Details
Contributor Wagner & M'Guigan, printer.
Title John Baird, steam marble works, Ridge Road above Spring Garden St. Philadelphia. [graphic]
Publisher Philadelphia: Lith. of Wagner & McGuigan, 116 Chestnut St
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1848
Date [ca. 1848]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph, tinted with two stones; 46 x 66 cm. (18.5 x 26.5 in.)
Description Advertisement containing an exterior view showing the Ridge Road entrance to the "John Baird," "Spring Garden Marble Mantle Manufactory" and "Steam Marble Works" erected in 1846. Works include a central courtyard, offices, and adjoining yard marked "Garden Statuary, Vases, Ornamental Sculpture, &c." that contains a variety of fountains, vases, and statues on the platform roof. A cupola adorns a rear building of the factory. In front of the courtyards, gravestones are displayed and workers move large slabs of marble with a lever and by dolly. On the roof of the central courtyard, a clerk shows patrons a selection of monuments. In front of the factory, couples promenade on the sidewalk, a horse is hitched, a couple rides on horseback and dogs greet each other in the street. The woman rides side-saddle. Also shows employees within the courtyard, office windows, and visible through an open entryway climbing a flight of stairs. Baird established his business in 1841 gaining a reputation as a vanguard in the modern operations of marble works.
Is referenced by Wainwright 199
Notes Philadelphia on Stone
POS 406
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Subject Baird, John.
Monument builders -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Marble industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Tombs & sepulchral monuments.
Marble workers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Horseback riding -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Ridge Road (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 1200 block.
Genre Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1840-1850.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| **W199 [P.2066]
Accession number P.2066