunter, later Thomas Hunter) bringing standardization to the county atlas format., Friend died of heart disease on February 25, 1888 with the listed residency of 529 Vine Street. He was buried in Ocean Grove, N.J.

: Fritz, John S.; John S. Fritz, born about 1840 in Pennsylvania, worked as a lithographer and printer in Philadelphia from 1861 to 1896. Son of John, Sr., a blacksmith from Baden, Germany, he had four siblings: Caroline (b. ca. 1836), Elizabeth (b. ca. 1838), William, also a blacksmith (b. ca. 1843), and Francis (b. ca. 1845), a coachmaker, with whom he resided at 1431 Randolph (i.e., Mifflin) Street until about 1870., After 1870, he lived at 818 Thompson Street until he returned to the Randolph Street address ca. 1876. According to the 1900 census, he married in 1879, although no wife is listed, and raised four children, Elizabeth (b. ca. 1881), John (b. ca. 1884), Mary (b. ca. 1885), and Joseph (b. ca. 1887) at 2117 Howard Street; his residence since ca. 1885.

: Fritz, Thomas; Thomas Fritz, born ca. 1825 in Württemberg, Germany, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia in 1860. He resided in Ward 5 of the city with his wife Whilamena (b. 1835), and their three children, Amelia (b. 1854), Mary (b. 1856), and Caroline (b. 1858).

: Fuchs, F.; F. Fuchs, a lithographer who specialized in maps, worked at 17 Minor Street as part of Robert Pearsall Smith's publishing house. He contributed over twenty illustrations of various houses and properties for at least six maps published by Smith in 1855 and 1856, including "Map of Greene County, Ohio" (Philadelphia: Anthony D. Byles, 1855) and "Map of New Haven County, Connecticut" (Philadelphia: H. & C.T. Smith, 1856). In addition, he is credited with six frontispieces in "The Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste" (Philadelphia: Robert Pearsall Smith, 1856).

: Fuchs, Theodore; Theodore Fuchs, a lithographer and landscape painter, worked at Robert Pearsall Smith's publishing house 1857-1858.

: G. W. Burgess & Company; G. W. Burgess & Co., a Philadelphia variety store, published and copyrighted the J. T. Bowen genre lithograph "Log Cabin Politicians" in 1841. The variety store operated from 40 South Third Street, a few blocks from the Bowen lithographic establishment. A copy of the print is held in the Harry T. Peters Collection, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

: Gambel, William; William Gambel, born in June 1823 in Pennsylvania to William Gamble, Sr. and school teacher Elizabeth Gamble, was a naturalist, ornithologist and physician who designed flower lithographs for Thomas Sinclair's "North American Sylva" (1846). Introduced to naturalist Thomas Nuttall (1786-1859) in 1838, Gambel accompanied Nuttall on survey trips, learning botany, mineralogy, and ornithology and in 1841 began to explore Santa Fe, New Mexico and the "Far West" region between the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada. He subsequently explored the Hawaiian Islands and South America by serving as a clerk on United States navy ships. He returned to Philadelphia in July 1845, entered medical school at the University of Pennsylvania, and served as the secretary of the Academy of the Natural Sciences. He married Catharine Towson (b. ca. 1825) and resided with her family at 118 North Eighth Street in the northern part of Center City (South Mulberry Ward). After completing his degree in 1848, Gambel decided to relocate to California and left Philadelphia in April of 1849. He arrived in ill-health, treated miners in the Feather River area, and eventually contracted typhoid fever. He died on December 13, 1849 at the young age of twenty-six.

: Gebbie, George; George Gebbie, born in Scotland on August 24, 1832, was a Philadelphia and New York bookseller and publisher of fine art books who published lithographic reproductions of Cruikshank's "The Bottle" in 1871. Gebbie immigrated to the United States in 1863 and resided in Utica, New York and New York City before locating to Philadelphia ca. 1866 when he was listed in the March 1866 I.R.S. tax assessment list as a peddler at 814 Market Street. In 1871, Gebbie relocated his establishment to 730 Sansom Street from 825 Filbert Street. Gebbie also formed the firms Gebbie & Barries (1873-1880) and Gebbie & Co. (1881-1907)., By 1870, Gebbie resided at 1714 Rittenhouse in Ward 8 with his wife Mary (b. 1839) and daughter. By 1880 he had relocated to West Philadelphia where he resided at 3608 Walnut Street with his wife and several children, a governess, and a number of servants. Gebbie died at his home in Philadelphia on August 13, 1892.

