| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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)
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"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.
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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) |
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Factories -- Delaware -- Wilmington. |
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Storefronts -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Chocolate industry -- Pennnsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Spice trade -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Spice plants. |
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Women. |
| Genre |
Chromolithographs -- 1850-1860. |
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Advertisements -- 1850-1860. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *BW - Advertisements [P.8693] |
| Accession number |
P.8693 |
|
P.8693 verso |
