Details
Contributor J.D. Johnson Co.
Title Henry McShane Manufacturing Company, brass and iron founders and finishers. And proprietors of the McShane Bell Foundry, Phoenix Iron Works and Baltimore Sheet Metal Works. [graphic] : Established 1856.
Publisher [Baltimore]
Publisher MD. Baltimore. 1893
Date [ca. 1893]
Physical Description 1 print: line photoengraving printed in tan ink; 9 x 16 cm. (3.5 x 6.5 in.)
Description Pictorial envelope containing a bird's eye view and advertising text on the verso. View shows the McShane manufactory complex over two blocks at "415 to 441 North St." Also shows street traffic, including horse-drawn carts and an omnibus, and a train. Advertising text list the addresses of the foundry and branch houses and "Highest Awards for Church Bells and Chimes" awarded at fairs and exhibitions between 1873 and 1887, including the Centennial Exhibition 1876. The McShane firm, also known as the McShane Bell Foundry, operated under the name Henry McShane Manufacturing Company beginning circa 1891.
Notes Title from illustration on verso.
Date inferred from ink-stamp postmarks on recto and verso: Baltimore, MD, Aug 15, 1893, 6 PM and Received Philadelphia, PA, Aug 16, 1893, 1 30 A[M].
Return address printed in upper left corner: REturn to Henry McShane Mfg. Co., 441 North St., Baltimore, Md. If not delivered within 5 days.
Addressed in manuscript to: The J.D. Johnson Co., Plumber Supplies, 139-41 N. seventh St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Contains on recto: cancelled two-cent stamp printed in green and depicting a profile portrait of George Washington.
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 McShane Bell Foundry.
Brass industry -- Maryland -- Baltimore.
Factories. -- Maryland -- Baltimore.
Horse-drawn vehicles.
Railroads.
Genre Pictorial envelopes -- 1890-1900.
Line photoengravings -- Color -- 1890-1900.
Provenance J.D. Johnson Co.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Envelopes [P.2011.10.83]
Accession number P.2011.10.83