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[William P. Cresson's foundry, Willow above Thirteenth Street, Philadelphia] [graphic] / Executed on stone by Wm. H. Rease, No. 17, S. 5th. St.
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Creator
Rease, W. H., artist.
Contributor
Wagner & M'Guigan, printer.
Title
[William P. Cresson's foundry, Willow above Thirteenth Street, Philadelphia] [graphic] / Executed on stone by Wm. H. Rease, No. 17, S. 5th. St.
Publisher
Philadelphia: Wagner & McGuigan's Lith. Press
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1847
Date
[August 1847]
Physical Description
1 print: lithograph; 19 x 37 cm. (7.13 x 14.75 in.)
Description
Advertisement showing the busy U-shaped iron foundry established circa 1846 at Willow, also known as James Street, above North Thirteenth Street. Laborers work within the courtyard, at the entryways, and along the complex. In the courtyard, men work on and near a small raised platform in front of the smoke stacks of a pyramid-shaped factory building. Stacks of flatbed crates line a small adjacent building across from men at work within the factory. At the end of the opposite workshop, two men load a horse-drawn cart parked near stacks of lumber and an unhitched cart. In the foreground, a driver leads a two-horse team drawn coal car down tracks curving into the courtyard. Also shows partial views of fencing, the rear of a departing cart, and foundry apparatus strewn around the grounds. Business operated at site until circa 1859.
Is referenced by
Wainwright 455
Notes
Title and date from Poulson inscription on recto.
Wainwright suggests date of circa 1849.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 841
Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Trimmed and lacking title.
Subject
Cresson, William Penn, 1814-1892.
Iron foundries -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Laborers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Carts & wagons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Willow Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 1300 block.
Genre
Lithographs -- 1840-1850.
Advertisements -- 1840-1850.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *W455 [P.2242]
Accession number
P.2242
In Collections
Philadelphia on Stone Digital Catalog
Philadelphia on Stone: Library Company of Philadelphia
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