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Title: Tholey, Augustus
Description: See Tholeys.
Date: d. January 12, 1898
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Thurwanger, Martin T.
Description: Martin T. Thurwanger, born in the Alsace region of France, trained at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, and was a student of lithography under Bernard-Roman Julien (1802-1871). He worked as a lithographer and mezzotint engraver in Paris before traveling to Philadelphia on a commission by the Smithsonian Institution with his apprentice, Max Rosenthal. Known primarily for his talent in pen-and-ink lithography, Thurwanger returned to Paris within five years of arriving in the states. He died in 1890., Weitenkampf notes a pen-and-ink lithograph portrait of E[dward] Biddle by the lithographer.
Date: d. 1890
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Richards, John
Description: John Richards, born in Sweden, was a self-trained lithographic artist who drew a series of lithographic views of Germantown in the later 19th century. Richards began his artistic career during his convalescence at Chestnut Hill Hospital during the Civil War. A New York volunteer, Richards relocated to Germantown following his discharge from the army. He was made sexton of the Calvary P.E. Church and continued his sketches of Germantown, which were lithographed by John Hart and sold to neighborhood residents and visitors. In 1913, Julius Sasche compiled and published the views under the title "Quaint Old Germantown: Sixty Views of Ancient Landmarks...1863-1888." Richards died on August 26, 1889
Date: d. August 26, 1889
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: James F. Hey & Co.
Description: James F. Hey & Co., owned by James F. Hey (1859-1917) and his English father, John Hey (1831-1902), published lithographic sheet music in Philadelphia in the 1880s., John Hey, born about 1831 in England, worked as a wholesale rag dealer in 1870, but by the early 1880s, partly owned both the lithography firm of James F. Hey & Co., 308 Master Street, and three branches of the paper stock business, John Hey & Co. located at 233 North Front Street, 1401 Germantown Avenue, and 321 Master Street. By the late 1880s, John and James had returned to the rag business with a shop at 315 Master Street., While in Philadelphia, the Hey family resided in Ward 17 in 1870 and Ward 29 until about 1895, when they relocated to Kansas City, Missouri, and operated the Hey Rag and Metal Company. John passed away on April 14, 1898, and James remained in Kansas City until his death on June 2, 1917. Both were buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia.
Date: fl. 1880s
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Church Lith. Co.
Description: Church Lith. Co. issued lithographic church views, including "St. Alphonsu's [sic] Church. Philadelphia" (ca. 1885) and St. Ann's Church (ca. 1895).
Date: fl. ca. 1880s?-1890s?
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Packard & Butler
Description: Packard & Butler, a Philadelphia lithographic firm, was established by Boston lithographer and artist Herbert S. Packard and New York lithographer William H. Butler at 716 Filbert Street in 1879. By 1882 credit reports listed the firm that specialized in church views as "well-connected" and maintaining quite the "profitable business." The firm employed five artists and was valued at $15,00-$25,000 with excellent credit., Photo-lithographer David Anson Patridge joined the firm on January 1, 1883. In 1885 Packard left the partnership which retained his name. Packard, Butler & Patridge remained active until a fire razed the building tenanted by the firm at 715 Arch Street on January 26, 1886. Following the fire, Packard & Partridge continued to work together until 1893., The firm also issued advertisements, trade cards, sheet music covers, and views.
Date: fl. 1879-1883
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Major & Knapp
Description: Major & Knapp, originally formed in 1846 in New York City as Sarony & Major, a partnership between lithographer and photographer Napoleon Sarony (1821-1896) and Henry B. Major. With the promotion to partner of Joseph F. Knapp (ca. 1830-1889) and the succession of Richard C. Major over Henry B. Major in 1857, the business was reestablished as Sarony, Major & Knapp. In 1863, Sarony withdrew from the firm, which was renamed Major & Knapp. Major & Knapp operated a Philadelphia branch in 1878-1879 at 150 South Third Street. Instrumental in New York for producing color lithography in the 1840s, especially colored sheet music covers, the firm shifted its specialty to advertising trade cards and tobacco box labels while the Philadelphia branch was active in the late 1870s.
Date: fl. 1878-1879
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Burk & McFetridge
Description: Burk & McFetridge, the steam power printing, lithography and publishing establishment operated by Pennsylvania natives William M. Burk (ca. 1857-1905) and John R. McFetridge (1844-1903), produced lithographic trade cards, advertisements, book illustrations, pamphlets, calendars and other job printing related material in Philadelphia between 1877 and 1900. Initially colleagues at the Inquirer Printing Office (304 Chestnut Street), where Burk worked as the printer and foreman and McFetridge as a stamp agent, they purchased the printing house from William W. Harding in 1877. The Burk & McFetridge partnership operated from the second and fourth floors of the building until relocating next door to 306-308 Chestnut Street in 1884. In 1893, the firm incorporated and was renamed Burk & McFetridge Co. By 1898, the firm advertised they employed "one hundred and ten hands," one of who two years later caused an investigation by creditors as a result of the embezzlement of funds from the company. The company had total assets valued at between $400,000 and $500,000 at the time. Subsequently, three months after the inquiry, John R. McFetridge withdrew from the firm and legally filed to incorporate a new printing and publishing establishment under the name John R. McFetridge & Sons. McFetridge Sr. died suddenly in Atlantic City, New Jersey in 1903, and Burk not long after in 1905. John R. McFetridge & Sons remained in operations until at least 1945
Date: fl. 1877-1900
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: National Bureau of Engraving and Manufacturing Company
Description: National Bureau of Engraving and Manufacturing Company, the commercially-oriented lithographic and printing firm established in 1876 by partners Joseph Carpenter, R. Evans Peterson, Charles E. Mass, and Henry Pennington (also of The Philadelphia Bank Note Company), operated in Philadelphia until 1909. The firm, created for the purpose of "designing and printing labels, show cards, bonds, checks, drafts, and other work and engraving when that process was required," originally operated from Second and Gold Streets, then 435 Chestnut Street, and from 510-512 Pine Street by 1878. Work produced by National Bureau includes an interesting ca. 1880 advertisement using allegorical imagery for A. Marschall & Co. champagne titled "American Triumph" and a chromolithographic advertisement showing the manufacturing of coke at the works of H. C. Frick Company (ca. 1885)., By 1880, the company maintained a branch in Burlington, N. J. and by the late 1880s was reported to have branches in "leading cities of the United States." The firm remained in business until 1909 with Henry Pennington as manager at 652 Philadelphia Bourse despite the company being sold at sheriff's sale in 1889 to businessman Enoch Pratt of Baltimore., Company manager Henry Pennington was born in Maryland in May 1841, and married to Sarah (b. ca. 1841) with whom he had two daughters, including Mary Engle (1872-1852), the noted bacteriological chemist. According to the censuses, Pennington resided in North Philadelphia, West Philadelphia, and Radnor in households with servants between 1880 and 1910. Pennington died on December 24, 1912. His funeral services were held at the Church of the Savior in West Philadelphia.
