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Specimens for Theo. Leonhardt & Son, Philadelphia. [graphic].
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Creator
Theo. Leonhardt & Son.
Title
Specimens for Theo. Leonhardt & Son, Philadelphia. [graphic].
Publisher
[Philadelphia: Theo. Leonhardt & Son]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1880
Date
[ca. 1880]
Physical Description
1 print: transfer lithograph; 40 x 52 cm. (15.5 x 20.5 in.)
Description
Advertisement containing examples of vignette views and genre scenes executed by the Philadelphia lithograph firm. Views include "Palo Alto Iron Company's Works" in Pottsvile (est. in 1854); a tropical farm; small and industrial towns; and a hill-side village. Genre scenes show two young girls on promenade, and a mother with her child seated on her lap. Decorative elements adorn the upper corners. Leonhardt & Son was a partnership established circa 1874 between Theodore Leonhardt and his son Arno. The firm continued to operate into the early 20th century.
Notes
Gift of David Doret.
Philadelphia on Stone
POSA 88
Subject
Palo Alto Iron Company.
Theo. Leonhardt & Son.
Printers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Lithographers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Iron foundries -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre
Transfer lithographs -- 1870-1880.
Samples -- 1870-1880.
Landscape views -- 1870-1880.
Genre prints -- 1870-1880.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *BW - Advertisements - L [P.2002.27]
Accession number
P.2002.27
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