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Thos. S. Dixon & Sons, 1324 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Manufacturers of low-down & elevated grates, furnaces, ranges, &c. [graphic] : All our grates are made either low down or elevated & finished in each of the different styles
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Creator
Boell, William.
Contributor
Thos S. Dixon & Sons, copyright holder.
Title
Thos. S. Dixon & Sons, 1324 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Manufacturers of low-down & elevated grates, furnaces, ranges, &c. [graphic] : All our grates are made either low down or elevated & finished in each of the different styles
Publisher
Philadelphia: Lith. & printed by Wm. Boell, 312 & 314 Walnut St
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1867
Date
c1867
Physical Description
1 print: chromolithograph; 47 x 60 cm. (18.5 x 23.5 in.)
Description
Advertisement depicting nine types of fireplace grates for burning coal and wood. Includes Dixons' Low Down Grate (Polished ) (Plate 1); Dixon's Elevated Grate (Polished) (Plate 2); Dixon's Elevated Grated (Japanned) (Plate 3); Dixon's Low Down Grate (Japanned & Ornamented) (Plate 4); Dixon's Low Down Grate (Red Metal) (Plate 5); Dixon's Low Down Grate Dead Ground (with Japd square Plate) (Plate 6); Dixon's Wood Black Grate (Polished) (Plate 7); Dixon's Wood Back (Polished Front) (Plate 8); and Dixon's Low Down Grate (Polished in Mantel) (unnumbered). Some of the grates are depicted with coals or burning wood.
Notes
Manuscript notes in lithographic ink printed on recto give the patent number (594-602) and date of deposit (August 17, 1867) for each of the grates.
Manuscript note in lithographic ink on recto: Filed August 16, 1867 by Thos S. Dixon & Sons Proprs.
Copyrighted by Thomas S. Dixon & Sons.
Not in Wainwright.
Philadelphia on Stone
POSP 253
Duplicate in the collections of the Print and Photograph Department of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Subject
Thos. S. Dixon & Sons.
Heating -- Equipment and supplies -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Fireplaces.
Grates.
Genre
Chromolithographs -- 1860-1870.
Advertisements -- 1860-1870.
Printer
Thos S. Dixon & Sons, copyright holder.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| **BW - Advertisements [8097.F.1]
Accession number
8097.F.1
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