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Rae, Julio H.
[Unnumbered plate and advertisements from Rae's Philadelphia pictorial directory & panoramic advertiser. Chestnut Street, from Second to Tenth Streets]
[graphic].
[Philadelphia:
Julio Rae,
1851]
2 items:
lithograph, letterpress, and wood engraving;
24 x 34 cm.(9.5 x 13.25 in.)
Title supplied by cataloger.
Unnumbered plate showing a section of the 800 block (200-265) of Chestnut Street. South side includes H. Hooker & Co., Stationers & Books (200); Murphey & Billmeyers, House Furnishing Warerooms (202); W. J. Horstmann, Fringes, Gimps, Buttons & c. (204); R. W. Carter, Toilet and Fancy Store (204 1/2); [Cornelius] Everest, Jeweler (206); Le Boutillier Brothers, Fancy Dry Goods (208); Art Union of Philadelphia (210); fancy goods store of R. & W. Fraser (212); and dry goods store of Thos W. Evans & Co. (214). North side includes Presbyterian Board of Publication (265) and the boarding house Butler House (259), prevously the residence of Senator Pierce Butler. "Jeweler" (206) included on plate as pasted-on detail.
Advertisements promote eight of the businesses depicted, including Art Union of Philadelphia, which advertises every member for the year of 1851 will receive "for each subscription of five dollars," a print of Huntington’s "Christiana and her Children" and companion print "Mercy’s Dream" and choice of any two of the "following four splendid engravings": "John Knox’s Interview with Mary Queen of Scots," "Ruth and Boaz," "Mercy’s Dream," "Christiana and her Children," and a copy of the "Philadelphia Art Union Reporter."
Forms part of albums - Rae [*Am 1851 Rae, 2975.Q].
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Folder 14.
LCP also holds trimmed duplicate depicting South side [P.2008.34.16.11].
Carter, Robert W.
Everest, Cornelius.
Horstmann, William J.
1819-1873.
Art-Union of Philadelphia.
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Butler House (Philadelphia, Pa.)
H. Hooker & Co.
Le Boutillier Brothers.
Murphey & Billmeyers.
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
Board of Publication.
56015
R. & W. Fraser.
Thos. W. Evans & Co.
Commercial streets
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia.
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Dry goods stores
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia.
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House furnishings stores
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia.
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Jewelry stores
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia.
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Publishing industry
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia.
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Stationery trade
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia.
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Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.)
800 block.
local
Advertisements
1850-1860.
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Letterpress works
1850-1860.
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Lithographs
1850-1860.
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Wood engravings
1850-1860.
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Panoramic views
1850-1860.
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Trimmings stores
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia.
local
Provenance
Fisher, Joseph,
former owner.
Imprint
PA. Philadelphia.
1851.
Library Company of Philadelphia
PRINT
PRINT
albums - Rae - Folder 14 [*Am 1851 Rae, 2975.Q]
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2975.Q folder 14-1
2975.Q folder 14-2
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PA. Philadelphia.
1851.
Imprint
Fisher, Joseph,
former owner.