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Idle talk. [graphic] / Designed & lithographed at A. Kollner's lithy. Phila. ; H. Camp's lith'c. press's.
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Creator
Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813.
Contributor
Camp, John Henry, 1822-1881, printer.
American Sunday-School Union, publisher.
Title
Idle talk. [graphic] / Designed & lithographed at A. Kollner's lithy. Phila. ; H. Camp's lith'c. press's.
Publisher
Philadelphia : Published by the American Sunday School Union, 146 Chestnut St
Date
[ca. 1853]
Physical Description
1 print : lithograph ; 23 x 28 cm. (9 x 11 in.)
Description
Plate from children's moral instruction book showing five laborers wearing porkpie hats listening to one man tell a story. They rest on or near a dray harnessed to a horse near the wharf and river.
Is referenced by
Wainwright 180
Notes
Published in Common sights in town & country. Delineated & described for young children (Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, No. 146 Chestnut Street, [ca. 1853]).
Accompanied by text titled "Idle talk" moralizing that idle talk is a sinful waste of time and profit, and ruins the good name of others.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 367
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd 61 K 8342.25
Free Library of Philadelphia:
Atwater Kent Museum: 46.57.1.3
Subject
Children -- Conduct of life.
Arts in Christian education.
Work ethic -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Gossiping -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Laborers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Piers & wharves -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Carts & wagons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre
Lithographs -- 1850-1860.
Genre prints -- 1850-1860.
Book illustrations -- 1850-1860.
Printer
American Sunday-School Union, publisher.
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania | HSP Bd 61 K 8342.25
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Philadelphia on Stone Digital Catalog
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