Details
Contributor Poulson, Charles A. 1789-1866, collector.
Title [Lewis Fatman & Co., steam paste blacking, steam friction matches, 41 N. Front Street, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1847
Date [December 1847]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph; 26 x 17 cm.(10.25 x 6.75 in.)
Description Advertisement showing the three-story building covered in signage for the polish and match business located between Market and Arch streets on Front Street. A clerk, crates, cans piled on a table, and a rope hoist are visible through the first floor window and entrances. Another worker is visible in a third-floor window. A conestoga wagon passes in the street with the driver astride one of the four horses in the team. Fatman operated a second factory at 412 Coates Street, i.e., Fairmount Avenue.
Is referenced by Wainwright 217
Notes Date from Poulson inscription on recto: N. Front streets. Dec. 1847.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 437
LCP copy trimmed and lacking title and imprint.
Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Subject Lewis Fatman & Co.
Polishes industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Match industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Carts & wagons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Laborers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Front Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- North -- 000 block.
Genre Lithographs -- 1840-1850.
Advertisements -- 1840-1850.
Provenance Poulson, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1789-1866, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| W217 [P.2110]
Accession number P.2110