| Title |
Babb, Robert B. |
| Date |
b. ca. 1839 |
| Description |
Robert B. Babb, born ca. 1839 in Pennsylvania, worked as a lithographer and printer in Philadelphia between 1860 and 1900.
Attending Girard College in 1850, Babb was a lithographer living in Kensington with wife Jane Babb (b. ca. 1821) and two siblings,
William (b. ca. 1841) and George (b. ca. 1844) in 1860. Babbed remained in the neighborhood throughout his career residing
at 1167 Sophia Street (ca. 1865-ca. 1872), 322 East Cumberland Street (ca. 1875-ca. 1884), and the rear property of 226 West
Thompson Street (ca. 1884-).
|
|
Although Babb predominately worked in the printing trade, the 1882 city directory lists him as partnered with Winfield S.
Biddle in the flour industry at Dauphin and American Streets. By the 1910 census, Babb is listed as a widower.
|
| Is part of |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| Call number |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| Bibliographic citation |
Census 1850, 1860, 1900 and 1910 |
|
Groce & Wallace, 18 |
|
Philadelphia City Directories 1864-1899 (intermittently) |
|
WWWAA, 161 |
|
Young, 21 |