Date: fl. 1876-1892
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: National Chromo Company
Description: National Chromo Company, a chromolithograph publishing firm established by "Christians Voice" and patent medicine proprietor James M. Munyon (1848-1908) and flour clerk F. W. Spousler operated 1875-1885. The firm, relocated to 927 Chestnut Street from 717 Sansom Street by 1876, specialized in parlor prints, and published the majority of the lithographs printed by the Philadelphia chroma factory of E. P. & L. Restein, including "The Flag that Waved One Hundred Years" (1876)., Despite remaining in operation until 1885, the establishment suffered from financial and managerial difficulties during much of its existence. According to credit reports, Munyon, manager of the establishment until 1879, suffered "ill health" and owed and made deals with several creditors, including the Resteins by 1876. Between 1877 and 1879, G.A. Crockett and then J. Latham & Co. of Boston assumed proprietorship of the firm. Reestablished as J. Latham & Co. as of 1881, the firm also specialized in picture frames by 1882. Between 1883 and 1885, several judgments, including over $1400 to the Resteins, went against the firm which went out of business in the fall of 1885.
Date: fl. 1876-1885
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Hirsch & Larzelere
Description: Hirsch & Larzelere, the Philadelphia lithographic and printing partnership between Edward Hirsch (b. 1847) and Samuel Larzelere (1852-1908), was active 1876-1879. The firm located at 30 South Fourth Street produced circulars, pamphlets, and trade cards. Edward Hirsch & Co. continued at the address until the early 1880s., Edward Hirsch, born of Jewish-descent in May 1847 in Luxembourg, Holland, immigrated to the United States and Philadelphia, as well as gained citizenship, in 1870. Son of Rabbi Samuel (b. ca. 1815) and Louise (b. ca. 1824), Hirsch lived in Ward 13 with his parents and siblings in 1870. In 1876 he entered into partnership with Larzelere and married Matilda (b. ca. 1855) with whom he lived at 635 North Seventh Street in 1882. Following his partnership in Hirsch & Larzelere, Hirsch operated Edward Hirsch & Co., with his brother Henry until ca. 1887; first at 30 South Fourth Street and later at 117 North Fourth Street. By 1900 Hirsch had two children with his wife and had relocated to Chicago. His household included his brother Henry and a nephew., Samuel Larzelere, son of Alfred and Margaret, was born in April 1852 in New Jersey, his long time state of residence. He was married to Ida R. (b. 1847) on December 24, 1874 in Camden, N.J. and with her had six children as of 1900. Following his partnership with Hirsch, Larzelere continued until at least 1900 to work as a printer in Philadelphia while a resident of Camden, New Jersey. His business addresses included 218 Carters Street (1880) and 237 Dock Street (1890). Larzelere died suddenly on October 15, 1908 with a residence in Maple Shade, N.J. He was interred at Colestown Cemetery in Colestown, N.J.
Date: fl. 1876-1879
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Potsdamer & Co.
Description: Potsdamer & Co., a Jewish Philadelphia lithographic firm active 1875-1885, was established by Theodore Potsdamer and Alfred Jones as Jones & Potsdamer (321 Chestnut Street) ca. 1872. Jones left the partnership in 1875 and Potsdamer continued operations as Potsdamer & Co. until 1885 (after having relocated to 243 South Third Street in 1882) when the firm was taken over by the Ketterlinus Company due to Potsdamer's declining health. In 1874, Potsdamer & Co. received a silver medal for "engraving sharp, shield panel work, and Spencerian script," but was reported as losing considerable money for work for the Centennial Exhibition of 1876. Potsdamer & Co. predominately produced chromolithographic trade cards and other advertising ephemera in addition to letterpress work, mostly for benevolent organizations of the local Jewish community. Organizations included the Society of the United Hebrew Charities of Philadelphia, Jewish Hospital Association of Philadelphia, and Jewish Foster Home and Orphan Asylum of Philadelphia.
Date: fl. 1875-1885
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Hofstetter Bros.
Description: Hofstetter Bros., a late 19th-century Philadelphia lithographic firm, was originally established as a blank book manufactory (19 North Tenth Street) ca. 1874 by bookbinders and brothers John (b. ca. 1849-1921) and August (b. ca. 1853) Hofstetter. By the mid 1880s, the firm printed lithographs, including sheet music, and by the late 1880s, John had left the business and older brother George (b. 1847), a metal worker entered into the partnership. The firm also printed labels, advertising posters, and books illustrations. The firm remained active until 1949 despite an 1891 fire that cost their establishment at 723 Vine Street $30,000 in stock. Following the fire, they relocated to 508 and 510 Cherry Street., Born in Germany, the brothers resided in Philadelphia by 1870, with their mother Christiana (b. ca. 1820) at 1013 Wallace Street. August was also a member of the Ancient Order of the United Workmen and his son August , Jr. (b. ca. 1885) was a salesman at the Hofstetter printing house. In addition, John was the father of respected Philadelphia artist William Hofstetter (1883-1970) who also worked as a lithographer, presumably at Hofstetter Bros. early in his career.
Date: fl. 1874-1949
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Graf Brothers
Description: Graf Brothers, the lithograph firm operated by German brothers Julius F. (b. 1846) and Charles L. Graf (1849-1900) in Philadelphia 1873-1970s, produced advertisements, trade cards, labels and maps. Their father, Louis (Lewis) Graf (b. ca. 1812), also a lithographer, entered the trade in 1850 and by 1859 was employed by L. N. Rosenthal at his Fifth and Chestnut Street establishment. An older brother, artist, and portrait painter William Graf (b. ca. 1843), established William Graf & Co. at 400 Chestnut Street in 1865, where Louis, Julius, and presumably Charles were employed before launching Graf Brothers in February 1873., Graf Brothers conducted business from Third and Race Streets from 1873 to 1874 and maintained machinery valued at approximately $3,000-$4,000 according to an October 1873 Dun & Co. credit report. Subsequent business locations included 737 Sansom Street (1875-1879); 441 Chestnut Street (1880-1881); 125 North Fourth Street (1882-1889); and 320 Cherry Street (1890-1896). Charles died suddenly in 1900, leaving Julius to manage the establishment at 28 South Fifth Street. The company was incorporated between 1911 and 1913.