: George McDowell & Co.; George McDowell & Co., the blank books, printing and lithograph business established as a book and stationery house by Joseph McDowell in 1825 operated in the lithographic trade ca. 1862-ca. 1880s. George McDowell assumed the business from Joseph ca. 1861 as McDowell & Holloway at 121 Market Street. The firm, reestablished as George McDowell & Co. in 1862, relocated to 235 Market Street the same year. F. P. F. Mullins headed the printing department by 1881 when the firm operated from 20 South Sixth Street. The firm specialized in counting house stationery, playing cards, albums, and stationery sundries.

: Gilbert, George; George Gilbert, born in Pennsylvania ca. 1834, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia between ca. 1858 and ca. 1860. In 1859, he resided at 1147 School Street. In 1860, he lived with book binders and book folders in a boarding house in Ward 11. Probably not George W. Gilbert, a Philadelphia lithographer who was born circa 1839 and who died May 2, 1863.

: Gimber, Stephen Henry; Stephen Henry Gimber, a British engraver born about 1806, worked as an artist and lithographer in Philadelphia during the 1850s. In 1828 Gimber immigrated to New York City with his wife Louisa (b. ca. 1810) and in the early 1830s engraved book plates and frontispiece illustrations, and also designed sheet music covers and other lithographs published by the Pendleton firm in the early 1830s. By the 1840 census, he resided in New York's Fifteenth Ward with Louisa and five New-York born children. Three years later, on November 7, 1843, printer Edward B. Kraft witnessed Gimber's naturalization in the New York County Superior Court., Gimber relocated to Philadelphia shortly after his naturalization, where in the 1850 census he is listed as "Stephen Kimber" living in Spring Garden Ward 3. (Gimber should not be confused with the twenty-five year old Stephen Gimber, engraver, boarding in Albany, New York in 1850). According to Peters. Gimber was active in the Philadelphia lithographic trade and designed portraiture for P. S. Duval in the late 1850s. During his residency in Philadelphia, Gimber lived at 311 Shippen Street, and then 1336 North Thirteenth Street until his death in 1862.

: Godber, John; John Godber, lithographer and printer, born of French heritage ca. 1841 in New York, worked in the trade in Philadelphia ca. 1860-ca. 1890. Although a foreman for Herline & Co. and then Howard B. Hamilton (39 North Tenth Street) 1873-1874, Godber did engage in photography for a brief time as a partner in the photographic studio W. H. Keller & Co. (322 North Second Street) in 1872. After 1890, Godber was listed in city directories until 1894 as a grocer., Godber resided in the Seventh Ward of Philadelphia by 1860, with presumably his siblings, Mary (b. ca. 1830, France) and Constance (b. ca. 1840, France) Agnes (b. ca. 1844, N.Y.) and Titus (b. ca. 1848, N.J.). He remained in the Seventh Ward neighborhood on the 1200 block of Shippen (i.e., Bainbridge) Street until ca. 1870, when he relocated to 1033 Fernon Street in South Philadelphia (Ward 1) with his wife Annie (b. ca. 1840) and daughter Susan (b. 1862). By 1879, Godber resided on South Tenth Street, first at 2025 and after 1886 at 2039 South Tenth Street., Although listed as white in census records, Godber's entry in the 1863 edition of the Philadelphia city directory was annotated to indicate that he was "colored." If a correct annotation, Godber would be the only known named black lithographer in 19th-century Philadelphia directories 1828-1878.

