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Title: Clements, John
Description: John Clements, born in Holland about 1832, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia in 1860. He resided in a boarding house in Ward 6 operated by Elizabeth Henne (b. ca. 1811).
Date: b. ca. 1832
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Tomkins, Lewis
Description: Lewis Tomkins, born ca. 1841 in England, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia in 1860. He resided in Ellen Norris's boarding house on Third Street below Pine Street in Center City (Ward 5) with dye-sinker Henry Rawlings (b. ca. 1830). Tomkins last name could possibly be Tankins, Tonkins, or Jenkins as interpreted from the 1860 census.
Date: b. ca. 1841
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Demme, William
Description: William Demme, born ca. 1826? in Germany, was a partner in the lithographic firm Schnabel, Finkeldey, and Demme 1856-1857. Comprised of Edward Schnabel, John F. Finkeldey, and Demme, the firm issued at least four versions of lithographs showing the lower blocks of Chestnut Street under the series title "Panorama of Philadelphia." Schnabel, Finkeldey, and Demme also issued sheet music covers. Before entering the partnership, Demme worked at the establishment of P. S. Duval at 5 Ranstead Place in 1856., Demme was possibly the William Demme listed in the 1870 census as 44 years of age and a resident of Ward 11. He lived with Sabina (b. ca. 1826) and Louis (b. ca. 1855), most likely his wife and son. He may also be the William Demme who declared his intent to be naturalized on September 20, 1854 in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.
Date: b. ca. 1826?
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Fisher, George
Description: George Fisher, Philadelphia painter and printer, was listed as a lithographer in the 1861-1862 and 1868 Philadelphia city directories. He resided in North Philadelphia in the 1850s and 1860s, including at 243 Girard Avenue (1861-1862). In 1868, he was listed at 1223 Savery Road.
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: White, William C.
Description: William C. White, born ca. 1843 in Pennsylvania to Irish-born bricklayer Morris (Maurice) White (b. ca. 1804), worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia 1860-1875. From ca. 1864, he resided at 1511 Sansom Street in Center City (Ward 8) in his parents' household, which included two older, Pennsylvania-born brothers employed as stonemasons. He formed a brief partnership with Eugene N. Inman (1845-1912) in 1872 to produce rags from 1229 Vine Street. Unlisted in Philadelphia city directories in 1873 and 1874, he reappears in an 1875 Philadelphia city directory as a lithographer residing at 1518 Cherry Street (Ward 10).
Date: b. ca. 1843
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Packard, Herbert S.
Description: Herbert S. Packard, Philadelphia artist, lithographer, and partner in Packard & Butler, was born in Massachusetts ca. 1850. He lived in Bridgewater, Ma. with his mother Abby and was an "apprentice to an engraver" by 1870. Between 1875 and ca. 1880, he worked for the Boston lithographic firm Haskell and Allen. As of 1880, Packard relocated to Philadelphia and worked as a partner in the lithographic firm Packard & Butler, later Packard, Butler & Patridge (1879-1886) and resided at 1918 Mt. Vernon Street. Packard lived in the Fairmount section of the city for most of his Philadelphia career before relocating in his later years to North Philadelphia., Following the 1886 fire, Packard continued in business with David Anson Partridge until 1893. A member of the Philadelphia Sketch Club, he also worked as an illustrator as well as provided designs for the Century Lithographing Company during the later 19th century. In 1895, he partnered with his brothers in the Packard Brothers, a design firm that by 1906 was reestablished as Packard, Packard and Powell, novelties. Within a few years Packard appears to have retired from the firm before his death on October 29, 1912.
Date: ca. 1850- October 29, 1912
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Bosch, Henry A.
Description: Henry A. Bosch, born ca. 1847 in Bavaria, Germany, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia ca. 1867-ca. 1899. He delineated a number of Philadelphia volunteer firefighting company membership certificates for Duval & Hunter ca. 1867-ca. 1870 signed as A. H. Bosch., Bosch, a Camden resident, remained in the Philadelphia trade as of the late 1870s and by 1887 partnered with his brother Joseph W. in the lithographic firm Bosch & Bro. at South Seventh Street corner of Dickinson Street , i.e., the property of E. P. & L. Restein. The partnership operated until ca. 1895 with a final address at 1437 South Tenth Street. Bosch continued to be listed as a Philadelphia lithographer until 1897., Bosch was married to Ellen (b. ca. 1858) and lived in Camden for his known Philadelphia career residing at 228 Federal Street, 517 North Fourth Street, and 402 Linden Street by the 1890s; with the latter household including a domestic.
Date: b. ca. 1847
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: French, John T.
