| Creator |
Rease, W. H., artist. |
| Contributor |
Wagner & M'Guigan, printer. |
|
Poulson, Charles A. 1789-1866, collector. |
| Title |
[George Mecke cabinet maker and upholsterer, No 355, North 2nd St. nearly opposite Tammany St. Philadelphia.] [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[Philadelphia: Wagner & McGuigan] |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1846 |
| Date |
[October 1846] |
| Physical Description |
1 print: lithograph; 50 x 33 cm. (20 x 13 in.) |
| Description |
Advertisement showing the four-story storefront, with decorative masonry, for "George Mecke's Northern Cabinet Ware-Rooms
and Furniture Ware Rooms" on Second Street between Noble and Green streets (i.e., 500 block). At the ground floor, a couple
enters one of the two entranceways of the building. Furniture, including a side table, chaise lounge, armoire, and rocker
are visible at the entrances, display window, and within the store. A woman, in a shawl, and holding a parasol approaches
the chairs displayed at the second entrance. She stands across from two clerks retrieving a chair from the cellar to be loaded
onto a "G. Mecke No. 355" horse-drawn cart parked in the street. The cart already contains a chest of drawers. Additional
cabinetry, including chairs and a bed frame, and a worker are seen in the upper floor windows. Also shows partial views of
the adjacent businesses of "Dubois & Son's Confectionary" (357) and P. Fries, watchmaker (353 - identified by a depiction
of a watch on a visible edge of signage). Plates of treats are visible in the window of Mrs. Dubois & Son' s confectionery.
Mecke relocated to 355 North Second Street and was a neighbor to Dubois and Fries circa 1846.
|
| Is referenced by |
Wainwright 150 |
| Notes |
Title, artist, and publication information from duplicate in the collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. |
|
Date from Poulson inscription on recto: North Second Street. Oct. 1846. |
|
Wainwright suggests date of circa 1847. |
|
Philadelphia on Stone |
|
POS 298 |
|
LCP copy lacking title and imprint. |
|
Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited. |
|
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 38 M487. |
| Subject |
Fries, P. |
|
Mecke, George, d. 1880. |
|
Mrs. Dubois & Sons. |
|
Furniture industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Upholstery trade -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Cabinetwork -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Confectioneries -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Clock & watchmaking -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Carts & wagons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Clerks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Merchandise displays -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Second Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- North -- 500 block. |
| Genre |
Lithographs -- 1840-1850. |
|
Advertisements -- 1840-1850. |
| Provenance |
Poulson, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1789-1866, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *W150 [P.2060] |
| Accession number |
P.2060 |
