Details
Creator Van Ingen & Snyder, engraver.
Title R. & G.A. Wright. Manufacturers of fine perfumery &c. 624 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. [graphic] / Van Ingen - Snyder.
Publisher [Philadelphia] : [Wm. C. Harris & Co.]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1868
Date [ca. 1868]
Physical Description 1 print : wood engraving ; image 19 x 9 cm (7.25 x 3.5 in.), sheet 72 x 104 cm (28.75 x 41.5 in)
Description Exterior view of the storefront of the perfumery established in 1860. Building is adorned with an American flag. Also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including: clusters of men, women, and children pedestrians walking on the sidewalk; a horse-drawn carriage traveling down the street; and an African American paper boy running among the crowds.
Notes Vignette in the Philadelphia, western & southern trade journal. Illustrated supplement. (P.9384a-w)
Accessioned 1992.
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
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.
Biographical / historical note Van Ingen & Snyder, a partnership between William H. Van Ingen and Henry M. Snyder, was active from about 1853 until 1871.
Subject R. & G.A. Wright.
African American boys -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Carriages & coaches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Horses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Newspaper carriers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Pedestrians -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Perfumes industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 624.
Genre Periodical illustrations -- 1860-1870.
Vignettes -- 1860-1870.
Wood engravings -- 1860-1870.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| ***Ph Pr - Government Buildings [P.9384l]
Accession number P.9384l