Description: John T. French, born in Pennsylvania in July 1822, worked as a lithographer, predominately with Thomas Sinclair, in Philadelphia ca. 1845-1852. French was first listed as a lithographer in Philadelphia directories in 1845. He produced fashion advertisements, genre and view prints, and book illustrations. His S. A. & A. F. Ward fashion prints issued in the late 1840s received particularly note from Peters., French was listed in the 1850 census as a lithographer who resided in the Spring Garden Ward 3. He resided at Poplar Street above Seventh Street with his wife Sarah (b. ca. 1823) and two children in a multi-family dwelling. At the time of his death on March 3, 1852, he resided at 4 Clarence Row.
Date: July 1822-March 3, 1852
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: Wiest, Daniel
Description: Daniel Wiest, born circa 1842 in Bayern, Germany, worked as a lithographic artist for the Philadelphia firm Bowen & Company in the mid 1860s. Wiest specialized in entomological drawings and was active until about 1870. He is probably the Daniel Wiest elected a member of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia in 1861. He was also the artist for "In Memory of Abraham Lincoln. The Reward of the Just" issued by Philadelphia publisher William Smith in 1865., In 1870, he lived in North Philadelphia (Ward 20), with his wife Lizzie (b. ca. 1844), daughter Bertha (b. ca. 1868 in Pennsylvania), and most likely his parents, Henry, a tailor (b. ca. 1806 in Bayern), and Anna (b. ca. 1810 in France).
Date: b. ca. 1842
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Henderson, John N. [L.?]
Description: John N. Henderson, born in 1818, was a Philadelphia printer who published P. S. Duval's noted "Commissioner's Hall, Spring Garden" in 1851. Henderson worked in the printing trade from 1847 through the 1890s, including as a compositor and proof reader at the Philadelphia "Public Ledger" at the time of his death on July 29, 1892., Henderson lived in South Philadelphia, including Southwark Ward 4 and Ward 2 between 1850 and the 1890s. He resided at 1238 South Fifth Street at the time of his death. He was married to Mary (b. 1823) with whom he had children Catherine (b. 1849), Elizabeth (b. 1857) and John L. (b. 1861), who also worked in the printing trade.
Date: 1818-July 29, 1892
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Morine, William
Description: See Morris, William.
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Banes, M.
Description: M. Banes, according to Peters, was the lithographic artist for a flower print from the series "Plantes Agrestes par Calame" after the work of Swiss Artist Alexander Calame (1810-1864). The tinted lithograph was "printed by A. Brett, No. 6 S. 7th St." between 1854 and 1857. A companion printed contained the caption "Philadelphia School of Design for Women, S. E. Corner 8th & Locust.", Artist was possibly Mary Banes listed in the 1857 city directory as a "chessmr" at Girard Avenue and Lewis Street.
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Wistar, Isaac Jones
Description: Isaac Jones Wistar, born on November 14, 1827 in Philadelphia, was a lawyer who managed the establishment of Philadelphia map lithographer Robert Pearsall Smith between 1848 and 1849. Although a brief partnership, Smith & Wistar issued a small number of maps with this imprint, including the noted J. C. Sidney "Map of the City of Philadelphia" (1849)., Following his brief lithographic career, Wistar participated in the California Gold Rush, served as a Civil War Union General, was a Vice-President of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and founded the Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology at the University of Pennsylvania. He was also an author of several works, including his autobiography. Wistar died September 18, 1905 and was buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
Date: 1827-1905
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Easton, Alexander
Description: Alexander Easton, Philadelphia civil engineer, was active as a lithographer from his establishment at 407 Walnut Street ca. 1858-ca. 1868. Working from his office at 407 Walnut Street, Easton issued prints associated with manufacturing and design. Known prints include "Combined Letter box and Lamp Post" (1858); [Dyottville Glass Works], (ca. 1858); and "Hoopes & Townsend" (1868)., Easton resided at 436 North Seventh Street in 1859.
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Partridge, D. Anson (David Anson)
Description: David Anson Partridge, born in April 1847, in Randolph, Vermont, was a partner in the Philadelphia lithographic firm Packard, Butler & Partridge. Son of David (b. ca. 1792), a shoemaker and Elsie (b. ca. 1828), he relocated to Philadelphia by 1870, and worked as a "machinist," living with his wife Charlotte (b. ca. 1850) at 517 Pierce Street. During the 1870's Partridge worked as a farmer and as a lithographer (as of 1876) and by the 1880 census was listed as a photo-lithographer., In 1883 he joined the lithographic firm Packard & Butler renamed Packard, Butler & Partridge, as well as served as treasurer of the Philadelphia Photographic Society. Partridge also managed the baseball club the Wynnewoods during the 1880s. Following the fire of 1886 that claimed the building tenanted by Packard, Butler & Partridge (715 Arch Street), Packard and Partridge continued in business with each other until 1893. Partridge remained in the fields of lithography and photography through the 1890s and early 1900s. He died on November 30, 1908 while visiting his hometown of Randolph, Vermont.
