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Kelly, Thomas F. |
Date |
b. ca. 1847 |
Description |
Thomas F. Kelly, born ca. 1847 in Pennsylvania, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia during the 1860s and 1870s. Son of
the Irish-born tailor James Kelly (b. ca. 1808), Kelly served as the secretary of the Lithographic Printers Union in 1868
and possibly worked with his brother and lithographer William J. (b. ca. 1838).
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Kelly lived with his family, including William, in Center City at 1542 Sansom Street from at least 1860 until the early 1870s.
As of 1870, another brother James (b. ca. 1853) worked in the field of art as well - as a portrait painter.
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During the early 1890s, a Thomas F. Kelly, possibly this lithographer, was listed as a printer at 1136 and later 1144 South
Eighth Street and again in 1915 at 5448 Market Street.
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Is part of |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
References |
See Kelly, William J. |
Call number |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
Bibliographic citation |
Census 1860, 1870 |
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Philadelphia Business and City Directories, 1867-1915 (intermittently) |
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Public Ledger, June 18, 1868 |