Details
Creator Rease, W. H., lithographer.
Contributor Printer Kuhl, Frederick, printer.
Provenance: Poulson, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1789-1866, collector.
Title Melloy & Ford, wholesale tin ware manufacturers. [graphic] / On stone by W. Rease, No. 17 Sth 5th St.
Publisher [Philadelphia]: Printed by F. Kuhl]
Date [[March 1849]
Extent 1 print: lithograph; 41 x 21 cm. (12.5 x 9.25 in.)
Description Advertisement depicting the three-and-a-half-story manufactory operated by John M. Melloy and Robert Ford at 291 Market Street, later renumbered 723, promoting the "lowest rates", "quick sales & small profits," and "metallic roofing." The building heavily adorned with signage and product advertisements including a large scale model of a coffee pot contains prominent displays of tinware in the shop window, on the store shelves, and near the open cellar door. Near the front of the shop, a couple strolls, two laborers lift a crate onto a horse-drawn sulky, and a female customer enters the store. An African American peddler with tray and bell passes a line of crates on the sidewalk. Tinsmiths work near the third floor windows. Melloy & Ford, a partnership established in 1849, was in business until 1861 when Melloy entered partnership with Isaac Smith at the same address.
Notes Print trimmed and lacking caption.
Poulson's inscription on recto: Mar. 1849; Market Street.
Genre Lithographs 1840-1850.
Advertisements 1840-1850.
Subject Melloy & Ford (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Tin industry--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Stores & shops--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Laborers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Peddlers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
African American men--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Spatial coverage Market Street (Philadelphia, Pa.)--723.
Is part of Wainwright Philadelphia Lithographs
Is referenced by Wainwright 231.
Has format TMP.objres.4500.jpg
Related resource http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W231.htm
Call number Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W 231 [P.2105]
Accession number P.2105