Details
Creator Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813.
Contributor American Sunday-School Union, publisher.
Title The omnibus. [graphic] / Lithy. of A. Kollner Phila.
Publisher Philadelphia : Published by the American Sunday School Union No. 146 Chestnut St
Date ca. 1855
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph ; 22 x 26 cm. (8.5 x 11 in.)
Description Plate from a children's moral instruction book showing a man approaching the rear steps of a stalled omnibus in the cobblestone street. The driver grasps the reigns which are tethered to two horses in front, and looks behind him to watch, along with the passengers, as the man boards the carriage. In the foreground, a woman walks along the sidewalk with a small child, who points at the omnibus. Pedestrians and the building lining the street are visible in the background.
Is referenced by Wainwright 388
Notes Published as illustration on page 23 in Common Sights in Town & Country Delineated & Described for Young Children (Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, ca. 1855).
Accompanied by text titled "The omnibus" that describes this mode of transportation as "a place in which civil manners are always noticed and proved", bemoans the boys who steal rides, and warns of the severe punishment for such actions.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 528
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd 61 K 8341.23
Library of Congress: Marian S. Carson Collection
Subject Children -- Conduct of life.
Arts in Christian education.
Horse-drawn omnibuses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Coach drivers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Pedestrians -- 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 8341.23