Details
Creator Rease, W. H.
Title Henry Adolph, manufacturer of furniture wholesale and retail, warerooms no. 36 North Second St., one door above the Christ Church Philadelphia. [graphic] / Lith. & printed by W. H. Rease, N.E. cor. 4th & Chestnut St. Phila.
Publisher Philadelphia: W.H. Rease
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1860
Date [ca. 1860]
Physical Description 1 print: chromolithograph; 55 x 68 cm.(21.5 x 26.5 in.)
Description Advertisement showing the exterior of the furniture warerooms near Christ Church (22-34 N. 2nd St.). Clusters of people admire the furniture displayed in the windows of the storefront as patrons enter the building. The store is heavily adorned with signage and an American flag. Men, women, and children, including a man pushing a handcart, walk on the bustling sidewalk. A woman with a girl, and a delivery boy, cross the street near the "No. 21 Exchange & Richmond" streetcar, a "H. Adolph" delivery wagon, and another laborer pushing a handcart. Many of the women carry parasols. Also shows the gated, tree-lined promenade between the church and warerooms.
Is referenced by Wainwright 171
Notes Philadelphia on Stone
POS 347
Atwater Kent Museum: 47.33.7/3. With manuscripts notes giving date as June 1861 and indicating that the print formerly belonged to John A. McAllister.
Biographical / historical note Rease, a prominent mid-19th century Philadelphia trade card lithographer known to highlight details of human interest in his advertisements, partnered with Francis H. Schell in the 1850s and eventually operated his own press until 1872.
Subject Adolph, Henry.
Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Furniture stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Episcopal churches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Horse-drawn vehicles -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Carts & wagons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Second Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- North -- 36.
Second Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- North -- 22-34.
Genre Chromolithographs -- 1850-1860.
Advertisements -- 1850-1860.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| **W171 [P.2006.15]
Accession number P.2006.15