Details
Creator Rease, W. H.
Title Eli Hess' Penn Steam Marble Mantel Manufactory, Coates St. above Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia. [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia: Lith. & Printed by W. H. Rease, N.E. cor. of 4th & Chestnut sts
Date [ca. 1859]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph, hand-colored; 51 x 57 cm.(20.25 x 22.25 in.)
Description Advertisement with much street activity showing the manufactory and warerooms operated 1856-1878 by Hess at 1434 Coates Street. At the "Penn Steam Marble Mantel Manufactory," a horse-drawn dray hauling a slab of marble marked "Eli Hess" enters the fenced yard lined with stones. Workers using upright sawing machines cuts slabs of marble within the workshop of the factory that is adorned with statuary on its roof. Patrons enter the adjacent three-story warerooms. Evergreen trees protected by iron-work fencing are visible near the entrance. Statuary in recesses, window shades marked with the business name, and a figure of William Penn mounted on the roof adorn the building. In the foreground, well-dressed passengers embark the rear of a stopped ornamentally painted "Green and Coates Sts. Manayunk via Steamboat. Exchange & Fairmount" horse-drawn street car. Several passengers are visible in the windows of the vehicle. Also shows signage for the neighboring coal yard of Samuel Rogers.
Is referenced by Wainwright 109
Notes Philadelphia on Stone
POS 205
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 38 H 586
Subject Hess, Eli.
Marble industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Street railroads -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre Lithographs -- 1850-1860.
Location Historical Society of Pennsylvania | HSP Bc 38 H 586