: Goff, Joseph L.; Joseph L. Goff, born about 1833 in Newark, New Jersey, published engravings and lithographs in Philadelphia from the mid-1860s to the mid-1870s. Before this time he owned a coach and sign painting business with John G. Rogers and lived on Juniper Street, below Spruce Street, with his mother Martha Goff (b. ca. 1800), a shopkeeper, and brother, Richard W.P. Goff (b. ca. 1835)., By June 1865, Joseph posted an advertisement in the Philadelphia Inquirer listing himself as a publisher and agent looking for other agents to sell a deathbed picture of Lincoln. The city directory for this year lists "books" as his profession, and by 1866; "engravings." Joseph's brother joined him in business in 1867 and formed Goff & Brother, an engraving and publishing company at 31 South Sixth Street. Joseph remained at this address and was engaged in publishing a few years longer than his brother Richard, who, around 1870, dealt in ornaments at 1307 Chestnut Street, and eventually founded an art furniture business. After Richard's departure, city directories list "chromos" as Joseph's trade at 31 South Sixth Street until about 1875. In the mid-1870s he was listed as a frame maker and a clerk, and by 1880, he was back in the publishing business. A few years later, he managed J. H. Shaw's "Liberal Credit House," a furniture store at 1122 Market Street., By 1860 Goff resided iin Ward 26 with his wife Eliza J. (ca. 1836-1882) and three children, and then in Ward 7 by 1880. In 1893, a decade after his first wife's death, Joseph married Ella J. Long (d. 1909). They had one child together in 1894, and six years later, Ella is listed as a widow in the 1900 census.

: Goldbacher, Babetta; Babetta or Barbara Goldbacher, born in Germany in 1826 and wife of Philadelphia lithographer Isaac Goldbacher, possibly worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia in 1860 as recorded in the census. The censuses of 1850 and 1870 list Goldbacher as "keeping house" and residing with her husband in Kensington (Ward 2)., By 1864, Goldbacher relocated within North Philadelphia to 6 Westford Avenue (Ward 13) with her husband and five children Rebecca (b. ca. 1851), Theresa (b. ca. 1853), Louis (b. ca. 1856), Adolph (b. ca. 1857) and Raphael (b. ca. 1861). The family remained at the address until 1875. By 1893, Goldbacher and her husband resided with their son-in-law and printer, Leopold D. Goodman. Goldbacher died at the age of 75 on April 14, 1901.

: Goldbacher, Isaac; Isaac Goldbacher, born in 1824 in Bavaria, Germany, worked as a lithographer and printer in Philadelphia ca. 1860-1880. In 1850, Goldbacher worked as a turner in Philadelphia and resided in Kensington (Ward 2). By 1860, he entered the lithographic trade and resided in Ward 12 with his family, including his wife and possible lithographer Barbara/Babetta., Between 1862 and 1865, he served as a Private in Company F, 150th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Infantry and in 1864 relocated to 6 Westford Avenue in North Philadelphia (Ward 13) with his wife and five children, Rebecca (b. ca. 1851), Theresa (b. ca. 1853), Louis (b. ca. 1856), Adolph (b. ca. 1857) and Raphael (b. ca. 1861). The family remained at the address until 1875. After this time, Goldbacher's residence and occupations changed frequently. He worked as a plater, polisher and turner until admitted to the solders' home in Hampton, Virginia in 1889. By 1893, Goldbacher returned to Philadelphia and he and his wife lived with his son-in-law and printer Leopold D. Goodman until his death in 1905.

: Golz, Julius; Julius Golz, born ca. 1849 in Pennsylvania, worked as an artist and lithographer in Philadelphia from 1867 to ca. 1890. Primarily a lithographer of decalcomania (i.e., decals) and showcards, he partnered with his close friend and fellow lithographer Herman Pfeil to form Pfeil & Golz in New York City (1882); Pfeil & Golz "impermiographs" in Philadelphia at 501 Chestnut Street (1883); and The Pfeil & Golz Company in Camden, New Jersey (1887-1888). Golz also worked as an artist from 721 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia from 1889 to 1890., Golz and Pfeil resided together in a boarding house operated by Golz's mother, Christiana Golz, at 614 Callowhill Street (Ward 13) in the late 1860s and at 407 North Fourth Street in Camden, New Jersey beginning in 1873. Both lithographers remained residents of Camden, New Jersey, eventually residing in neighboring properties on Elm Street until at least 1910. Julius married French-born Alphonsine (b. 1850) and had two children, Julius, Jr. (b. ca. 1879) and Walter (b. ca. 1882).

: Goodliff, John; John Goodliff, born ca. 1828 in England, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia ca. 1850-1852. In 1850, he had property valued at $3,000 and in 1852, he resided at 111 North Thirteenth Street.

