City Marble Works and Steam Mantel Factory. Corner Tenth and Vine Streets Philadelphia. J.E. & B. Schell. [graphic] / Rease & Schell's Lith., No. 17 So. 5th St., Philda.

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Creator	Rease & Schell, lithographer.
Contributor	Printer Wagner & M'Guigan, printer.
Title	City Marble Works and Steam Mantel Factory. Corner Tenth and Vine Streets Philadelphia. J.E. & B. Schell. [graphic] / Rease & Schell's Lith., No. 17 So. 5th St., Philda.
Publisher	Philadelphia: Printed by Wagner & McGuigan,
Date	[ca. 1854]
Extent	1 print: lithograph; 47 x 64 cm. (18.5 x 24.75 in.)
Description	Advertisement depicting a corner view of the three building showroom and factory operated by the Schells from 1853 until 1856. J.E. Schell continued the business as J.E. Schell & Company starting in 1857. On Tenth Street, patrons enter the four-story storefront and mantle room adorned with signage and statuary displayed on a second floor veranda. At the corner, a coach waits, the disembarked African American driver standing at the ready. On Vine Street, behind the showroom, a family of passerbys admire the marble statuary, monuments, and headstones in the factory's fenced in yard. Factory laborers load a headstone onto a horse-drawn cart, inspect open crates lining the street, and review slabs of marble outside the factory's storage building. Partial views of adjacent buildings and the "10th" Street carriage are visible.
Notes	Although Wainwright suggests date of publication as circa 1855, date of circa 1854 is used since Rease relocated to the new business address of 97 Chestnut Street as of 1855.
	Contains two lines of text below the title advertising the manufactory's improved facilities.
Genre	Lithographs 1850-1860.
	Advertisements 1850-1860.
Subject	J.E. & B. Schell (Philadelphia, Pa.)
	Marble industry and trade--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
	Factories--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
	Laborers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
	Coach drivers.
	African American men--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Spatial coverage	Tenth Street (Philadelphia, Pa.)--North--300 block.
Is part of	Wainwright Philadelphia Lithographs
Is referenced by	Wainwright 71.
Has format	TMP.objres.4392.jpg
Related resource	http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W071.htm
Call number	Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W71 [P.2032]
Accession number	P.2032

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