Details
Title Perkins & McFarland, late of Rand, Perkins & Co. Sole manufacturers and wholesale and retail dealers in the air-tight standard heaters & cooking ranges [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1870
Date 1870
Physical Description 1 photograph : albumen mounted on cardboard ; mount 41 x 21 cm (16 x 8 in.)
Description Photographic advertisement depicting the storefront of Perkins & McFarland Standard Heaters, Ranges, and Stoves at 211 N. 6th Street, Philadelphia. Heaters, stoves, and equipment parts line the sidewalk in front of the store. An African American man ascends from the cellar entryway. Stove parts and pipes jut out from open windows. A broadside for "The Black Crook" at Arch St. Theatre is pasted to the side of the building. Partial views of the buildings on either side of "Perkins & McFarland" are visible.
Notes Title printed on mount.
Printed above title: E. F. Perkins; E. McFarland.
Purchase 1986.
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Subject Perkins & McFarland (Philadelphia, Pa.)
African American men -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Stove industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Stoves.
Geographic subject Sixth Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- North 211.
Genre Advertisements -- 1870-1880.
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *Photographs-Unidentified Photographers-Business [P.9153.3]
Accession number P.9153.3