: Goodman, Christian; Christian Goodman, born about 1825 in Wurttemberg, Germany, immigrated to Philadelphia in 1854 and was listed as a lithographer in Philadelphia city directories 1860-1861. In Philadelphia, he boarded with shoemaker Augustus Tedich in Ward 13. By 1883, he resided in Providence, Rhode Island, as a fresco painter according to the city directory. About 1887, he relocated to New York.

: Gousha, Henry; Henry Gousha, born about 1827 in Pennsylvania to French-born parents, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia in 1850, Between 1856 and 1859, city directories list his occupation as a painter. Throughout the 1850s, Gousha lived in the household of his father, Joseph, a victualler at 18 Dunton Street in Kensington (Ward 1). Possibly Gousha is the Henry R. Grashia who lived and worked as a house carpenter in Lowell, Massachusetts in 1870.

: HSP-Graf-Tradecards-Gverso.jpg; Graf Brothers, the lithograph firm operated by German brothers Julius F. (b. 1846) and Charles L. Graf (1849-1900) in Philadelphia 1873-1970s, produced advertisements, trade cards, labels and maps. Their father, Louis (Lewis) Graf (b. ca. 1812), also a lithographer, entered the trade in 1850 and by 1859 was employed by L. N. Rosenthal at his Fifth and Chestnut Street establishment. An older brother, artist, and portrait painter William Graf (b. ca. 1843), established William Graf & Co. at 400 Chestnut Street in 1865, where Louis, Julius, and presumably Charles were employed before launching Graf Brothers in February 1873., Graf Brothers conducted business from Third and Race Streets from 1873 to 1874 and maintained machinery valued at approximately $3,000-$4,000 according to an October 1873 Dun & Co. credit report. Subsequent business locations included 737 Sansom Street (1875-1879); 441 Chestnut Street (1880-1881); 125 North Fourth Street (1882-1889); and 320 Cherry Street (1890-1896). Charles died suddenly in 1900, leaving Julius to manage the establishment at 28 South Fifth Street. The company was incorporated between 1911 and 1913.

: Graf, Louis (Lewis); See Graf Brothers.

: Gramer, Charles; Charles Gramer, born ca. 1830 in Germany, worked in several different locations as a lithographer and map colorist in Philadelphia 1860-ca. 1875. From 1864 to 1866 he was employed at 531 Commerce Street, the same address as photographers Edward and William Rehn and the paper warehouse of Martin Nixon. Between 1866 and 1867, he worked from 1 Forrest Place, Harmony Court, and Hudson's Alley. In 1869, he was located at North Twelfth and Market Streets. After remaining unlisted in the early 1870s, from 1877 to 1878, Philadelphia city directories list Gramer as a canvasser, and by the 1880s, a weaver. Gramer was married to Josephine A. (b. ca. 1841) with whom he had five children, and resided at 929 North Sixth Street while working as a map colorer.

: Grandon, Joseph; Joseph Grandon, born in Ireland ca. 1843, immigrated to Philadelphia in 1856, and worked as a lithographer ca. 1856-1880s. Employed at P. S. Duval at his 8 South Fifth Street establishment during the 1850s, he resided in North Philadelphia with his older sister Mary in Ward 13 by 1860 and Ward 17 by 1864. Although Grandon worked as a lithographer, engraver, and printer through the 1880s, a May 1864 U.S. IRS Tax Assessment List indicates that he also operated a retail establishment with a residence at 1345 North Second Street (Ward 17); his address until his death. The business, described in Philadelphia city directories as "gents furnishing," "dry goods," and "shirts," operated, probably from East 2431-2433 Somerset Street, until at least the turn of the century. About 1885, Grandon married Annie (d. 1913) and in February 1893, he received $2,654 from the city for damages to his East Somerset property during grade changes. Grandon died on November 10, 1905.

