Details
Title Carriage repository. Medal awarded at the World's Fair of 1851. G.W. Watson, Chestnut St. above Twelfth, Philadelphia. [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1853
Date [ca. 1853]
Physical Description 1 print : cameo (stamp) printed in brown ink ; 5.5 x 9 cm. (2.25 x 3.5 in.)
Description Illustrated trade card depicting an exterior view of George W. Watson's coach manufactory at 1219 Chestnut Street. Coaches inside the repository are visible through two large doorways on the ground level. Built in 1851, the building also served as a concert hall beginning in 1853.
Notes Damaged in upper right corner.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Digitized.
Subject Watson, George W. ca. 1805-1857.
Carriage manufacturers and dealers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 1219.
Genre Trade cards -- 1850-1860.
Cameo (Stamps) -- Color -- 1850-1860.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - Watson [(6)1322.F.163a]
Accession number (6)1322.F.163a