Details
Creator Rease, W. H., artist.
Contributor Kuhl, Frederick, printer.
Provenance Poulson, Charles A.a 1789-1866, collector.
Title [Philada. & New York Pekin Tea Company, N.W. corner of Callowhill and Sixth Streets, Philadelphia] [graphic] / Drawn on stone by Wm. H. Rease, No. 17 1/2 Sth. 5th St.
Publisher Philadelphia: Lith. of F. Kuhl, 46 1/2 Walnut St
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1847
Date [July 1847]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph; 38 x 34 cm. (15 x 13.38 in.)
Description Advertisement showing the three-and-a-half-story "Northern Depot of the Philada. & New York Pekin Tea Company" heavily adorned with lettering on the 600 block of Callowhill Street. Through the open entrances, clerks are visible standing at counters in front of shelves of boxes of tea. Within the large display windows, men and women Chinese figurines flank additional merchandise displays. A female and male patron pass stacked boxes of tea displayed near the entrances as they proceed into the storefront. Other foot traffic includes a couple on promenade, and a man and woman, at opposite showcase windows, peering at the figurines. A larger Chinese male figure, holding and atop a box of tea, adorns the second floor corner of the building. Street signs displayed on two of the stores window frames are visible on each side of the figure. Also shows partial views of adjacent buildings, including partial signage reading "aylor's Room." Pekin Tea Company operated from the address circa 1847-circa 1851.
Is referenced by Wainwright 278
Notes Date from Poulson inscription on recto: North West Cor. Callowhill & Sixth St.
Title supplied by cataloguer.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 566
Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Trimmed.
Subject Pekin Tea Company.
Tea trade -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Merchandise displays -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Clerks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Mannequins.
Geographic subject Callowhill street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 600 block.
Genre Lithographs -- 1840-1850.
Advertisements -- 1840-1850.
Associated name Provenance Poulson, Charles A.a (Charles Augustus) 1789-1866, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *W278 [P.2168]
Accession number P.2168