Details
Contributor Duval, Peter S., 1804 or 5-1886, printer.
Title Charles Oakford United States steam leuring model hat manufactory. [graphic] : Hats, caps, & furs wholesale and retail. 104, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
Publisher Philadelphia: P.S. Duval's steam lith. press
Date [ca. 1850]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph, tinted; 34 x 36 cm.(14 x 15 in.)
Description Advertisement showing the interior of the wholesale and finishing department (est. 1850) of the manufactory for the hat business established in 1827. Oakford stands with a business client in the center of the room across from his steam powered leuring lathe and several male employees at work. The laborers stand and form hats at their stations, which line two-thirds of the room. The stations include a drawer as well as a cubby for pieces under construction. Toward the back of the room, another employee stacks hats on a table across from shelves lined with them. In the foreground, a boy packs the merchandise into a box marked "From C. Oakford 104 Chestnut St. Phila." View also includes a wall clock and a shovel lying near the oven of the steam lathe. Leuring lathes turn hats to impart a sheen to the fur fibers and create a polished look.
Is referenced by Wainwright 56
Notes Philadelphia on Stone
Atwater Kent Museum: 46.57.5.2
Subject Oakford, Charles.
Hat industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Laborers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Hats.
Genre Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1850-1860.
Advertisements -- 1850-1860.
Location Atwater Kent Museum| Print Department AKM| AKM 46.57.5.2