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Martin Landenberger & Co. [graphic] : Manufacturers of shawls - fancy knit goods - hosiery. Frankford Road & Wildey St. Philadelphia Pa.
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Creator
Tholey, Charles P., d. 1898.
Title
Martin Landenberger & Co. [graphic] : Manufacturers of shawls - fancy knit goods - hosiery. Frankford Road & Wildey St. Philadelphia Pa.
Publisher
Philadelphia: Tholey del. & lith. 419 Green St
Date
[ca. 1871]
Physical Description
1 print: lithograph, tinted with one stone; 58 x 74 cm.(22.5 x 29 in.)
Description
Advertisement showing the two Italianate-style buildings (1101-1103 Frankford, built 1851-1856, and 1045-1055 Frankford, built 1871) in Fishtown of the hosiery manufactory established in 1843. A covered pedestrian bridge marked with the name of the company connects the buildings that are surrounded by heavy street activity. Horse-drawn wagons, drays, and carts, including vehicles for L. Berges Dyeing & Printing and F. Schoettles Paper Box company, deliver and transport goods and merchandise among a couple on horsebacks, a carriage, buggy, and a "Bridesburg Richmond 1 Exchange" streetcar. Pedestrians also fill the sidewalks and street. A boy flies a kite near a gentleman tipping his hat to a woman and child. Laborers transport sacks over their shoulder and by pushing a handcart. A postman is on route to deliver mail across from a man accompanying another using a shoulder strap to carry a basket of rags. A lady peers into one of the several large front windows of Landenberger & Co. Around the corner, two other fashionable women promenade past crates lining the side of the older building. A cupola and an American flag adorn its roof.
Around the corner of the newer building inscribed with the date the business was established, a man leads a bridled horse past a wood bin. Birds fly above the building adorned with a weather vane decorated with a sheep. Also contains two vignettes of the company seal printed below the image. Seal includes a crown and two eagles. Landenberger & Co. was the only Philadelphia factory in the late 1850s to produce hosiery, opera hoods, comforters, shawls, and scarves. The factory expanded in 1870 as a result of the massive increase in sales of hosiery and blankets spurred by the Civil War. Landenberger sold the properties in 1882 but continued as tenant at 1101-1103 Frankford Avenue until 1886.
Notes
Not in Wainwright.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 459
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 35 L 254
Longacre & Co. operated at 30 & 32 S. 7th Street in 1871.
Subject
Martin Landenberger & Co.
Hosiery industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Horse-drawn vehicles -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Pedestrians -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Letter carriers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Laborers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre
Lithographs -- 1870-1880.
Advertisements -- 1870-1880.
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania | HSP Bc 35 L 254
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