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Geo. S. Harris & Sons. Printers & lithographers. Nos. 718, 720, 722, 724 Arch St. Philadelphia. [graphic] : Branch houses: New York: S.E. cor. Grand & Brewery. Chicago: No. 53 State St.
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Creator
Geo. S. Harris & Sons.
Title
Geo. S. Harris & Sons. Printers & lithographers. Nos. 718, 720, 722, 724 Arch St. Philadelphia. [graphic] : Branch houses: New York: S.E. cor. Grand & Brewery. Chicago: No. 53 State St.
Publisher
[Philadelphia: Geo. S Harris & Sons]
Date
1884
Physical Description
1 print: chromolithograph; 38 x 28 cm.(14 x 11 in.)
Description
Advertisement calendar for the year 1884 for the firm renamed Geo. S. Harris & Sons in 1876 that contains a large genre scene bordered to the left by pictorial details . The scene, set in a colorfully decorated room, shows a woman lighting the cigar of a man. The woman attired in a dress with a trim decorated in a mosaic flower pattern uses a slip of paper marked "1884" to light the cigar of the man who is attired in dress-tails. Border details include an oriental-style vase of roses atop cloth draped over the calendar, and the lithographer's tradecard. Also includes decorative trim in the upper edge. Harris, first listed as a printer in 1847, operated one of the largest Philadelphia lithographic studios in the later 19th-century. The firm specialized in cigar box labels and stock trade cards.
Notes
Not in Wainwright.
pdcp00051
Philadelphia on Stone
POSA 35
Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Tradesmen's Cards
Subject
Geo. S. Harris & Sons.
Lithographers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Printers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Couples.
Cigar smoking -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Roses.
Genre
Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890.
Advertisements -- 1880-1890.
Calendars -- 1880-1890.
Location
Free Library of Philadelphia.| Print and Picture Collection. FLP| FLP Philadelphiana - Tradesmen's Cards
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