Date: fl. 1873-1970s
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Lehman & Bolton
Description: Lehman & Bolton was the lithographic and letterpress business of Norristown, Pennsylvania-natives William H. Lehman and Mahlon Bolton, Jr. established in 1873 at 418-422 Library Street. The firm, formerly Jacob Haehnlen's establishment at Goldsmiths' Hall, specialized in commercial lithographs such as billheads, letterheads, and advertisements. During the 1870s, according to credit reports, the average estimated worth of the business was $30,000. They also produced genre scenes and commemorative prints, including a ca. 1876 print for the Roxborough Baptist Sunday School featuring vignettes of Centennial Exhibition buildings as well as received an award for their work exhibited at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition., In November 1878 Lehman passed away following an unsuccessful retreat to Colorado to improve his health. Despite Lehman's death, the firm continued as Lehman & Bolton. Within three years tragedy again struck the business when a fire on December 20, 1882 destroyed the Goldsmiths' Hall. Lehman & Bolton lost three floors of machinery and products worth about $150,000 with allied businesses and fellow tenants Markley & Co., prints, and A. C. Farley, lithographer and stationer, suffering losses as well., Soon after the fire, Lehman & Bolton relocated to the upper floors of 715-719 Arch Street, a building (sixty feet wide and seventy-five feet deep) recently erected by Quaker real estate developer Elliston P. Morris. In the early morning hours of January 26, 1886, fire again struck the building of the lithographic establishment that also housed wholesale shoe dealers Monroe Brothers & Co., lithographers Butler & Partridge, and photo-engravers Crosscup & West. The opposing establishment of lithographer George S. Harris (720-724 Arch Street) suffered damage as well. All total, Lehman & Bolton lost approximately $100,000 in this second disaster, for which they were fully insured unlike the 1882 fire., As a testament to the success of the company, Lehman & Bolton was able to resume business at 125 North Fifth Street by September 1886. The same year, "Sennefelder" union lithograph printers in their employ and other large establishments, including Geo. S. Harris & Sons, Ketterlinus Printing House, Thomas Sinclair & Son, Wells & Hope Company, and Hofstetter's went on strike to reduce the work week from 54 1/2 to 53 hours. Newspaper reports indicated a few firms conceded immediately, but the affect on Lehman and Bolton was unrecorded., Around 1890 Lehman & Bolton relocated to 525 Arch Street, which the firm tenanted for thirty years. The company operated until at least 1945.
Date: fl. 1873-1920
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Steng & Paxson
Description: Steng & Paxson, the partnership between August Steng and Francis C. Paxson (1840-1900), was active in the Philadelphia lithographic trade 1872-1877. The firm located at 326 Chestnut Street specialized in job printing for the banking trade, including checks, certificates, and notes., Following the dissolution of the partnership, Steng partnered briefly with William Boell and continued to work as a printer in the city until ca. 1883. He may be the August Steng listed as a butcher in city directories 1888-1890. Steng primarily resided in North Philadelphia, including 522 North Third Street (1873) and 2538 North Alder Street (1877-1881), during his time in the printing trade. In 1883, he resided in Center City., Paxson also remained in the lithographic trade until the early 1880s in the firm F. C. Paxson & Co. (439 Chestnut Street). A salesman and a clerk before partnering with Steng, Paxson lived in Center City and Germantown while he worked as a lithographer. His residences included 529 North Nineteenth Street (ca. 1870-ca. 1879). Paxson died on February 11, 1900 with his late residence on Clarkson Avenue in Germantown.
Date: fl. 1872-1877
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Edward Stern & Co.
Description: Edward Stern & Co., the printing and lithography establishment formed in 1871 by Jewish brothers Edward Stern (b. 1849) and Simon Adler Stern (1838-1904), printed chromolithographed cards, bookmarks, and calendars, and published books, pamphlets, and journals, including "The Penn Monthly." Another brother, Harry F. Stern (i.e., Henry F., b. 1855) entered as a partner in the firm in 1877. Both Harry and Edward previously worked in the printing and publishing industry while financier Simon had owned a millinery goods shop, S.A. & D. Stern, with his brother David Stern at 724 Arch Street., Edward Stern & Co. began printing operations on the upper floors of 11 North Sixth Street, but moved to the first floor of 125 and the third and fourth floors of 127 North Seventh Street in October of 1875, a move possibly motivated by a fire on May 29, 1874 that destroyed approximately $20,000 of their property. Fire again affected the firm on June 27, 1879, but they were able to recover and remain at the site until a massive explosion in the adjacent chemical laboratory of Wiley & Wallace (123 North Seventh Street) killed and injured several men, and badly damaged the firm's property on November 11, 1889. Within the year, they relocated to 35 North Tenth Street and Simon began his tenure as the treasurer of the Finance Company of Pennsylvania, a role for which he retired from the printing firm by 1894. Despite Simon's absence, Edward Stern & Co. survived and flourished, so much so that by 1898 they had incorporated and were farming out work to other printers and lithographers, including Theodore Leonhardt & Sons. The firm moved again to 112 North Twelfth Street, and in 1907, purchased stables and dwellings at Seventeenth and Vine Streets to erect a large printing house designed by Ballinger & Perrot. Although loft and factory buildings were constructed, the firm relocated to 140 North Sixth Street in 1908. The firm operated in Philadelphia until at least 1945., Simon A., Edward, and Harry F. were all raised by German millinery shop owner Julius Stern at 836 North Fifth Street, west of Northern Liberties (Ward 12). By 1860, eight children resided in the household, including Simon A., Edward and Harry F. All three men resided at the address until ca. 1890. Simon A. passed away in 1904, and Edward resided with various family members until 1902, when he is listed as a boarder at the Union League on Broad Street.
Date: fl. 1871-ca. 1945
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Longacre & Co.
