Details
Contributor Poulson, Charles A. 1789-1866, collector.
Title [J. Willis, shoe manufactory, 241 Arch Street, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1846
Date [December 1846]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph; 36 x 25 cm. (14.25 x 9.75 in.)
Description Advertisement showing the four-story manufactory and storefront for "J. Willis Wholesale & Retale [sic] Ladies Shoe store" on the 600 block of Arch Street. Under the store awning, a couple enters the doorway while a lady looks at a partially visible print, possibly depicting the Willis shoe store, in the central display window. Drapery is visible in some of the upper floor windows and a horse-drawn carriage is parked in front of the building. Also shows partial views of adjacent buildings. Shading to represent light reflecting from windows also comprises a graphic element of the image. The business operated as J. Willis from the address 1840-1853, when renamed J. Willis & Son.
Is referenced by Wainwright 195
Notes Title supplied by cataloguer.
Date from Poulson inscription on recto: Arch Street. Dec. 1846. [illegible]
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 401
Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Subject Willis, James.
Shoe industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Carriages & coaches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Advertising -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Arch Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 600 block.
Genre Lithographs -- 1840-1850.
Advertisements -- 1840-1850.
Provenance Poulson, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1789-1866, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *W195 [P.2063]
Accession number P.2063