: Grantling, Charles P.; Charles P. Grantling, born in Pennsylvania ca. 1833, began his lithographic printing career in Philadelphia at the establishment of William H. Rease (Fourth and Chestnut streets) in 1860. Soon thereafter, Grantling served in the 18th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Infantry for a few months in 1861, and then served again in 1863. After the war, Grantling returned to the trade and the Philadelphia city directory for 1865 lists him as a lithographer living at 537 Wharton Street, then with his wife's family at 138 Carpenter Street 1867-1868. In 1868, his son John was born, and shortly after Grantling moved his family to New York City. His wife, Catharine Virginia (b. 1838), died there on July 1, 1870. A decade later, Grantling had remarried an Irish-born woman Mary (b. September 1843) and resided in Manhattan. He lived in Jersey City, N.J. and worked as a printer in 1891. By the 1900 census, Mary Grantling was a widow living in New York.

: Greenough, F. W.; F. W. Greenough served as publisher of the McKenny and Hall "History of the Indian Tribes of North America" with lithographs by John T. Bowen beginning ca. 1838. Greenough replaced E. C. Biddle and pledged on the reissue of Part 8 of the series "the daily increase of the subscription list enables him to say that, instead of allowing the work to decline in merit, as is frequently the case with similar undertakings, additional efforts will be made, without regard to expense, to render it yet more worthy of favor." Under Greenough, Bowen produced new, redrawn stones for most of the prints already published, as well as thirty-six new images until 1841 when Greenough declared bankruptcy and was forced to withdraw as publisher., Greenough was possibly the F. W. Greenough listed as a merchant at 8 South Front Street in the 1837 Philadelphia City Directory.

: Grunewald, Gustavus; Moravian Gustavus Grunewald, born in 1805 in Germany, was a respected Bethlehem, Pa. art instructor and landscape painter who also briefly practiced lithography. According to Peters, he lithographed an ornately-decorated portrait of Washington, probably issued during the 1830s., Grunewald immigrated to Philadelphia with his family in 1831 and then relocated to Bethlehem where he lived most of his life until returning to Europe in the later 1860s, where he died in 1878 at the Moravian colony of Gnadenberg (Poland). From the 1830s to 1860s, he also exhibited at the Franklin Institute and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts as well as designed works sold by the American Art Union.

: LCP-Toudy-Newell-6-1322-F-73b.jpg; H. J. Toudy & Co., established by partners Henry J. Toudy and William Toudy at 503-505 Chestnut Street, specialized in maps, atlases, and city view prints, and operated 1865-1878. Relocating to 525 Chestnut Street in 1872, the studio merged with the printing firm of George W. Ward & Company (formerly at 52 North Sixth Street). The new company of Henry J. Toudy, George W. Ward and William C. Merillat lasted less than two years with Ward leaving in 1872 and Merillat in 1873. Despite William Toudy's continual affiliation with the firm during this time, Henry J. Toudy became the sole proprietor, and as of 1875, his firm had a reported worth of $10,000., Although the firm executed "very fine specimens of work in all departments of the art," atlases, maps, and city views preponderate the noted works of the company. Toudy & Co. worked on several Stone & Stewart county atlases in 1866, numerous county atlases published between 1873 and 1877, and many of the "General Surveys" of industrial plants throughout the Mid-Atlantic region produced by Ernest Hexamer during the 1870s. The firm also produced a number of respected views of cities, including one of the earliest depictions of Salt Lake City (1867), 13 full-color city view prints for "The Centennial Book of the Signers" (1872), and one of the first bird's-eye views produced by T. M. Fowler - Trenton, N.J. (1874)., During the 1870s, the firm relocated first to 623 Commerce Street in 1875 and later into the Ziegler & Smith building at Fourth and Cherry Streets in 1877. The decade also saw the firm triumph over Breuker & Kessler in a copyright infringement case over a print based on a drawing by Hermann J. Schwarzmann, architect of the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 grounds. Titled "Bird's Eye View of Centennial Buildings, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa. 1876," the view copyrighted by Houdy & Co. in March 1875 was one of a number of the Centennial produced by the company for which they are favorably known., In spite of this legal success, a blow of another sort struck the company in a few years. On March 25, 1878, a devastating fire destroyed the six-story Ziegler & Smith building as well as several adjacent blocks of structures. H. J. Toudy & Company suffered a complete loss, and as a consequence, went out of business, only having a reported $21,000 worth of insurance.

