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Title Scheible, William F.
Date b. ca. 1822-ca. 1876
Description William F. Scheible, born ca. 1822 in Pennsylvania, was a stencil cutter and awning maker, who also practiced lithography during the late 1850s. Scheible operated his establishment from 47-49 South Third Street, which he advertised through an 1859 chromolithographed trade card and broadside illustrated with designs by Philadelphia engraver and lithographer Frederick J. Pilliner. Scheible operated the business until ca. 1876 and his death when his wife Elizabeth (b. ca. 1837) assumed operations of the business that was reestablished as Scheible & Co. Scheible also exhibited embossed cards praised for their "beautiful execution" at the 1856 Franklin Institute Exhibition of American Manufacturers; earned enough income to be taxed during the Civil War; and in the 1870 census reported personal estate valued at $3,000 (i.e., $51,000 in 2008) in addition to his wife's real estate valued at $7,000.
Throughout the 1860s and 1870s Scheible resided in North Philadelphia with his wife and children at 821 Duane Street (1860-1862), 1524 North Twelfth Street (1863-1875), and 2036 North Twelfth Street (1876).
Is part of Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
References See Pilliner, Frederick J.
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Call number Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
Bibliographic citation Census 1860, 1870
Franklin Institution, Catalogue of the Twenty-Fifth Exhibition of American Manufactures (1856), 79
Philadelphia Business and City Directories 185-1876
U. S. I.R.S. Tax Assessment Lists, 1857-1918
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