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Jacob Haehnlen's lithographic & steam powered letter press printing rooms. [graphic].
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A68006
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Creator
Haehnlen, Jacob, b. 1824.
Title
Jacob Haehnlen's lithographic & steam powered letter press printing rooms. [graphic].
Publisher
[Philadelphia: Jacob Haehnlen]
Date
[ca. 1867]
Physical Description
1 print: lithograph, engraving on stone.
Description
Proof print of advertisement containing an ornate border surrounding a central view of the exterior of the six-story brownstone and print shop owned by lithographer Haehnlen at 420 Library Street. Signage advertising the "lithographic establishment" adorns the doorway, front, and side of "Goldsmith’s Hall." Building also adorned with large display windows and an eagle above the entranceway. View includes street and pedestrian traffic. Pedestrians walk on the sidewalk, stand in doorways, and enter the shop. In the street, horse-drawn wagons and drays, including one hauling crates marked "J.H.," pass in the street near a man pushing a hand-cart loaded with crates. Shop included salesrooms and offices, a machine shop, a drying room, lithographic presses, and card, handbill, and pamphlet printing presses. Border composed of cards containing ornate letters spelling Haehnlen's name and examples of his genres of work, including portraiture, industrial views, and machine imagery. Haehnlen established his own studio at Goldsmith’s Hall in 1866 and operated his business from all but the first floor. He sold his shop to the firm Lehman & Bolton in 1870. Building destroyed by fire on December 20, 1882.
Notes
Not in Wainwright.
Philadelphia on Stone
POSA 46
Subject
Library of Congress: PGA - Haehnlen--Jacob (A size) [P&P]
Jacob Haehnlen, b. 1824.
Lithographers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Printing industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre
Lithographs -- 1860-1870.
Advertisements -- 1860-1870.
Location
Library of Congress| Prints and Photographs Division | LOC PGA - Haehnlen--Jacob (A size) [P&P]
In Collections
Philadelphia on Stone Digital Catalog
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