Details
Contributor Sinclair, Thomas S., ca. 1805-1881, printer.
Poulson, Charles A. 1789-1866, collector.
Title Pascal Iron Works, Morris Tasker & Morris [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia]: T. Sinclair's lith. 79 So. 3rd Phila
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1847
Date [1847]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph, pen and etched; 13 x 20 cm. (5 x 7.5 in.)
Description Advertisement for the iron works complex originally built in 1836 on Fifth Street below Franklin Street, i.e., Tasker Street (1700 block). Laborers work among machinery parts, including piles of cylinders and wheels, in the courtyard of the works containing several buildings. One worker pushes a handcart. Morris, Tasker, and Morris was founded by Stephen Morris in 1821 as a stove and grate manufactory. In the late 1820's, Henry Morris and Thomas Tasker joined the firm which was renamed S.P. Morris & Co. Circa 1836 the firm was renamed Morris, Tasker, & Morris when Wistar Morris assumed the position of Stephen Morris and the firm began to manufacture gas pipes. In 1856, the firm was renamed Morris, Tasker & Co. The factory closed in 1896.
Notes Date from Poulson inscription on recto: Aug. 1847.
Not in Wainwright.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 487
Accession number amended by cataloger.
Originally part of a Poulson scrapbook of illustrations of Philadelphia.
Subject Pascal Iron Works (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Morris, Tasker & Morris.
Iron foundries -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Laborers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Fifth Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 1700 block.
South Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 1700 block.
Genre Lithographs -- 1840-1850.
Advertisements -- 1840-1850.
Provenance Poulson, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1789-1866, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| BW - Industry [(5)2526.F.c]
Accession number (5)2526.F.c