Details
Contributor P.S. Duval & Co., printer.
Title Charles Oakford's model hat store, 158, Chestnut Street Philadelphia. Hats, caps and furs, wholesale and retail. [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia: P. S. Duval & Co's steam lith. press
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1854
Date [ca. 1854]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph; 39 x 61 cm. (15.5 x 24.25 in.)
Description Advertisement showing the ornately furnished interior of a later store, at 624 Chestnut Street, of the the hat establishment established by Oakford in 1827. Fitting tables adorned with lavish free standing light fixtures in front of glass display cases filled with men's hats line the sides of the room. In the foreground, Oakford assists a patron seated at one of the tables on top of which a number of hats lie. Behind the men, a clerk pulls a hat from one of the cases. In the background, in front of another fitting table on which hats sit, a clerk and gentleman patron stand and discuss hats in their hands. A third gentleman patron watches the exchange from across the aisle. An arch labeled "Oakford" is visible to the center of the room that leads to the women's and children's section at the rear of the store. A clerk assists a woman patron seated near a rack of hats and across from a woman and girl as they browse. Large tiles line the floor and the ceiling is plain. Oakford operated from the site 1853-1860 before relocating to the Continental Hotel. Oakford admitted his sons to the firm in 1856.
Is referenced by Wainwright 58
Notes Philadelphia on Stone
POS 109
Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Subject Oakford, Charles.
Hat industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Showrooms -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Hats -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Clerks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 624.
Genre Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1850-1860.
Advertisements -- Tinted -- 1850-1860.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| **W58 [P.2030]
Accession number P.2030