: LCP-HaddockSons-BartlettFrench-8-1322-F-19c.jpg; Haddock & Son, job printers, produced pamphlets, catalogs, and lithographic trade cards in Philadelphia 1867-mid-1880s. Originally an editor from Watertown, New York, John A. Haddock (1823-1898) and his son, Orison Lull Haddock (1845-1879), started the printing firm in Philadelphia at 108 South Third Street in 1867. In the fall of 1872, the Philadelphia Inquirer announced the consolidation of Haddock & Son with Dunk, Longacre & Co. and the relocation of the new firm Haddocks, Dunk & Longacre to 104-106 South Eighth Street. With this merge, Orison Haddock left the trade for the Methodist Episcopal ministry and his younger brother, Edwin C. (b. ca. 1850), assumed his share of the business., By the end of the 1870s, John and Edwin continued to be listed as printers in the city directories, but not associated with any firms. Edwin worked from 21 North Sixth Street between 1878 and the early 1890s and John A. copyrighted trade cards in 1879, including a Wanamaker & Brown Christmas eve advertisement held in the collections of the Library Company. By 1890, John A. switched to the production of glass signs., John A. Haddock was married to Mary (nee Lull, b. ca. 1823) and had four children, including Orison and Edwin C. In 1870, Haddock headed a household that included his sons in North Philadelphia (Ward 20). By 1880, Edwin headed his own household, including his wife Sallie (b. ca. 1852), daughter, and a servant at 1405 Bouvier Street in North Philadelphia (Ward 29). Following his turn to the ministry Orison relocated to Carlisle, Pa., married Catherine Newsham, and had two children before his death in 1879.

: Haehnlen, Jacob; Jacob Haehnlen, born in Harrisburg May 17, 1824, operated one of the "most extensive" lithographic establishments in Philadelphia during the mid 19th century. Son of Christian F. Haehnlen (1795-1898), a German immigrant grocer, Haehnlen worked in the family business before relocating to Philadelphia in 1841. At his new city of residence, Haehnlen continued in the grocery business as a partner in Haehnlen & Brown before entering the lithography trade ca. 1854 as a partner with Eugene Ketterlinus in the respected firm E. Ketterlinus & Co. In 1857, the partnership was dissolved, and Haehnlen and Ketterlinus served as early officers of the Citizen's Mutual Building and Saving Fund Association before he established his own "lithographic & fancy printing establishment" ca. 1859 at 125 and 127 South Third Street., During the first years of his firm, Haehnlen promoted his former association with Ketterlinus; advertised his printing of labels, visiting cards, forms, and show cards; and employed Frederick C. Smith. The firm proved successful as documented by IRS tax assessments for 1864 and 1865. Within a few years, Haehnlen's studio would garner a reputation as ranking "amongst the first in the country" when in 1866 he relocated to Goldsmith's Hall at 418 Library Street where he operated one of the largest print shops in the city. The hall, so named as it was originally used for goldsmith work, contained six floors from which Haehnlen occupied the five upper floors. The establishment contained salesrooms and offices, a machine shop and drying room, lithographic presses, and floors dedicated to card printing and the printing of "pamphlets, hand bills and other similar work." From 1867 to 1868, the father and son lithographers George and Charles Spohni worked for the respected lithographer who also published maps and issued "transfer work for coach and car manufacturers.", Within a few years, Haehnlen's work, as well as a small fire at his establishment, appeared to be taking a toll on his person, and on April 12, 1872 he filed for a passport "in pursuit of pleasure and restoration of health, accompanied by [his] son Edward Gustavus Haehnlen..." Soon thereafter, around 1873, Haehnlen sold his lithography business to Lehman & Bolton, and partnered in an artist's supply business with his brother Louis. Despite the change in career, Haehnlen continued to own Goldsmith's Hall as well as the rear five-story building. In 1882, a major fire destroyed the hall (valued at $100, 000 and containing the chamois business of he and his son Edward [E.G. Haehnlen & Co.] in the basement) and the rear building occupied by A.C. Farley, lithographer and stationer. By 1884, he and his son's business, now listed as a druggist's sundries store, would return to 418 Library Street and Haehnlen would be associated with it until the end of his life., Despite his long residency in Philadelphia, Haehnlen kept his connection to Harrisburg, including the overseeing of and summering at his family property Belle Vue bought by his father. In 1867 he entered into partnership with his brother, Louis, and Harry and Louis Brown, to form the Pennsylvania Brown Free Stone Company, a Harrisburg quarrying company for the building materials trade. In 1876 he built a multi-thousand dollar residence at the family homestead, which in 1910 became Bellevue Park, the first fully planned residential community., Haehnlen was married to Margaret (1828-1900) with whom he had five children including W. Frank (d. 1910), professor of obstetrics at the Medico-Chirurgical College, Philadelphia, Louis F., proprietor of the Belle Vue fruit farm, and youngest son Edward. During much of his lithography career he lived at 228 Vine Street (1850s-1861) or 431 North Sixth street (1862-1876). He was a member of the German Society and the Mercantile Beneficial Association; stockholder in the West Harrisburg Market Company, the City Passenger Railway Company, National Bank and the Harrisburg Bridge Company, and was the founder of the Prospect Hill Cemetery Company., Haehnlen died at 1421 North Broad Street (his residence since 1877) in April 1892 and was buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery. Following his death, the Jacob Haehnlen estate remained profitable and in 1904, the "rear building" at 418 Sansom Street known as the Haehnlen building was sold at a value of $115, 000 by his son W. Frank.

