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Carriage repository. Medal awarded at the World's Fair of 1851. G.W. Watson, Chestnut St. above Twelfth, Philadelphia. [graphic].
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https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A105548
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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
In Collections
Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Trade Card Collection
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