Details
Creator Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist.
Contributor P.S. Duval & Co., printer.
Title Charles Oakford's hat & cap store, wholesale & retail, No. 104, Chesnut [sic] Street, Philadelphia. [graphic] : Officers of the army & navy supplied with dress & undress caps of the latest regulations. Gentleman's fashionable hat & dress caps, also gentlemens', youths & childrens' dress & fancy caps with a large assortment of fancy travelling hats. Plain hats for Friends wear. This branch of the manufacturer is conducted by an old and experienced workman. / Jas. Queen, delt.
Publisher Philadelphia: P. S. Duval's lth
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1850
Date [ca. 1850]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph, hand-colored; 30 x 21 cm. (12 x 8 in.)
Description Advertisement containing a view of the exterior of the hat store (300 block Chestnut Street) surrounded by a decorative border comprised of hats and vignettes. Shows the proprietor of the business standing behind the double-sided glass door of his establishment. Displays of hats adorn the showcase windows of the store. Also shows a ribbon hanging from above the entrance, a shadowy figure of a patron, and a basement cellar door. Border includes military hats, boys caps, a Friend's hat, and beaver hat. Vignettes show a military officer on horseback and an outdoor scene with beavers at a tree. Oakford established his business in 1827 and located to 104 Chestnut in 1843 where he began his wholesale trade in 1850. He operated from the address until 1852.
Is referenced by Wainwright 57
Notes Philadelphia on Stone
POS 108
Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Subject Oakford, Charles.
Hat industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Merchandise displays -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Hats.
Beavers.
Geographic subject Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 300 block.
Genre Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1840-1850.
Advertisements -- Hand-colored -- 1840-1850.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *W57 [P.2039]
Accession number P.2039