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[Wm D. Parrish, book bindery, paper & rag warehouse, paper books and stationery, 4 North Fifth Street, Philadelphia] [graphic].
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Contributor
Poulson, Charles A. 1789-1866, collector.
Title
[Wm D. Parrish, book bindery, paper & rag warehouse, paper books and stationery, 4 North Fifth Street, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Publisher
[Philadelphia]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1844
Date
[April 1847]
Physical Description
1 print: lithograph; 36 x 27 cm. (14.25 x 10.5 in.)
Description
Advertisement showing the busy four-story storefront adorned with signage on Fifth Street above Market Street. A male patron enters and a clerk prepares sacks on a hoist at the two open entries. Shelves of bound items line the wall of the store. Stacks of bound volumes of various lengths and glass bottles adorn the central display window. At the upper floor windows, several store workers are visible at labor, including readying hoisting ropes, inspecting rags, and working with and carrying stacks of bound books. The windows without employees contain boxes. Outside the storefront, textual promotions on the building facade and a mantle advertise "Book Bindry [sic] Upstairs"; "Rags Bought for Cash"; and "School & Blank Books." On the sidewalk, marked crates and sacks of rags are stacked near the open cellar and a horse-drawn dray controlled by a driver in the street. Crate markings include "F.C.L.," "D.C.H. N. Orleans," "Nashville," and "Louisville." Parrish operated from the location 1844-1854.
Is referenced by
Wainwright 463
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Date from Poulson inscription on recto: April 1847. no. 4 N. Fifth St. April.
Wainwright suggests date of circa 1844.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 854
Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Subject
Parrish, William D.
Bookbinders -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Stationery trade -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Carts & wagons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Laborers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Merchandise displays -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Fifth Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- North -- 000 block.
Genre
Lithographs -- 1840-1850.
Advertisements -- 1840-1850.
Printer
Poulson, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1789-1866, collector.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *W463 [P.2246]
Accession number
P.2246
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