Description: Longacre & Co., the partnership between Matthias R. Longacre and A. A. Dunk, was active as a Philadelphia lithographic establishment at 30-32 South Seventh Street 1870-1879. In 1872, the partnership was also listed as Dunk, Longacre & Co. before a branch of the firm merged with Haddock & Son. The firm produced advertisements, often with A. Blanc as the artist. In the 1880s, the firm still operating as Longacre & Co. (706 Chestnut Street) switched to the engraving trade, predominately producing illustrations.
Date: fl. 1870-1879
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Wells & Hope Co.
Description: Wells & Hope Co., a partnership between John F. Hope (1845-1907) and Joseph Lewis Wells (b. 1836), was a later 19th-century lithographic firm that specialized in metallic signs and advertisements. The firm established ca. 1872 as one of the of the first U.S. manufacturers of decalcomania (i.e., decals) relocated from 115 North Sixth Street to 918 Vine Street in 1875. By the 1880s, the firm engaged in the photomechanical reproduction process of collotypy, was involved in a number of financial suits as claimants for unpaid services, and had been recognized for their photographic and lithographic work at exhibitions, such as the Franklin Institute Exhibition of American Manufacturers (1874) and Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association (1881). The firm was active until the early 1890s., Hope, a native of Scotland, born September 10, 1845, arrived in Philadelphia in 1852 and worked as a bookkeeper before entering the Wells & Hope partnership. He continued as a printer following its dissolution. He was married to Elizabeth R. (b. 1850) with whom he had daughters Lillie (b. ca. 1871) and Florence (b. 1881). The family resided at 1507 Allegheny Avenue by 1880 and 208 North Forty-Second Street in 1900. Hope was also a member of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. He died on November 19, 1907, his late residence at 5155 Wayne Avenue, Germantown., Wells, was born May 4, 1836 in Mainsburgh, Pa. and described as an inventor in a 1903 family genealogy. By 1870, he and his first wife Caroline Bond (b. ca.. 1845-1871) and son Joseph Herman (b. ca. 1869) lived with his brother Charles family at 1027 Coates Street (20th Ward). He married his second wife, former sister-in-law Margaret Bond in 1875.
Date: fl. 1870s-1890s
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Linfoot & Fleu
Description: Linfoot & Fleu, the short-lived lithographic publishing partnership between architect Benjamin Linfoot and Germantown printer Conyers Fleu, was active 1870-1871. The firm formed in 1870 to publish Philadelphia's second architectural journal, "The American Architect and Builders' Monthly," which included lithographic illustrations of buildings and plans. Their lithograph firm, listed in an 1871 Philadelphia city directory at 328 Walnut Street, dissolved after approximately nine months when the journal ceased operations in January, 1871. In 1874, Linfoot received a certificate of honorable mention for a water color drawing "South Transept Cathedral" exhibited at the Franklin Institute.
Date: fl. 1870-1871
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Duval & Hunter
Description: Duval & Hunter, the partnership between Stephen Duval, son of Peter S. Duval and Thomas Hunter, was active 1869-1874. Duval partnered with Hunter following his father's retirement in 1869. The firm, located at 223 South Fifth Street, continued in the tradition of Duval as general lithographers, especially in the production of chromolithographic parlor prints and membership certificates. Duval & Hunter moved to 716 Filbert Street ca. 1872 and remained at that location until the partnership broke up in 1874. Stephen Duval left the firm, possibly moving to Richmond, Virginia, while Thomas Hunter continued his lithographic career in Philadelphia.
Date: fl. 1869-1874
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: W.F. Geddes Sons
Description: W. F. Geddes Sons, job and lithographic printers, established by William F. Geddes (ca. 1799-1888) as a book, job & fancy printing shop ca. 1837 at 9 Library Street, operated until ca. 1945. In 1868 the firm renamed W.F. Geddes Sons (724 Chestnut Street) added lithographic printing to their services, although in 1839 the firm published an M. E. D. Brown lithograph of Washington's Family. Specimens of the firm's lithographic work, predominately calendars and their specialty, fruit can labels, was highlighted often in the "Printers' Circular" during the mid to late 1870s. In 1874 the firm received an honorable mention for this latter work at the Franklin Institute Exhibition of Manufacturers. Geddes Sons remained active until at least the early 20th century, with Geddes's son William F. assuming all operations by 1880 following the retirement of his father. The firm was still in operation in 1945., William F. Geddes, born ca. 1799 in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, married Mary Butler, daughter of Robert Butler, Esq. in Philadelphia in July 1834. The couple had at least four children, including sons Robert C. (b. ca. 1845) and William F., Jr. (b. ca, 1848). During the 1850s and 1860s, the family resided in the Southwark Ward and by 1870 had relocated residences to 2001 Wallace Street in the Fairmount neighborhood. Geddes died on January 30, 1888. He was a past Grand Master of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Pennsylvania lodge and an honorary member of the typographical society.
Date: fl. 1868-ca. 1900s
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Haddock & Son
Description: Haddock & Son, job printers, produced pamphlets, catalogs, and lithographic trade cards in Philadelphia 1867-mid-1880s. Originally an editor from Watertown, New York, John A. Haddock (1823-1898) and his son, Orison Lull Haddock (1845-1879), started the printing firm in Philadelphia at 108 South Third Street in 1867. In the fall of 1872, the Philadelphia Inquirer announced the consolidation of Haddock & Son with Dunk, Longacre & Co. and the relocation of the new firm Haddocks, Dunk & Longacre to 104-106 South Eighth Street. With this merge, Orison Haddock left the trade for the Methodist Episcopal ministry and his younger brother, Edwin C. (b. ca. 1850), assumed his share of the business., By the end of the 1870s, John and Edwin continued to be listed as printers in the city directories, but not associated with any firms. Edwin worked from 21 North Sixth Street between 1878 and the early 1890s and John A. copyrighted trade cards in 1879, including a Wanamaker & Brown Christmas eve advertisement held in the collections of the Library Company. By 1890, John A. switched to the production of glass signs., John A. Haddock was married to Mary (nee Lull, b. ca. 1823) and had four children, including Orison and Edwin C. In 1870, Haddock headed a household that included his sons in North Philadelphia (Ward 20). By 1880, Edwin headed his own household, including his wife Sallie (b. ca. 1852), daughter, and a servant at 1405 Bouvier Street in North Philadelphia (Ward 29). Following his turn to the ministry Orison relocated to Carlisle, Pa., married Catherine Newsham, and had two children before his death in 1879.
Date: fl. 1867-1880s
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Craig, Finley & Co.