Date: April 1847-November 30, 1908
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Hohenstein, Anton
Description: Anton Hohenstein, born November 1, 1819 in Württemberg, Germany, was an artist and oil painter of portraits and historical scenes with a studio at 329 North Sixth Street in Philadelphia between 1855 and 1870. Son of poverty-striken weaver Alois Hohenstein (1781-1843) and Maria Eva Fischer (1781-1852), Hohenstein apprenticed as a lithographer, probably in Stuttgart, and was a student of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts in Munich from April 13, 1841 to circa 1845. He studied lithography and painting. According to the reminiscences of colleague Ferdinand Moras, Hohenstein arrived in Philadelphia in 1850 and predominately worked as a portrait painter before relocating to Alabama. Hohenstein returned to Philadelphia by 1860 and from 1868 to 1869, delineated "Abraham Lincoln's Last Reception," "Baptism of Pocahontas 1813," and "Franklin's Reception at the Court of France 1778" for lithographer John Smith. He also created the 1867 portrait of Robert E. Lee for George Spohni and owned "first rate battle scenes" (possibly his own work) according to an 1870 advertisement promoting the sale of his estate in the "Public Ledger.", Hohenstein immigrated to the United States apparently previous to his family as indicated by the May 1854 application by his wife Dorothea (Dorothy) (b. ca. 1827) listed in the Württemberg, Germany Emigration Index. Dorothea, whom he married on November 23, 1846 in Wuttemberg, arrived in Philadelphia from Stuttgart by about 1855, the year she gave birth to their first Pennsylvania-born child. By 1860, Hohenstein, his wife and their children (including two born in Germany) resided at 1469 Franklin Street (Ward 13). That year, Hohenstein declared his intent to become a citizen and on October 13, 1863 was naturalized. Hohenstein died of delirium tremors on July 20, 1869 leaving five children and his wife who worked as a confectioner according to the 1870 census.
Date: December 1, 1824-July 20, 1869
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: Bell, Joseph
Description: Joseph Bell, born ca. 1836 in Scotland, was a Philadelphia printer and lithographer active ca. 1868-ca. 1871. He resided at 1702 Lombard Street, with his wife Susan (b. ca. 1842) and their four children: Agnes, Hugh, William, and James.
Date: b. ca. 1836
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Childs & Lehman
Description: Childs & Lehman, the partnership between engraver and lithographer Cephas G. Childs and lithographer, engraver, and painter George Lehman, was active 1833-1835. The successor firm to Childs & Inman, the establishment predominately issued cityscape views, such as "Philadelphia Arcade," maps, and portraits, including plates for McKenney & Hall's "History of the Indian Tribes of North America," as well as the allegorical temperance print "Look Upon This Picture and On This" (ca. 1834). In 1834, P. S. Duval purchased Childs' share of the business for $750 and the firm was reestablished as Lehman & Duval.
Date: fl. 1833-1834
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Bracher, William
Description: William Bracher, a native of Württemberg, Germany born June 29, 1827, and lithographer who specialized in maps, arrived in the United States shortly before 1850. By 1854 he resided in Philadelphia, where he was naturalized on March 27, 1854 and worked as a partner in the firm of Bracher & Matthias at the establishment of Robert Pearsall Smith (15 Minor Street). In 1858, he partnered with George Worley & Benjamin Matthias in the firm of Worley, Bracher & Matthias at 600-602 Chestnut Street. Following the departure of Matthias in 1859, Bracher continued in partnership with Worley until his death in 1879. Bracher operated solely from 27 South Sixth Street until his retirement in 1891 when the firm was assumed by Peter Balliet & Albert Volk. Bracher was married to Emile (1831-1896) and had two children, Emil (b. ca. 1859) and Alfred (b. 1863). Bracher died on May 14, 1912 in Philadelphia.
