[Plate 4 and advertisements from Rae's Philadelphia pictorial directory & panoramic advertiser. Chestnut Street, from Second to Tenth Streets] [graphic].
Rae, Julio H.
Buist, Robert, 1805-1880.
Ennis, Thomas L.
Ladomus, Lewis.
Maurice, William H.
Oakford, Charles.
Ogden, Henry S.
Pelouze, Lewis, 1807-1876.
Shepherd, R.T.
Thornley, John.
Bank of North America.
Belrose & Faye.
Franklin House (Hotel : Philadelphia, Pa.)
J. & J.L. Gihon.
J. & W.L. Ward.
John Kelley & Co.
J.P. & D.C. Collins & Co.
Magnetic Telegraph Company.
Milnor & Shaw.
Public Ledger Building (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Commercial streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Banks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Bookbinding industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Clothing industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Hat industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Hotels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Jewelry stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Newspaper industry -- Pennyslvania -- Philadelphia.
Photographic studios -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Printing industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Rubber industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Seed trade -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Stationery trade -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Tailor shops -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Telegraph offices -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Trust companies -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Wallpaper industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Safes.
Plate depicts section of the 300 block of Chestnut Street (93-110 pre-consolidation). South side includes Public Ledger Office (96); J. & J. L. Gihon, Book Bindery (98); J. P. & D. C. Collins & Co., Daguerreotypists, Office of the New Line of Magnetic Tela., and Belrose & Faye, Paper Hangings (100); John Kelley & Co., Tailor (102); Charles Oakford, Hats, Caps, & Furs Wholesale & Retail (104); Ennis’ Gallery of Daguerreotypes and watch and jewelry dealer J. & W. L. Ward (106); Wm. H. Maurice, Stationer (108); and merchant tailor H. S. Ogden and safe manufacturer Milnor & Shaw (110). North side includes Franklin House tenanted by Lewis Ladomus, Watches & Jewelry (103); J. Thornley's India Rubber Emporium & Manufactory and The Morse Magnetic Telegraph Offices (101); Bank of North America (99); R. Buist Nurseryman & Seed Grower (97); Shepherd, Clothing (95); and L. Pelouze, Phil. Type Foundry (93). Also shows parts of Third Street, Hudson’s Alley, and Franklin Place. Milnor & Shaw signage (110) included on plate as pasted-on detail. Also shows jewelry on display in the Ladomus windows.
Advertisements promote the businesses depicted, including a full page for Milnor & Shaw, Manufacturers of the Phoenix Fire & Thief Proof Iron Safes, No. 10 Hudson’s Alley. Advertisement also includes vignettes of two different models of safe, one flat-topped and one curved-topped. The smaller advertisements contain ornamented type and lines of text. R. Buist (97) promotion also includes a decorative border comprised of farm implements and produce.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Folder 5.
[Philadelphia: Julio Rae]
PA. Philadelphia. 1851
Fisher, Joseph, former owner.
Provenance: Fisher, Joseph, former owner.
[1851]
Advertisements -- 1850-1860.
Letterpress works -- 1850-1860.
Lithographs -- 1850-1860.
Wood engravings -- 1850-1860.
Panoramic views -- 1850-1860.
3 items: lithograph, letterpress, and wood engraving; 24 x 34 cm.(9.5 x 13.25 in.)
Islandora:61697
Library Company of Philadelphia PRINT PRINT albums - Rae - Folder 5 [*Am 1851 Rae, 2975.Q]
2975.Q
2975.Q folder 5-1
2975.Q folder 5-2
2975.Q folder 5-3
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 300 block.