Description: Craig, Finley & Co., the lithographic and printing firm established in 1867 by printer William Craig (b. ca. 1838), operated until 1950. The firm printed pamphlets, trade cards, and commercial business ephemera, including certificates and letterhead for patrons like Riehl Bros., manufacturer of cutting machines. Between 1867 and 1870, the firm, including partners Craig and James Finley (1846-1932), operated under the names of Craig, Butt, Finley (1869) and Craig, Finley & Rowley (1869-1870) from Tenth and Chestnut streets., In August 1870, Craig, Finley & Rowley announced their dissolution in the "Printers Circular" as a result of the retirement of Thomas Rowley. The firm continued as Craig, Finley & Co. with the remaining partners of William Craig, James G. Finley and James Ferguson, Jr. (b. ca. 1840). After 1870, the firm relocated to South Eleventh and Chestnut streets, and in 1875, to 1018/1020 Arch Street. On October 31, 1877 a fire struck the firm. The blaze destroyed the establishment's stock of printing presses, paper, and types in addition to damaging its stored lithographic stones at an estimated cost of $25,000, which was covered by their insurance., The three partners remained in business into the 20th-century with increasingly larger facilities at 137-139 North Twelfth Street by 1920 and 2218-20-22 Vine Street by 1929 where the firm remained until at least 1945., William Craig, born in Ireland ca. 1838, lived on Franklin Street (20th Ward) in North Philadelphia with his wife Mary (b. ca. 1840) and six children in 1880. James G. Finley, born in Pennsylvania ca. 1846, was married to Ellen (b. ca. 1848) with two children and lived in a household with a servant on Evergreen Avenue (Roxborough) in 1880. By 1930, Finley remained active in the printing trade and lived in Springfield, Pa. with his second wife Anna (b. ca. 1849) and a servant. He died in June 1932. James Ferguson, Jr., born ca. 1840 in Pennsylvania, lived on 1646 Vienna, (i.e., Berks) Street in Kensington with his three children, including step son James Alexander in 1880.
Date: fl. 1867-1950
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Breuker & Kessler
Description: Breuker & Kessler was a practical and commercial lithographic establishment formed by George W. Breuker, Sr. and Harry C. Kessler, Sr. in January 1866 at the southwest corner of Seventh and Chestnut Streets. Both men had previously worked for Jacob Haehnlen (125 South Third Street) - Kessler as a clerk and bookkeeper, and Breuker as a lithographer. Following the establishment of Breuker & Kessler, a number of Haehnlen's lithographers, including George D. Shubert, relocated to the new firm by February 1866. The firm produced drug, perfume, wine and liquor labels, trade cards, show cards, maps and "all kinds of commercial engravings.", During the 1870s, Breuker & Kessler contributed a photographic advertisement showing the business's building surrounded by bank checks to Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown's "Gallery of Arts and Manufacturers of Philadelphia" (1871); promoted their special method of printing bonds to prevent counterfeiting in 1874; and issued an 1875 view of a proposed building for the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 for which they lost a copyright infringement cased filed by Toudy & Co. Other work includes a view of the proposed building for City Hall titled "New Public Buildings, Broad & Market Sts., Philadelphia" (ca. 1880s)., Family members of both Breuker and Kessler worked for the company as lithographers, clerks and bookkeepers until at least the 1920s. Active Breuker family members included Breuker's brother, Charles (b. March 1840) as well as his sons George W., Jr. (b. 1862) who served as vice president in 1907, William (b. 1860), and John C. (1865-1918) who served as president in 1911. Active Kessler family members included his brothers, J. Millard (b. 1848) and William S. (b. 1846), who assumed his portion of Breuker & Kessler when he relocated to Montana in the mid-1870s. In addition, Harry C., Jr. (b. 1883) started his career at Breuker & Kessler with his father upon their return from Montana in 1905 and eventually served as secretary and treasurer of the company until the mid-1920s. Breuker & Kessler, renamed Breuker & Kessler Co., remained active in the trade until the 1930s.
Date: fl. 1866-1930s
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Lineaweaver & Wallace
Description: Lineaweaver & Wallace, the steam-power printing firm in Philadelphia operated by Samuel T. Lineaweaver (1837-ca. 1911) and John W. Wallace (b. ca. 1837) between 1866 and ca. 1910, published the tinted lithograph, "View of the grounds and buildings International Exhibition," delineated by lithographer A. L. Weise in 1876. Although the copyright holders and publishers of this lithograph, Lineaweaver & Wallace were primarily steam-powered book and job printers. They helped to organize the Typothetae of Philadelphia in April of 1888, along with Burk & McFetridge and other large Philadelphia printing businesses., Lineaweaver, born in Pennsylvania, began his printing career around 1860 as the foreman of a printing establishment in Madison, Kentucky. He returned to Philadelphia by 1865, where he began his printing business at 31 South Third Street with J. J. Sullivan. Pennsylvania-born John W. Wallace became partner in the firm by 1866. They moved their operations to 32 South Fourth Street ca. 1870, and by 1893, moved to 321 Chestnut Street, the former lithographic establishment of Stein & Jones (1863-1873) and Potsdamer & Co. (1873-1880). Their business survived until around the time of the death of Lineaweaver, who passed away ca. 1911, when his wife, Emma J., began to be listed as a widow in city directories.
Date: fl. 1866-ca. 1910
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Speakman, Annie
Description: Annie Speakman born of German descent in Philadelphia ca. 1866 worked as a lithographer in the city in 1880 while a resident at 251 McCallum Street. She is one of the few listed female lithographers of the 19th century., Speakman lived in a household with her brother Charles Speakman (b. ca. 1855), a printer.
Date: b. 1866
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: H. J. Toudy & Co.
