[Unnumbered plate 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
pau
Philadelphia
PA. Philadelphia
Julio Rae
[1851]
1851
monographic
eng
2 items: lithograph, letterpress, and wood engraving; 24 x 34 cm.(9.5 x 13.25 in.)
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."
Title supplied by cataloger.
Forms part of albums - Rae [*Am 1851 Rae, 2975.Q].
Carter, Robert W.
Everest, Cornelius
Horstmann, William J.
1819-1873
Art-Union of Philadelphia
Butler House (Philadelphia, Pa.)
H. Hooker & Co.
Le Boutillier Brothers
Murphey & Billmeyers
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A
Board of Publication
R. & W. Fraser
Thos. W. Evans & Co.
Commercial streets
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Dry goods stores
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
House furnishings stores
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Jewelry stores
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Publishing industry
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Stationery trade
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.)
800 block
2975.Q
2975.Q folder 14-1
2975.Q folder 14-2
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department
albums - Rae - Folder 14 [*Am 1851 Rae, 2975.Q]
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