Details
Creator Sartain, Samuel, 1830-1906, engraver.
Contributor Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917, artist.
Title Jacob Riegel & Co., importers and jobbers of dry goods. No. 333 Market, & Nos. 25 & 27 North 4th Street, Philadelphia [graphic] / Drawn from photo by Gutekunst; engraved by Samuel Sartain.
Publisher [Philadelphia] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1867
Date [ca. 1867]
Physical Description 1 print : engraving ; sheet 51 x 38 cm (20 x 15 in.)
Description Exterior view of the multi-story storefront at 333 Market Street of the dry goods store originally established in 1832 as Siegers & Vogel. Patrons stand in the doorway of the building, while pedestrians converse and a white man and woman couple passes by on the sidewalk in front of the entrance. Laborers load and unload horse-drawn drays stationed nearby across from street traffic, including a Pennsylvania Central R.R. Depot street car, a racing Adams Express Co. wagon transporting crates, and an African American delivery man pushing a handcart carrying boxes. Also shows partial views of adjacent buildings. Jacob Riegel operated Jacob Riegel & Co. from 1866 until his death in 1880. The establishment, considered one of the most prominent dry goods firms in the country, went into decline as Riegle, Scott, & Co. following the death of Riegle and was bought out by John Wanamaker in 1886.
Is referenced by Bloomsbury Auctions (Firm). Jay T. Snider Collection, 332
Notes Title from item.
Accompanied by complementary trade card [P.2008.34.22].
Reproduced in online LCP exhibition Mirror of a City.
Purchase 2008.
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 Jacob Riegel & Co.
African American men -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Carts & wagons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Dry goods stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Horse-drawn vehicles -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Pedestrians -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
African American laborers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Market Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 300 block -- North side.
Genre Advertisements -- 1860-1870.
Engravings -- 1860-1870.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *Ph Pr - Businesses - R [P.2008.34.21]
Accession number P.2008.34.21