Details
Creator Craig, Finley & Co.
Title Craig, Finley & Co. Steam-power lithographers and printers, 1020 Arch Street. [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia: Craig, Finley & Co]
Date [ca. 1876]
Physical Description 8 prints: tinted with two stones, mounted on album page; 8 x 12 cm.(3.25 x 4.75 in.)
Description Series of tradecards advertising the lithographic firm established as Craig, Butt & Finley in 1869 and renamed Craig, Finley & Co. in 1872. Seven of the tradecards depict quaint scenes of children at play and work in addition to one containing a montage of vignette views of buildings at the Centennial Exhibition of 1876. Scenes include a boy presenting flowers to a girl, children witnessing breaking and broken wares, children chasing a rabbit, a shepherd boy with a lamb, and girls performing the wash. All the boys are attired in knickers and most wear hats. Most of the girls are attired in peasant-like dresses. Centennial tradecard shows Machinery Hall, the Main Building, Art Gallery, Agricultural Hall, and Horticultural Hall. Also includes the promotional text: Publishers of this style Centennial Card. Firm operated until 1950.
Notes Not in Wainwright.
Philadelphia on Stone
POSA 14
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Tradecard Collection - Scrapbook. Gift of F. Lyman Windolph.
Subject Craig, Finley & Co.
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Buildings.
Children.
Lithographers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1870-1880.
Tradecards -- 1870-1880.
Genre prints -- 1870-1880.
Location Historical Society of Pennsylvania | HSP Tradecard Collection - Scrapbook