Details
Creator Rease, W. H., artist.
Contributor Poulson, Charles A. 1789-1866, collector.
Title [Thos. Minford. Wholesale & retail grocery & tea warehouse, s.w. corner of Second and Walnut Streets, Philadelphia] [graphic] / On stone by W. H. Rease, No. 17, So. 5th St.
Publisher Philadelphia: Printed b
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1847
Date [June 1847]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph; 28 x 32 cm. (11 x 12.75 in.)
Description Advertisement showing a southwest view of the three-story storefront, adorned with signage, on the 200 block of Walnut Street. In front of the store, a female patron reaches into a sack - one of several sacks, crates, and canisters displayed on a platform near the open doorway. Within the store, a couple stands near one of two rows of shelves of merchandise furnishing the establishment. On the second floor, large, open panel doors expose the room lined with hay. A barrel and crates, and boxes of tea and sacks stacked in the rear of the floor are visible. Several brooms are stored in front of the third floor windows. At the side of the building, two gentlemen converse near a side door and hand-cart across from a row of crates and barrels that are lined against the wall. Also shows a partial view of the adjacent building. Minford tenanted the site 1845-1847, and later relocated to New York City.
Is referenced by Wainwright 405
Notes Date from Poulson inscription on recto: June 1847. S.W. cor. Second and Walnut.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 754
LCP copy trimmed and lacking title.
Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Subject Philadelphia on Stone
Minford, Thomas.
Tea trade -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Grocery stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Merchandise displays -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Walnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 200 block.
Genre Lithographs -- 1840-1850.
Advertisements -- 1840-1850.
Provenance Poulson, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1789-1866, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *W405 [P.2218]
Accession number P.2218