: Hall, Henry; Henry Hall worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia in 1866. He resided at 733 Moss Street. He was possibly the partner in Kunzman & Hall active in 1866.

: Hall, James; James Hall, born ca. 1834 in Pennsylvania, son of police officer James Hall, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia during the 1850s and 1860s. An employee of Wagner & Mcguigan in 1856, Hall worked at Bowen & Co. by 1867. He possibly was the Hall who in 1866 partnered in Kunzmann & Hall with George Kunzman at 216 1/2 Walnut Street., Hall resided in the 7th Ward for his recorded career, including on the 1200 block of Ann Street below Lombard Street in 1856; the 1900 block of Webster Street in 1867; and 2051 South Street in 1870. In 1860, he owned personal estate worth $100.

: Hall, James; James Hall, born ca. 1830 in Pennsylvania, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia in 1860. He possibly was the Hall who in 1866 partnered in Kunzmann & Hall with George Kunzman at 216 1/2 Walnut Street., According to the 1860 census, Hall lived with his wife Mary (b. ca. 1830) in Center City (Ward 3) and owned personal estate valued at $300.

: Hallman & Citti; Hallman & Citti, formed by lithographers Louis F. Citti and Franklin B. Hallman, operated from 57 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia between 1850 and 1853.

: Hallman, Franklin B.; Franklin B. Hallman, born ca. 1827 in Norristown, Pennsylvania, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia in the 1850s. Hallman partnered with lithographer Louis F. Citti in Hallman & Citti at 57 Chestnut Street 1850-1853. Following the dissolution of the partnership, Hallman continued in the trade in the Philadelphia area until 1860 after which time he relocated to Boston. In Boston by 1861, Hallman worked as a lithographer and resided in that area for two decades, including Revere/Chelsea by 1882., While in Philadelphia, Hallman resided in the North Mulberry Ward with his New York-born wife Catherine E. (1832-1898), and son William E. (b. February 1851). After relocating to Massachusetts, they welcomed three more children, Anna A. (b. 1862), John B. (b. 1864) and Daniel B. (b. 1869). By the 1870s, Hallman's sons, William E. and John B., also worked in the lithography trade, the latter in Brooklyn for a short period in 1889. The same year, Hallman worked as a lithographer in Baltimore. He and his son returned to Revere shortly after, where the elder Hallman resided until his death on November 5, 1911.

: Hallman, G. A.; G. A. Hallman served as the secretary for the Lithographic Printers Union in 1857., G. A. Hallman may be William A. Hallman, a lithographer listed in the 1881 and 1887 Philadelphia directories. He partnered in the engraving firm Newman & Hallman in the 1880s and resided at 319 North Eighth Street in 1881 and 1428 North Twenty-fourth Street in 1887.

