| Title |
Schnabel & Finkeldey |
| Alternate title |
Schnabel, Finkeldey & Demme |
| Date |
fl. 1857-1863 |
| Description |
Schnabel & Finkeldey, the partnership between German-born Philadelphia lithographers Edward Schnabel and John F. Finkeldey
was active 1857-1863. Originally established as Schnabel, Finkeldey & Demme, the firm formed from the remaining members of
M. H. Traubel & Co. and William Demme in 1857 at 218, formerly 46 1/2, Walnut Street. Although the firm lasted only about
a year, it issued a noted small series of commercial views of Chestnut Street titled "Panorama of Philadelphia" as well as
sheet music covers.
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Following the departure of Demme, Schnabel and Finkeldey remained as partners and issued portraits, advertisements, certificates,
and commemorative and view prints, occasionally with German text. Interesting works include the allegorical commemorative
lithograph "Speech of Robert Emmet, Esq." and a certificate in German "Freiheit Edelmuth & Bruderliebe, Unabhangiger Orden
der Rothmaenner" (ca. 1863) for the Improved Order of Redmen in the Harry T. Peters Collection, Smithsonian Institution.
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Unfortunately, the Schnable and Finkeldey partnership proved burdensome for Finkeldey and at the end of February 1863, he
organized the firm's creditors to sue the business after near five years of poor management as a result of his alcoholic partner
spending his days at the tavern of Bergner & Engel, who commissioned an advertisement from the firm, possibly for debt owed,
in 1859. On March 8, 1863, paper dealer Margarge & Co. bought the establishment at a sheriff's sale and Finkeldey continued
the business as a sole proprietor.
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| Is part of |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| References |
See Demme, William; Finkeldey, John Frederick; and Schnable, Edward. |
| Call number |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| Bibliographic citation |
Groce & Wallace, 563 |
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Philadelphia Business and City Directories, 1857-1863 |
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WWWAA, 2929 |