Description: H. J. Toudy & Co., established by partners Henry J. Toudy and William Toudy at 503-505 Chestnut Street, specialized in maps, atlases, and city view prints, and operated 1865-1878. Relocating to 525 Chestnut Street in 1872, the studio merged with the printing firm of George W. Ward & Company (formerly at 52 North Sixth Street). The new company of Henry J. Toudy, George W. Ward and William C. Merillat lasted less than two years with Ward leaving in 1872 and Merillat in 1873. Despite William Toudy's continual affiliation with the firm during this time, Henry J. Toudy became the sole proprietor, and as of 1875, his firm had a reported worth of $10,000., Although the firm executed "very fine specimens of work in all departments of the art," atlases, maps, and city views preponderate the noted works of the company. Toudy & Co. worked on several Stone & Stewart county atlases in 1866, numerous county atlases published between 1873 and 1877, and many of the "General Surveys" of industrial plants throughout the Mid-Atlantic region produced by Ernest Hexamer during the 1870s. The firm also produced a number of respected views of cities, including one of the earliest depictions of Salt Lake City (1867), 13 full-color city view prints for "The Centennial Book of the Signers" (1872), and one of the first bird's-eye views produced by T. M. Fowler - Trenton, N.J. (1874)., During the 1870s, the firm relocated first to 623 Commerce Street in 1875 and later into the Ziegler & Smith building at Fourth and Cherry Streets in 1877. The decade also saw the firm triumph over Breuker & Kessler in a copyright infringement case over a print based on a drawing by Hermann J. Schwarzmann, architect of the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 grounds. Titled "Bird's Eye View of Centennial Buildings, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa. 1876," the view copyrighted by Houdy & Co. in March 1875 was one of a number of the Centennial produced by the company for which they are favorably known., In spite of this legal success, a blow of another sort struck the company in a few years. On March 25, 1878, a devastating fire destroyed the six-story Ziegler & Smith building as well as several adjacent blocks of structures. H. J. Toudy & Company suffered a complete loss, and as a consequence, went out of business, only having a reported $21,000 worth of insurance.
Date: fl. 1865-1878
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Thomas, Eliza H.
Description: Eliza H. Thomas, born ca. 1865 in Pennsylvania, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia in 1880 while a resident at 621 Owen Street. She is one of the few LISTED female lithographers of the 19th century., Thomas lived in a household with her grocers clerk, father John R. born ca. 1828 in Pennsylvania and her mother Mary born ca. 1828 in New Jersey.
Date: b. ca. 1865
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Restein, E. P. & L.
Description: E. P. & L. Restein, the Philadelphia chromolithographic firm established by brothers Edmund Prosper and Louis (Ludwig) Restein, operated ca. 1864-1912., Originally an independent branch of their father's fancy card manufactory, James Restein & Sons, at 702 Chestnut Street, E. P. & L. Restein also included a "chroma factory" at 714-16 Federal Street by 1867. The establishment, which maintained good to fair to poor credit, initially produced lamp shades before specializing in parlor prints and novelties, particularly views and genre scenes, by the 1870s. Credit reports indicate the Resteins' establishment's worth at about $12,000 to $15,000, and in 1874, the brothers purchased several lots above Seventh and Dickinson Streets. By 1876, the establishment relocated to their lots on Dickinson; associated with the financially-troubled The National Chromo Company as their publisher; and was noted in the credit reports as having a fair number of judgments owed. Despite these financial instabilities, the Resteins continued to do a "large business publishing chromos" in 1889. Following the deaths of the brothers in the early 1890s, the firm continued under the management of Edmund's wife Rebecca, but by 1897 the business's several judgments began to take a major financial toll and the establishment entered into bankruptcy proceedings. In October 1912, the firm, including 300,000 lbs of lithographic stones, was sold at auction., Edmund Prosper and Louis (Ludwig) Restein, sons of lithographer, card, and paper manufacturer James Restein (b. ca. 1811) and Catherine (b. ca. 1812), born in France in 1837 and ca. 1838, respectively, immigrated to Philadelphia in 1852. In 1855, their father worked at the establishment of P. S. Duval (5 Ranstead Place), where the brothers were purported by Peters to have trained. Other early work experience was provided by the lampshade and lithograph manufactory of V. Quarre & Co., where father and sons were also employed as cited in credit reports., In 1858, Edmund was listed in city directories at the establishment of Alphonse Brett (N. E. Sixth and Minor Streets) and in 1861 at the establishment of L. N. Rosenthal (501 Chestnut Street) before the brothers are listed in partnership with William Stott in E. P. & L. Restein & Co., shade manufacturers at 713 Federal Street (the Resteins residential address). By 1867, Edmund and Louis only remained in the firm., In 1860, the brothers lived with their parents in South Philadelphia, where they lived and worked throughout their lives. By 1870, Edmund had married Rebecca (b. ca. 1842) and had several children. In 1880, Edmund lived at 1224 South Eight Street with his family and Louis resided at 8041 Wharton Street with possibly his second wife, Virginia-born Elizabeth (b. ca. 1847) and his two sons, John and James, whose mother was born in Pennsylvania. Edmund died in December 1890, while Louis died on January 25, 1894 in a carriage on his way to his residence on Wharton Street. According to Louis's will, he left an estate and real estate, each worth $10, 000. Indicative of the troubled states of the Restein firm, his share of the business remained as a loan to the surviving partners (as agreed to by executors of his brother's estate in 1893) from which the interest and all revenue went to his two sons and wife as long as she remained a widow.
Date: fl. ca. 1864-1912
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Ledger Job Printing Office
Description: The Ledger Job Printing Office comprised the printing division, including lithography, of the "Philadelphia Public Ledger" owned by George W. Childs. By 1863, the division printed playbills before managed by Joseph E. Jackson from 1869 to 1876, when it became a major printer of stock theatrical posters with printer Robert C. Smith (d. 1887) serving as foreman for several years. The division also issued specimen books of their "theatrical cuts" and advertised their services through chromolithographed trade cards from the late 1860s through the 1870s. The Printing Office remained active until 1896 at an annex (605 Sansom Street) after being relocated from the main building at the S.W. cor. 6th and Chestnut streets.
Date: fl. ca. 1863-1896
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Hennesey, James
Description: James Hennesey, born ca. 1862, worked as a lithographic printer in Philadelphia in 1880. He lived with his Irish-born mother Mary (b. ca. 1840) and a fellow lithographic printer Albert Matlack (b. ca. 1830) in Center City (Ward 8).
Date: b. ca. 1862
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: George McDowell & Co.
Description: George McDowell & Co., the blank books, printing and lithograph business established as a book and stationery house by Joseph McDowell in 1825 operated in the lithographic trade ca. 1862-ca. 1880s. George McDowell assumed the business from Joseph ca. 1861 as McDowell & Holloway at 121 Market Street. The firm, reestablished as George McDowell & Co. in 1862, relocated to 235 Market Street the same year. F. P. F. Mullins headed the printing department by 1881 when the firm operated from 20 South Sixth Street. The firm specialized in counting house stationery, playing cards, albums, and stationery sundries.
