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Keyser & Foxe's mahogany steam saw mill & turning shop No. 21 [later 225] Crown St. between Race & Vine Sts., Philadelphia. [graphic] / On stone by G. Heiss.
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Creator
Heiss, George G., artist.
Contributor
Wagner & M'Guigan, printer.
Poulson, Charles A. 1789-1866, collector.
Title
Keyser & Foxe's mahogany steam saw mill & turning shop No. 21 [later 225] Crown St. between Race & Vine Sts., Philadelphia. [graphic] / On stone by G. Heiss.
Publisher
Philadelphia : Printed by Wagner & McGuigan lithrs. 116 Chesnut [sic] St
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1847
Date
[ca. 1847]
Physical Description
1 print : lithograph ; 45 x 59 cm. (17.75 x 23.5 in.)
Description
Advertisement showing three men working with mahogany logs in a four-story, brick building tenanted by the saw mill of Jacob Keyser and Bryan Fox at 225 Crown Street. One of the laborers guides a log onto a block and tackle lift from the sidewalk (left), while another holds the ropes and waits for the log on the second level. Another laborer moves a log on a ramp through an open doorway on the first floor (right). In the foreground, an unhitched dray rests near a log in the cobblestone street. The basement, first, and second floor windows and doors are flanked by open, white shutters. Keyser & Foxe operated from this location between 1853 and 1861, at which time the sawmill was renamed Bryan Fox & Son.
Is referenced by
Wainwright 212
Notes
Date from Poulson inscription on recto: Aug. 1847.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 420
Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Subject
Keyser & Foxe.
Lumber industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Sawmills -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Mahogany.
Genre
Lithographs -- 1840-1850.
Advertisements -- 1840-1850.
Provenance
Poulson, Charles A. (Charles Augustus) 1789-1866, collector.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| **W212 [P.2138]
Accession number
P.2138
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Philadelphia on Stone Digital Catalog
Philadelphia on Stone: Library Company of Philadelphia
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