Details
Contributor Camp, John Henry, 1822-1881, printer.
Title Thomas Sparks shot & bar lead manufacturer. Warehouse no. 121 Walnut St. Philadelphia. [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia: H. Camp lith
Date ca. 1850
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored; 23 x 15 cm.(7.25 x 4.5 in.)
Description Advertisement showing the Sparks shot tower at Carpenter Street near Second Street and the office/warehouse at 121 Walnut Street. Signage adorns the office which reads " T. Spark's Philadelphia Shot Tower. Office 121 Walnut St." Also shows neighboring wood-frame buildings, and street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn carts and two men admiring the tower. Tower built by Sparks in 1807.
Is referenced by Wainwright 403
Notes Philadelphia on Stone
POS 752
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 38 S 736
Subject Spark's Shot Tower (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Carts & wagons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1840-1850.
Advertisements -- Hand-colored -- 1840-1850.
Location Historical Society of Pennsylvania | HSP Ba 38 S 736