Date: fl. ca. 1862-ca. 1880s
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Robertson, Lizzie
Description: Lizzie Robertson born in Philadelphia ca. 1861 worked as a lithographer in the city in 1880 while a resident at 1307 North Tenth Street. She is one of the few listed female lithographers of the 19th century.
Date: b. ca. 1861
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Charbonnier, Henry
Description: Henry Charbonnier worked as a lithographer and printer in Philadelphia 1849- 1860. From 1855 to 1860 he worked at various P. S. Duval & Co. establishments, including 5 Ranstead Place (1855), 8 South Fifth Street (1857), and 22 South Fifth Street (1859). During this time, he was named in the insolvency petition of Duval and resided at Little Washington near Seventh Street, also home to lithographer Richard Carr in 1852., His wife was probably Josephine Charbonnier (b. ca. 1802), listed in the 1860 city directory as "wid Henry." By 1870, she resided in Ward 1 of the city with Alfred Charbonnier (b. ca. 1846), most likely their son.
Date: d. ca. 1860
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Wartz, Michael
Description: Michael Wartz, born ca. 1860 in Darmstadt, Germany, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia in 1860. He resided in Center City (Ward 5) with his German-born wife Jane (b. ca. 1835), and their two children Mary (b. 1857) and Jane (b. 1859).
Date: b. ca. 1860
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Smith, John
Description: John Smith, publisher, gilder, painter, and looking glass and frame manufacturer in Philadelphia ca. 1860-1870, primarily published parlor lithographs, including Augustus Tholey's "American Country Scene in Summer" (1865). He also published historical prints by Anton Hohenstein, including "Baptism of Pocahontas 1613" (1868) and "Franklin's Reception at the Court of France" (1869). Smith's earliest known business address was on the second floor of 804 Market Street, which was also tenanted by Biester & Brothers, frames and looking glass depot, and chromolithographer Joseph Hoover. In 1868 Smith relocated to 710 Sansom Street. He also operated from 756 South Fourth Street in the mid-1860s., In 1860 and 1861, Smith resided in Northern Liberties (Ward 6) at 851 North Third Street, but by the end of the decade he had removed to 240 South Eighth Street, closer to his looking glass establishments.
Date: fl. 1860-1870
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Barker & Dresser
Description: Barker & Dresser, a short-lived Philadelphia lithographic firm, was a partnership between, most likely, map lithographer William J. Barker and German-born lithographer William Dreser. The firm was active 1859., In 1859, Barker was listed as a lithographer and map publisher at 23 North Sixth. He resided at 1516 North Eleventh.
Date: fl. 1859
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Kolb, Hermania
Description: Hermania Kolb, born of German descent ca. 1859 in Philadelphia, worked as a lithographer in the city in 1880 while a resident at [1405?] North Fifth Street. She was one of the few listed female lithographers of the 19th century., Kolb was married to Augustus (b. ca. 1856), a cutler, and lived in a household with a servant
Date: b. ca. 1859
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Harrison & Weightman
Description: Harrison & Weightman, publishers of the satiric series of lithographs, "The Firemen," was a short-lived partnership between print colorists Henry Harrison and William Weightman at 118 North Tenth Street in 1858. The firm published at least four satiric views in the series., In 1858, Harrison resided at 110 South Fourth Street and Weightman resided at 1130 Olive Street, with a business address at 333 Walnut Street. The publisher Edward Young also maintained an office at 333 Walnut Street.
Date: fl. 1858
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Hohl, Otto
Description: Otto Hohl, born January 1858 in Pennsylvania to German parents, worked as a lithographer, printer, and painter in Philadelphia from the mid-1870s until the late 1920s. His brother August also worked briefly as a lithographer before the war, but later operated a drug store for most of his life., Hohl resided in his father's household, a hotel and tavern, at 429-431 Callowhill Street (Ward 12) until he married Sallie Hunter (b. ca. 1862) and lived with her family on Township Line Road in the Falls of the Schuylkill area by 1880. By 1900, Otto and Sallie resided with three children at 2639 Arizona Street in Ward 28. They relocated within the same ward to 2340 North Twenty-fifth Street by 1910, at which time Otto worked as a lithographer for a factory. The 1926 city directory lists Hohl as a lithographer living at 2335 Lehigh Avenue.
Date: b. January 1858
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Schnabel & Finkeldey
Description: Schnabel & Finkeldey, the partnership between German-born Philadelphia lithographers Edward Schnabel and John F. Finkeldey was active 1857-1863. Originally established as Schnabel, Finkeldey & Demme, the firm formed from the remaining members of M. H. Traubel & Co. and William Demme in 1857 at 218, formerly 46 1/2, Walnut Street. Although the firm lasted only about a year, it issued a noted small series of commercial views of Chestnut Street titled "Panorama of Philadelphia" as well as sheet music covers., Following the departure of Demme, Schnabel and Finkeldey remained as partners and issued portraits, advertisements, certificates, and commemorative and view prints, occasionally with German text. Interesting works include the allegorical commemorative lithograph "Speech of Robert Emmet, Esq." and a certificate in German "Freiheit Edelmuth & Bruderliebe, Unabhangiger Orden der Rothmaenner" (ca. 1863) for the Improved Order of Redmen in the Harry T. Peters Collection, Smithsonian Institution., Unfortunately, the Schnable and Finkeldey partnership proved burdensome for Finkeldey and at the end of February 1863, he organized the firm's creditors to sue the business after near five years of poor management as a result of his alcoholic partner spending his days at the tavern of Bergner & Engel, who commissioned an advertisement from the firm, possibly for debt owed, in 1859. On March 8, 1863, paper dealer Margarge & Co. bought the establishment at a sheriff's sale and Finkeldey continued the business as a sole proprietor.
Date: fl. 1857-1863
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Herline & Hensel
Description: Herline & Hensel, Philadelphia lithographers and partners Edward Herline (1825-1902) and Daniel Hensel (1830-1919), were practical lithographers in all branches of the field. Established in 1857, the business operated from 630 Chestnut Street until ca. 1866 when the partnership was dissolved., Known for their chromolithographs and bird's eye view prints, Herline & Hensel also produced advertisements, sheet music covers, maps, portraiture, political cartoons, certificates, and illustrations, including all the plates for Abraham Ritter's "History of the Moravian Church in Philadelphia" (1857) and Henry E. Colton's "Mountain Scenery: The Scenery of the Mountains of Western North Carolina and Northwestern South Carolina" (1859), both published by the Philadelphia firm Hayes & Zell., Herline & Hensel also issued lithographs for the German American community, and produced prints for government reports, including near $100 worth of work for "Governor Stevens's" report in 1860. The firm may also have printed the maps for the Hexamer & Locher series of ward atlases in the late 1850s and early 1860s.
