| Creator |
Louderbach & Hoffman, engraver. |
| Contributor |
Bigot, Alphonse, approximately 1828-1872 or 1873, artist. |
|
Poulson, Charles A. 1789-1866, collector. |
| Title |
[Evans, card & fancy printer. Office, Fourth St. below Chestnut, Philadelphia] [graphic] / A. Bigot del. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia : [publisher not identified] |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1856 |
| Date |
[February 16, 1856] |
| Physical Description |
1 print : wood engraving ; sheet 17 x 24 cm (6.5 x 9.25 in.) |
| Description |
Business advertisement depicting the commercial building at 402 Library Street containing the establishments of Howell Evans;
the Dime Savings Fund; ship and custom house brokers, E. Headley Bailey & M.S. Alexander; engravers on wood, James W. Louderbach
& Gustavus A. Hoffman; lithographer, John Childs; and engravers, stationers and producers of embossed cards, envelopes, labels,
etc., Jacob Maas, Henry Percival, and Jacob's son, Charles E. Maas. Several men and women pedestrians, including an African
American man laborer carrying a bundle, walk the sidewalk. Patrons enter the building's open doorways. A coach travels speedily
past the building. Evans, the self-promoted first "fast card press in the city" operated his firm at the address until 1880.
In 1860, his press executed the advertisements for the Philadelphia City Directory. Louderbach & Hoffman, a partnership formed
in 1853 resided at the site until dissolving in 1860.
|
| Notes |
Title from duplicate print. |
|
Date from Poulson inscription on recto: Fourth Street; s.w. cor.; Library Street; Feby, 26, 1856. |
|
Accessioned 1979. |
|
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 the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
|
| Subject |
Howell Evans (Firm) |
|
African American men -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Banks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Brokers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Carriages & coaches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Commercial facilities -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Horses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Lithographers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Pedestrians -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Printing industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Stationery trade -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Wood-engravers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
African American laborers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Fourth Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- corner of Library Street. |
| Genre |
Advertisements -- 1850-1860. |
|
Wood engravings -- 1850-1860. |
| Provenance |
Poulson, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1789-1866, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| PhPr - 11x14 - Business [P.2277.23] |
| Accession number |
P.2277.23 |
