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Ph. J. Lauber's restaurant, Centennial grounds, near Horticultural Hall. [graphic].
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A105783
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Contributor
Lehman & Bolton, printer.
Title
Ph. J. Lauber's restaurant, Centennial grounds, near Horticultural Hall. [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia : Lehman & Bolton
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1876
Date
[ca. 1876]
Physical Description
1 print : lithograph ; 7.5 x 13.5 cm. (3 x 5.25 in.)
Description
Illustration on recto depicts a bird's eye view of Lauber's restaurant on the Centennial grounds in West Fairmount Park in Philadelphia. Includes pedestrians and horse-drawn coaches in the foreground. The Cenntenial, held in 1876, celebrated America’s one-hundredth anniversary of independence and showcased the strengths of the country’s industry, manufactures, agriculture, and art.
Left vignette on verso shows three buildings comprising the Philip J. Lauber liquor and restaurant business at 24-26 South Fifth Street. The buildings, adorned with signage, include left to right: "Ph. Lauber Beer & Ale"; "Ph. Lauber Importer of Wines"; and "Ph. Lauber Restaurant" (partial view). Image also shows heavy street and pedestrian traffic. Men congregate at the doorway of the wine shop at which a horse-drawn cart loaded with wine barrels departs. A carriage, horse-drawn dray, men on horseback, and pedestrians travel in the street. Lauber added a restaurant to his business on Fifth Street circa 1877. Right vignette on verso depicts cherubs eating grapes and drinking bottles of wine on a mantelpiece surrounded by vinery and greenery.
Notes
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Digitized.
Subject
Lauber, Philip J.
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Buildings.
Brewing industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Wine industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Restaurants -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Carriages & coaches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Angels.
Geographic subject
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- West.
Genre
Trade cards -- 1870-1880.
Lithographs -- 1870-1880.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - Lauber [5758.F.11c]
Accession number
5758.F.11c
In Collections
Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Trade Card Collection
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