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Cornelius & Baker, 181 Cherry Street, Philadelphia. Manufacturers of lamps, gas fixtures etc. [graphic].
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A65694
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Creator
Rease, W. H. artist.
Contributor
Wagner & M'Guigan, printer.
Title
Cornelius & Baker, 181 Cherry Street, Philadelphia. Manufacturers of lamps, gas fixtures etc. [graphic].
Publisher
[Philadelphia: Wagner & McGuigan]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1856
Date
[1856]
Physical Description
1 print: lithograph, tinted with two stones; 39 x 58 cm. (15.25 x 23 in.)
Description
Advertisement showing the multi-story factory on the 800 block of Cherry Street. A tower and American flag adorn the building in which workers are visible at a number of the open windows. At the far left end of the building, a wagon travels near a man carrying a basket and through an archway to the courtyard. A horse-drawn wagon is parked near the main entrance of the factory. The entry contains the name of the firm and a small stoop adorned with iron work. At the corner, a boy with a light fixture walks past a lamppost, as in the street, a horse-drawn wagon travels behind a carriage occupied by three gentlemen. The vehicle is drawn by two agitated horses that the driver attempts to settle. At the east side of the building, two gentlemen converse and another horse-drawn wagon drives down the street. Also shows a woman strolling past a tree at the adjacent corner, and neighboring buildings. Cornelius & Baker was founded in 1835 and operated 2 factories and a storefront by the 1850s. The firm was succeeded by Cornelius & Sons in 1869.
Is referenced by
Wainwright 88
Lane & Cresswell, Prints of Philadelphia 186
Notes
Published in Colton's atlas of America, illustrating the physical and political geography of North and South America... Commercial edition with business cards of prominent houses in Philadelphia. (New York: J.H. Colton and Company, 1856) (HSP O 458)
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 161
Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 38 C 814b.
Also included as one of two images of separately issued print. See **W86.
Subject
Cornelius & Baker.
Gas light fixtures industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Horse-drawn vehicles -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Laborers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Cherry Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 800 block.
Genre
Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1850-1860.
Advertisements -- 1850-1860.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| **W88 [P.2038]
Accession number
P.2038
In Collections
Philadelphia on Stone Digital Catalog
Philadelphia on Stone: Library Company of Philadelphia
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