Details
Contributor Davis, C.H. (Charles Harold) 1856-1933, artist.
Title Cornish & Co., new manufactory. High grade organs & pianos, Washington, New Jersey, U.S.A. [graphic] / C.H. Davis, del.
Publisher [New York]
Publisher N.Y. New York. 1870
Date [ca. 1890]
Physical Description 1 print: line photoengraving; 9 x 16 cm. (3.5 x 6.5 in.)
Description Pictorial envelope containing a bird's eye view showing the organ and piano manufactory complex. View includes street and pedestrian traffic, including two trains and several railcars. Also shows surrounding buildings. Cornish & Co. was established circa 1880 and operated until circa 1922.
Notes Title from printed return address.
Addressed in manuscript to: Post Master [stamped] Birchrunville, Chester Co., Penn.
Contains cancelled one-cent stamp printed in blue ink and depicting Benjamin Franklin in profile.
Numeric calculations in pencil on verso.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Subject Cornish & Co.
Piano makers -- New Jersey -- Washington.
Factories -- New Jersey -- Washington.
Genre Pictorial envelopes -- 1860-1870.
Lithographs -- 1860-1870.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Envelopes [P.2011.10.76]
Accession number P.2011.10.76