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Advertisement showing the busy "Pier 45" and factory of the firm at North Delaware Avenue. On the pier, laborers drive loaded
and empty horse-drawn carts, unload sand from a barge, operate hoists from within sheds, and work on a raised platform between
warehouses marked "Sand." Boatmen and workers operate equipment and perform manual labor on barges and boats, most with visible
names, surrounding the pier. Names include Walter C. of Burlington, Sherman, Wilson, Willie Paxson of Philadelphia, Minerva,
Samuel Miller, Estelle (built by Pusey & Jones, delivered 1884 to Paxson), and Saml. C. Bougher. In the background, the factory
buildings, connected by an overpass, are visible neighbored by the B&O and P.R.R. freight depots, a pier covered in barrels
and bales of wood, and other surrounding buildings. Also shows a locomotive at the P.R.R. freight depot, smokestacks, and
carts departing from the Paxson pier under the overpass. Also contains a bust portrait of Paxson, and two lists of 18 types
of sand, lead and facings available from the firm, printed below the image. Products include Lumberton Sand, Albany Sand,
Crescent Sand, Fire Sand, Silica Sand, Columbo Lead, American Lead, Machinery Facing, and Pipe Blacking. Company moved to
this location in 1882.
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