Details
Contributor American Sunday-School Union, former owner.
Wemmer, Nelson J., associated name.
Title ASSU Illustration 6145.
Alternate title Woodblock for printing an illustration of men and women gathering.
Date [between 1861 and 1876?]
Notes Block numbered in two places: 6145.
Image of two women outside a building [a tavern?] identified with the sign “Rose & Crow [i.e., Crown?].” A flag is suspended over the sign. Men, one of whom wears suspenders, are gathered at a table in the background.
Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper.
“N.J. Wemmer 215 Pear St. Phila” – Back of block. Boxwood dealer Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876.
Genre Wood blocks (Printing blocks)
Wood engraving (Process)
End-grain blocks.
Subject Women.
Men.
Bars (Drinking establishments)