| Title |
Reen, Charles |
| Alternate title |
Reen & Shober |
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Reen & Trump |
| Date |
b. ca. 1828-June 27, 1885 |
| Description |
Charles Reen, born in Germany ca. 1828, was a lithographer, engraver, and artist who worked in Philadelphia ca. 1850-1857
and ca. 1860-1881. Reen resided as an artist in Philadelphia by 1850 and lived with his wife Catherine (b. ca. 1829) in a
multifamily residence with artists Lee Elliott and Morris Levly in the North Mulberry Ward. In 1857 Reen entered into a lithographic
partnership with lithographer Charles Shober at 5 South Sixth Street, which they reestablished in Chicago the following year.
By 1860 Reen returned to Philadelphia. He worked as a lithographer at 42 South Third and 403 Race streets 1860-ca. 1867. During
this period, Reen also invented a new chemical process for watermarks for which he was recognized in the "Printers' Circular"
in 1866. In 1870 he entered a partnership with Eyre Keyser as Keyser & Reen, "lithographers & fancy printers," at South Second
and Chestnut streets. Reen also now resided at 126 Laurel Street (Ward 16) with his wife and three children with real estate
valued at $10,000.
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By 1872 Reen had formed a new partnership with Watson Trump, a Germantown resident, and they advertised in July 1872 for
a "good stout boy" to work a lithographic printer at their establishment at Fourth and Market streets. The partnership was
active until 1881. Reen remained in the trade until 1885 with an establishment at 14 North Fourth Street in 1882. During his
partnerships and solely, Reen produced advertising prints, view prints, certificates, and trade cards. Reen died in June 1885
while partnered with his son Charles, Jr. and a resident of 1235 Brown Street.
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| Is part of |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| References |
See Shober, Charles. |
| Call number |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| Bibliographic citation |
Census 1850, 1870 |
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Groce & Wallace, 529 |
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Last, 222 |
|
Library Company of Philadelphia research file |
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Merrill, 216 |
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"A New Process of Watermarking," Printers' Circular, April 1866, 11. |
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Sunday Dispatch, June 27, 1885 |
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WWWAA, 2727 |
