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The celebrated Blasius Pianos. Blasius & Sons piano manufacturers. [graphic] : Warerooms: 1101-1103-1119 Chestnut St. Factory: 2240-2242-2244, 2246-2248 North Ninth St. Philadelphia Pa.
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Creator
Hoover, Joseph.
Title
The celebrated Blasius Pianos. Blasius & Sons piano manufacturers. [graphic] : Warerooms: 1101-1103-1119 Chestnut St. Factory: 2240-2242-2244, 2246-2248 North Ninth St. Philadelphia Pa.
Publisher
Philadelphia: J. Hoover
Date
[ca. 1885]
Physical Description
1 print: chromolithograph; 14 x 20 cm. (5.5 x 8 in.)
Description
Advertising card containing a romantic genre scene bordering captioned views of the Chestnut Street warerooms of the manufactory established in 1855. View captioned "Warerooms: 1119 Chestnut St.” shows part of the front façade of the 4-story storefront marked “Blasius & Sons Piano Manufacturers.” Patrons and pedestrians mill in front of the business. View captioned “Warerooms: 1101 & 1103 Chestnut St.” shows the multiple-story storefront marked “Blasius & Sons Manufacturer of the Blasius Pianos.” Several pedestrians walk in front of the large display windows and patrons enter the building. A horse-drawn carriage is parked in the street. In the left of the print, the genre scene set during the medieval period shows a troubadour serenading a lady from below her window.
Notes
Not in Wainwright.
pdcp00005
Philadelphia on Stone
POSP 23
Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana – Streets – Chestnut - 11th-12th
Subject
Blasius & Sons.
Piano makers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Carriages & coaches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Troubadours.
Serenading.
Genre
Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890.
Advertising cards -- 1880-1890.
Genre prints -- 1880-1890.
Location
Free Library of Philadelphia.| Print and Picture Collection. FLP| FLP Philadelphiana - Streets - Chestnut - 11th-12th
In Collections
Philadelphia on Stone Digital Catalog
Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection
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