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Wm. H. Richardson steam manufactory [graphic]
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Contributor
Poulson, Charles A. 1789-1866, collector.
Title
Wm. H. Richardson steam manufactory [graphic]
Publisher
[Philadelphia]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1849
Date
[1849]
Physical Description
1 print: lithograph, tinted with one stone and hand-colored; 21 x 16 cm. (8 x 6.25 in.)
Description
Advertisement showing the heavily adorned storefront and manufactory of the umbrella and parasol business at 104 High Street, i.e., the 300 block of Market Street. Signage with the name of the proprietor and type of merchandise covers the entrance. Building adornments also include the figure of Liberty, an American eagle, and the building number. Through the open entranceway, a female clerk is visible showing an umbrella to a male patron as a female patron mills in the background. In the display window, parasols hang above an empty display stand. Richardson is listed at 104 High (later Market) Street from 1843 to 1852.
Notes
Date from Poulson inscription on recto: Market Street. Jan. 1849.
Not in Wainwright.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 858
Trimmed.
Subject
Richardson, William H.
Umbrella industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Clerks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Merchandise displays -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Market Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 300 block.
Genre
Lithographs -- Tinted -- Hand-colored -- 1840-1850.
Advertisements -- 1840-1850.
Provenance
Poulson, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1789-1866, collector.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| BW - Business [P.8970.1]
Accession number
P.8970.1
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Philadelphia on Stone Digital Catalog
Philadelphia on Stone: Library Company of Philadelphia
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