Details
Creator Reynolds, R. F., artist.
Contributor Kuhl, Frederick, printer.
Title Henry Simons Philadelphia wheelwright-works on Second Street 2 miles north of Market Street County of Philada. [graphic] : Orders received at the old established stand no: 113 New Market Street between Noble and Green streets and between Front and Second strs. N.L. Also at the Southern Depository in Grave Str. opposite St. Charles Hotel New Orleans. / On stone by R. F. Reynolds, no. 20 Gaskill St. Philada.
Publisher Philadelphia: Printed by F. Kuhl
Date [ca. 1850]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph, color; 47 x 61 cm.(19 x 24 in.)
Description Advertisement showing the busy small manufactory complex established by Simons in 1831. Several laborers work diligently in the yard, and at the windows and workshops of the wheel making establishment. In the yard, workers carry slabs of wood from a large pile, fashion wheels near an open fire, and lead a horse-drawn truck of wagon parts past an idle truck marked "Wm. Massey, New Orleans" and wagons marked "T. Craven Old Point Virginia" and "U.S. 1720." Wagon wheels and frames rest along the buildings where laborers toil away at the windows. Also show workers hoisting wagon bodies, blacksmithing at an anvil, working on a wheel and wagon body, and operating a large piece of machinery in the workshops. Crates, handcarts, and carriages are also visible through shop openings. In the right of the image, the rear of a small street car marked "Philadelphia Fox & Grass" that is occupied by two ladies travels toward the "Henry Simons Office" located behind the factory. The office is attached to an open shed storing wood slabs. Smokestacks and a steeple with bell and weather vane adorn the roofs of the buildings, including the main building marked "Philadelphia Wheelwright Works." A partial view of a shed and piles of wood are visible in the left foreground and background
Is referenced by Wainwright 173
Notes Philadelphia on Stone
Atwater Kent Museum: 54.29.2/2
Subject Simons, Henry.
Wheelwrights -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Factories -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Carts & wagons -- United States.
Horse-drawn vehicles -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre Lithographs -- Color -- 1840-1850.
Advertisements -- 1840-1850.
Location Atwater Kent Museum| Print Department AKM| AKM 54.29.2/2