[Plate 1 and advertisements from Rae's Philadelphia pictorial directory & panoramic advertiser. Chestnut Street, from Second to Tenth Streets]
Rae, Julio H.
Fisher, Joseph
former owner
still image
Graphic
Advertisements -- 1850-1860
Letterpress works -- 1850-1860
Lithographs -- 1850-1860
Wood engravings -- 1850-1860
Panoramic views -- 1850-1860
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Philadelphia
PA. Philadelphia
Julio Rae
[1851]
1851
monographic
eng
3 items: lithograph, letterpress, and wood engraving; 24 x 34 cm.(9.5 x 13.25 in.)
Plate depicts section of the 200 block of Chestnut Street (42-59 pre-consolidation). South side includes William McMakin, Tailor (42); Wm. [G.] Mason, Printing and Engraving (46); McAllister & Co., Walking Canes & Spectacles (48); Wm. Curry’s Wholesale & Retail Trimming Store (50); F. H. Smith, Pocket Book & Port Monnaie (52 1/2); J. E. Van Meter & Co., Paper Hangings (54); Charles Ellis & Co., Druggists & Importers of English, French & German Drugs (36); and Joseph Fisher, Thermometers (for distilling). North side includes H. A. Dreer’s Seed & Horticultural Warehouse (59); J. G. Falconer, French millinery and J. N. Torr, Card and Fancy Job Printing (57); Bank of Commerce with the offices of Browns & Bowen (55); Clarenbach & Herder, Cutlery (51); and R. Magee, Bookseller and Stationer (45). Also shows partial view of Strawberry Street. Plate also includes a detail showing a donut-shaped object captioned “Blacking” pasted on the depicted roof of the Curry building (50).
Advertisements promote the businesses depicted, except Bank of Commerce, as well as Thomas Hargrave, Plain and Ornamental Marble Worker and Designer, Corner of Ridge Road and Thirteenth St., Philadelphia; Marble-colored and Fancy Papers, Wholesale and Retail, Manufactured by Joshua M. Raybold, Goldsmith’s Hall, Library Street, Philadelphia; George Hummel’s Premium Essence of Coffee Manufactured and Sold, Wholesale and Retail, by Daniel Bohler & Co., No. 218 Callowhill Street, above Sixth; and J. Dougherty’s Black Expectorant Syrup, No. 26 North Sixth Street, Between Market and Arch Streets, Philadelphia. Majority of advertisements include several lines of promotional text and ornamented types, as well as a few include wood engraved vignettes. Mason (50) advertisement lists the materials produced, including seals, presses, paper stamps, cards, tickets, blanks, and door plates. Vignettes depict a woman leaning on a sepulchral monument (Hargrave), portrait of J. Dougherty holding his “Black” syrup, and a shears (Clarenbach & Herder).
Title supplied by cataloger.
Forms part of albums - Rae [*Am 1851 Rae, 2975.Q].
Curry, William
Dougherty, James
Dougherty, James
Portaits
Dreer, Henry A.
1818-1873
Falconer, John G.
Fisher, Joseph
Hargrave, Thomas
McMakin, William
Magee, Richard
Mason William G.
Raybold, Joshua M.
Smith, F. H.
Torr, Josiah N.
Bank of Commerce (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Browns & Bowen
Charles Ellis & Co.
Clarenbach & Herder
Daniel Bohler & Co.
J. E. Van Meter & Co.
McAllister & Co.
Commercial streets
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Banks
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Booksellers and bookselling
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Coffee industry
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Cutlery industry
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Distilling industry
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Luggage industry
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Marble industry and trade
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Millinery
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Nonprescription drug industry
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Opticians' shops
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Pharmaceutical industry
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Printing industry
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Publishing industry
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Seed trade
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Stationery trade
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Tailor shops
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Wallpaper industry
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Sepulchral monuments
Scissors & shears
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.)
200 block
2975.Q
2975.Q folder 2-1
2975.Q folder 2-2
2975.Q folder 2-3
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department
albums - Rae - Folder 2 [*Am 1851 Rae, 2975.Q]
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