Title |
Wagner & Stuart |
Date |
fl. ca. 1846-ca. 1860s |
Description |
Wagner & Stuart, the partnership between lithographers, engravers, and die sinkers William W. Wagner and Albert F. Stuart,
was active in Philadelphia ca. 1846-ca. 1860s. The firm operated from 20, and later 11 South Sixth Street. Known work includes
illustrations for sheet music. By the late 1850s the firm was only listed as "engravers" in city directories and by 1870 had
evolved into a undertaker's trimmings establishment.
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William W. Wagner, born in Pennsylvania about 1817, resided with his wife Louisa (b. ca. 1828) and three children in Southwark
(Ward 4) in 1850. He owned real estate worth $1600. In 1860 he resided in Germantown (Ward 21) with seven children and with
real estate worth $5000 and a personal estate worth $1000. By 1880 Wagner had married presumably his second wife, Anna T.
(b. ca. 1852). His children, their spouses, and grand children, including Sylvester Wunder, oil cloth printer, resided with
the couple at North Eighteenth Street and Erie Avenue (North Philadelphia).
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Albert F. Stuart, born ca. 1824 in Pennsylvania, resided in 4th Ward Spring Garden with his wife Rebecca (b. ca. 1824) in
1850. In 1870 Stuart lived in Center City (Ward 8) with his wife and two children.
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Is part of |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
Call number |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
Bibliographic citation |
Census 1850, 1860, 1880 |
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Groce & Wallace, 653 |
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Philadelphia Business and City Directories, 1846-1870 (intermittently) |
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WWWAA, 3435 |