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Contributor Herline & Co., printer.
Title C.J. Fell & Brother, 64 Sth. Front St. Philadelphia [graphic] : Manufacture and have for sale: Chocolate. Homeopathic. Fell & Bros. extra. Clay & Cos. extra. Courtland no.1. W. Oakland & Co. no. 1. Albert no. 1. Nagle no. 1. Sweet Spanish. Vanilla sweet. Cocoa. Prepared. Soluble. Cracked. Cocoa paste. Cocoa shells. Broma. Mustard, superfine, fine, English brown, Clay & Co. Pepper, pure ground, no. 1 ground, superior ground, pure ground, ground African cayenne, pure ground American cayenne. Ginger, pure & no. 1 Calcutta & African, whole & ground Jamaica. Pure & No. 1 ground cinnamon, allspice, cloves. Pure ground nutmegs, mace. Pure rice flour, hominy, grits, barley, baking pwds., starch polish, salaratus.
Publisher Philadelphia: Printed in colors by Herline & Co. No. 2 Nth. 6th St
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1856
Date [1856]
Physical Description 1 print: chromolithograph; 48 x 41 cm. (18.75 x 16 in.)
Description Advertisement containing a view of the Fell & Brother's factory near Wilmington, Delaware and vignettes of eight varieties of spice plants including, cinnamon, pepper, cloves, mustard, nutmeg, ginger, allspice and cocoa. Other pictorial elements depict a female figure, holding a plant, flanked by American flags and a shield bordering the factory view, as well as scroll and floral embellishments. The types of spices and other products manufactured by the company are listed along the right and left borders. Plant vignettes identified and described in "Guide" on verso. Jonathan Fell purchased the spice-grinding factory near Wilmington in 1828.
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 the prominent houses in Philadelphia. (New York: J.H. Colton and Company, 1856), page 25 1/2. (HSP O 458)
"Guide to the C.J. Fell & Bro. Card" and outline of recto on verso. Verso also contains a view of the C.J. Fell & Brother store at 64, i.e., 120 S. Front Street. A patron enters the store while clerks haul boxes and a horse-drawn wagon is parked in the street.
Not in Wainwright.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 74
LCP AR [Annual Report] 1981, pg. 51.
See LCP exhibition catalogue: Philadelphia ReVisions #34.
Subject C.J. Fell & Brother (Philadelphia)
Factories -- Delaware -- Wilmington.
Storefronts -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Chocolate industry -- Pennnsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Spice trade -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Spice plants.
Women.
Genre Chromolithographs -- 1850-1860.
Advertisements -- 1850-1860.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *BW - Advertisements [P.8693]
Accession number P.8693
P.8693 verso