: Hamilton, Howard B.; Howard B. Hamilton, b. ca. 1845 in Pennsylvania, was active as a lithographer in Philadelphia ca. 1869-1873. Previously a practical engraver, he partnered ca. 1869-1872 with Edward Herline in Herline & Co. at 630 Chestnut Street, then 39 South Tenth Street (1870-1872). Known work by the firm, in which Hamilton allocated $12-13,000 of capital, includes panoramic views and certificates., Following the dissolution of the partnership, Hamilton continued operation of the business on Tenth Street until 1874 when he entered the profession of clerk. He worked as a clerk the rest of his life., Between 1870 and 1872, he resided in the Fairmount area of the city at 1600 Arch Street (1870) and then 1606 Mt. Vernon Street. With his change in profession, he relocated his residence to Center City at 1104 Spruce Street before moving to Overbrook ca. 1876. In Overbrook, he lived with his in-laws, the Harberts, and wife Ella M. (b. ca. 1846) at 4806 Fairmount Avenue, Hamilton died on July 2, 1887 at the reported age of forty years. Funeral services were held at his home on Fairmount Avenue and he was interred at Woodlands Cemetery.

: Harnisch, Carl; Carl Harnisch, born in Altenburg, Germany on January 1, 1800, worked as an artist and created designs for lithographs in Philadelphia during the mid-19th century. Originally apprenticed in carpentry and engraving in Germany, Harnisch immigrated to Philadelphia with Edward Schnabel in 1849. He gave drawing lessons, worked in the lithographic trade, and painted ceiling and wall murals, including that of the home of W. C. Swann (1512 Walnut Street). Known lithographs include Reminiscences of a Fancy Dress Ball, in Philadelphia, February 1850 printed ca. 1850 by P. S. Duval. He also exhibited his work at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and was a founder of the German Artists' Association., He resided at 815 South Eighth Street in Ward 3 in his brother's household from 1860 until his death in 1882. His brothers Julius and Ernest Harnisch were cabinet makers, and then operated a saw mill in the city, and another relative, probably his son, Albert (1843-after 1913), was a sculptor. Harnisch died on August 9, 1882 at his residence with his brother and was buried in Mount Peace Cemetery. According to his obituary, he lived abroad for several years.

: Harris, George S.; George S. Harris, born 1823 in Bridgeton, New Jersey, worked in Philadelphia as a lithographic and letterpress printer, producing lithographic trade cards, can and cigar box labels, circulars, calendars and stamped envelopes between 1847 and 1891. Although trained in law, Harris pursued printing and opened his own job and fancy card printing establishment ca. 1847 at 119 North Fourth Street. By 1848 Harris already owned and operated a Ruggles' small card press, which "attract[ed] the attention of visitors [sic] by its handiwork," and in 1854, he relocated his company to the southeast corner of Fourth and Vine Streets (a building he later replaced to accommodate growing operations). By 1867 his firm had an estimated worth of $25,000 according to his credit report where Harris was consistently cited as "prompt" and "reliable.", His eldest son, George T. Harris (b. January 1851), became a partner in 1872, followed by his younger sons William T. (b. ca. 1856) in 1880 and Frank S. (b. ca. 1861) in 1889. In 1882, Geo. S. Harris & Sons moved into a seven-story, "iron front" building erected for the company at 718-724 Arch Street, where by the end of the 1880s the company operated the largest lithographic firm in the city, with about 600 employees producing items for patrons worldwide. Geo. S. Harris & Sons also produced a plethora of trade cards in addition to chromolithographed advertising calendars with genre scenes for its own business, including an 1886 calendar containing a whimsical scene of a woman at a masquerade ball., In the late 1870s and early 1880s, Harris was also a director of the Mantua Land and Improvement Company. Geo. S. Harris & Sons remained on Arch Street until George S.'s death on July 7, 1891, at which time his estate was appraised at $439,624 with his firm at $400,000. His sons managed the company for approximately ten years, until partnering with Joseph Knapp to form the New-York based American Lithographic Company., Harris resided in the Northern Liberties Ward of Philadelphia early in his career in the 1850s, and remained north of Market Street after marrying Annie M. (b. ca. 1827) and starting a family. In 1860, they lived in Ward 12 and in 1870 Ward 13. By 1880 they lived at 650 North Fifteenth Street in Ward 15; the family's residence at the time of George S. Harris's death on July 8, 1891 in Atlantic City. A "cottager" in that city for many years, Harris died while driving in a carriage at Chelsea.

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