Date: fl. 1857-1866
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Dando, Thomas S. (Thomas Stotesbury)
Description: Thomas S. Dando, printer, lithographer, publisher, and businessman was born on January 21, 1856 in Newark, New Jersey. Son of Joseph Clifford Dando, a Pennsylvania-born oil merchant and bookkeeper, Dando attended Friends schools in Philadelphia, and by the age of eighteen was employed as a printer at 307 Walnut Street. Some of his earliest works were maps distributed by general agents Peter Wright & Sons, also located at the Walnut Street address. In the late 1870s, he copartnered with Henry B. Davis to operate Thomas S. Dando & Co., and continued to produce catalogs, annual reports, pamphlets, and maps in addition to lithographed trade cards and advertisements from this location until 1885. Thomas resided with his parents and siblings at 1306 Master Street (Ward 20) during this period of his career., On January 1, 1886, Dando Printing and Publishing Co. succeeded Thomas S. Dando & Co. in the building formerly occupied by Drexel & Co. at 34 South Third Street. Henry W. Brown served as president, Thomas S. Dando as vice president, and H. B. Davis as secretary and treasurer. Thomas's brother, Joseph Clifford Dando (b. ca. 1863) joined the business shortly after, filling the roles of secretary and treasurer, as Thomas managed the "Public Ledger' (600 Chestnut Street) and co-founded "The Sporting Life Publishing Company" (also located at 34 South Third Street). Thomas was a member the Union League, the Keystone Shooting League and the Riverton Gun Club, and, in addition to his publishing companies, he also served as a director for the Manufacturers' Casualty Insurance Company, incorporated in 1915 to protect employers of labor in Pennsylvania., Thomas married Helena Jones (b. May 1865) in 1884 and together they had four children. The family moved several times, from Germantown to Moorestown, New Jersey and back to the Fairmount section of the city (Ward 15). By the time of his death on July 31, 1921, he resided on Montgomery Avenue east of Edgewood Road in Ardmore, Pa.
Date: January 21, 1856-July 31, 1921
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Keller & Bright
Description: Keller & Bright, was a partnership between John B. Keller (b. ca. 1818) and William S. Bright, M.D. (b. ca. 1816), stationers and lithographers active from 1856 to about 1858 at 38 South Fourth Street. Residents together with their families in Spring Garden Ward 3 by 1850, their business partnership began ca. 1852 at the book selling and publishing establishment of William L. Keller (S.E. corner of 8th and Race streets). In 1853, Keller & Bright began to be listed as druggists in the city directory, and by 1856, the partnership relocated to the southwest corner of Fourth and Chestnut Streets (38 South Fourth Street) as "stationers, lithographers, &c.", Keller & Bright dissolved before 1859, when a city directory lists Keller as a looking glass manufacturer at 38 South Fourth Street. By 1864, Keller worked as a gilt frame maker and gilder at 31 South Fourth Street and in 1869 as a grocer at 501 South Third Street. Keller presumably died around 1869; the last year he was listed in city directories. His wife Fanny D. was listed as a widow in the 1871 city directory.
Date: fl. 1856-ca. 1858
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Hensel & Urwiter
Description: Hensel & Urwiter (Urwiler), was the short-lived partnership between Philadelphia lithographers Daniel Hensel and John J. or Benjamin F. Urwiler ca. 1855-1856 at 76 South Third Street., Known work by the partnership includes the portrait of "A.E. Ames, M.W.G.M. of the Grand Lodge of Minnesota" for the Philadelphia periodical "Masonic Mirror & Keystone," edited by Jewish mason Leon Hyneman and published 1852-ca. 1860 and "Washington and His Staff at Valley Forge" by E. Moran after Veron Fletcher.
Date: fl. 1855-1856
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Butler, William H.
Description: William H. Butler, lithographer and partner in Packard & Butler, was born in New York ca. 1848. In 1880, he relocated to Philadelphia with his wife Lena (b. ca. 1854) and resided with his new partner Hebert S. Packard (1850-1912) at his residence at 1918 Mt. Vernon Street. By 1884, Butler settled at 1832 North Twenty-First Street (North Philadelphia); his residential address until the end of his listings in Philadelphia city directories ca. 1893., Butler remained with Packard & Butler, later Packard, Butler & Partridge, until May 1885 when he assumed management of the firm previously operated by Thomas Hunter (former partner of S. C. Duval). Despite Butler's departure from Packard, Bulter & Partridge, his name remained associated with the Packard partnership until January 1886 when fire claimed the building tenanted by the establishment at 715 Arch Street. According to newspaper reports, Butler was fully insured for $45,000. Only a month earlier, Butler was also in the news when he filed charges against the financially troubled "Godey's Lady Book" proprietor J. H. Haulenbeck for false pretenses regarding a credit of $1800 worth of goods. Butler continued as a Philadelphia lithographer until ca. 1893.
Date: b. ca. 1854
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Jones, Ellen
Description: Ellen Jones, born ca. 1854 in Pennsylvania, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia in 1880 while a resident at 10 Wilson Street. She is one of the few listed female lithographers of the 19th century., Jones, daughter of a father born in New York and a mother Mary born ca. 1830 in Rhode Island, lived in a household with three men involved in the printing trade: William Brown (b. ca. 1869), a lithographer who had lost a finger; and brothers and printers Charles (b. ca. 1859) and Benjamin (b. ca. 1861).
Date: b. ca. 1854
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Wynkoop, John Frank
Description: John Frank Wynkoop, the son of lithographer John Johnson Wynkoop, born about 1852 in New York, worked in Philadelphia as an apprentice lithographer by 1870 and a lithographer by 1873. In 1876, he worked at the lithographic firm managed by Stephen C. Duval that included Louis Haugg and Augustus L. Weise, (401 Ranstead Place) when his lithographic career ended as a consequence of a severe injury to his right hand from a lithographic press. Following the accident, he began work in bookkeeping.
Date: b. ca. 1852
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Stopfer, Robert L.
Description: See Stopfer, Frank.
Date: b. ca. 1852
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

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