Date: June 29, 1827 - May 14, 1912
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Finkeldey, John F. (John Frederick)
Description: John Frederick Finkeldey, son of Heinrich and Amiele Finkeldey, born September 9, 1821 in Frenkenberg, Hessen, Germany worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia ca. 1853 to his death in 1883. Finkeldey, descended from a family involved in the leather trade, finished an apprenticeship in the field in 1838 before immigrating to the United States and settling in Baltimore in May 1839. In Baltimore, he learned the lithography trade at the firm of E. Weber and was naturalized in 1844 before relocating to Philadelphia ca. 1852; the year he produced a portrait print of "Hon. W. R. King of Alabama" held in the collections of the Library of Congress. In 1853 he began to be listed in city directories as a lithographer at 24 Pear Street (near Dock Street). Soon thereafter, he entered into the firm established by Maurice Traubel, M. H. Traubel & Co., with fellow German-born lithographers Edward Schnabel and Theodore Leonhardt when they purchased the "Lithographic Institute" of Frederick Kuhl (46 1/2 Walnut Street)., In 1857, Traubel left the firm and Finkeldey established a new partnership with Schnabel and William Demme; Schnabel, Finkeldey & Demme at 218 Walnut Street (i.e., 46 1/2 Walnut Street). Following the departure of Demme by 1858, Schnabel and Finkeldey remained as partners and issued portraits, advertisements, certificates, and view prints, occasionally with German text. Unfortunately, the Schnabel and Finkeldey partnership proved financially burdensome for Finkeldey as a result of Schnabel's poor management and drinking. On March 8, 1863, paper dealer Margarge & Co. bought the establishment at a sheriff's sale orchestrated by Finkeldey and he continued the business as a sole proprietor., Finkeldey lived in Center City during the 1850s and early 1860s on the 400 block of Lombard Street, 319 Vine Street, and 324 South Juniper Street. In 1859, he married Louisa Fredericka Birkenhauer (1825-1905) and in 1863 relocated to his long term residence at 213 Christian Street (also listed as 11 Strangford Place in census records). John and Louisa Finkeldey had four children, including sons Frederick (1861-1920) and Werner (b. 1865) who entered the lithographic trade with their father in the early 1880s. Finkeldey was also active in a number of fraternal organizations, including the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania masons, Improved Order of Red Men, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and Seven Wise Men., Finkeldey died on August 25, 1883 of diabetes. He was interred at Union Cemetery, which was later removed to Fernwood Cemetery. The sons assumed the operation of their father's establishment following his death. The firm remained in operation until ca. 1896.
Date: September 9, 1819 - August 25, 1883
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: Lowenberg, Victor
Description: Victor Lowenberg, born ca. 1839 in Pennsylvania, worked in Philadelphia as a lithographer, printer and photographer from ca. 1860-1891. He was employed by P. S. Duval at the time of Duval's insolvency in 1859. Following his employment with Duval, Lowenberg continued in the trade; his business addresses unlisted in the city directories., Lowenberg, the son of a German capmaker, resided with his parents and siblings in Ward 6 in 1860. Ten years later he resided at 602 Callowhill Street with his two sisters, Rebecca A. (b. ca. 1842) and Josephine (b. ca. 1854). By 1880 the siblings lived at 1207 Mount Vernon Street (Ward 14) and both sisters were employed as music teachers. By the time of his death on July 31, 1891, Lowenberg resided at 1117 Green Street.
Date: ca. 1840-July 31, 1891
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Rice & Clark
Description: Rice & Clark, the partnership between gentlemen publishers Daniel Rice & James G. Clark (1789-1883), published between 1842 and 1844 volumes 2 and 3 of the seminal "History of the Indian Tribes of North America . . ." containing hand-colored portrait lithographs printed by John T. Bowen. The partnership operated from 132 (i.e., 600 block) Arch Street., James G. Clark, born 1789, lived in the High Street ward in 1850 and maintained a gentleman's office on the 600 block of Arch Street from the 1830s to 1860s. Clark died May 8, 1883.
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Petz, Chas
Description: Charles Petz worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia ca. 1857-ca. 1859. Employers included P. S. Duval (8 and 22 South Fifth Street) and L. N. Rosenthal (36 South Fifth Street).
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Pinkerton, E. J. (Edward J.)
Description: Edward J. Pinkerton, partner in Pinkerton, Wagner & McGuigan, was a Philadelphia lithographer active in the 1840s. Pinkerton's earliest known lithographic work, including illustrations for Huddy & Duval's "U.S. Military Magazine" as well as "Ladies' Garland," was as an artist in the establishment of P. S. Duval between 1840 and 1842., Between 1842 and 1843, Pinkerton began to publish his own lithographs and his "spirited sketch" of Pope Pius VII was favorably advertised in the "Philadelphia Inquirer" (October 31, 1842). He also worked at the establishment of Thomas Sinclair (101 Chestnut Street) before starting his own firm at 100 Chestnut Street in 1843. By 1844 his former Duval colleague Thomas Wagner as well as John McGuigan entered the firm operated as Pinkerton, Wagner & McGuigan 1844-1845. The firm predominately produced book and periodical illustrations as well as experimented early with chromolithography. Following his departure from the partnership, Pinkerton remained in the printing trade. He relocated to Lancaster, Pa. by 1855 where he operated a job printing business and published 'The Pathfinder" with John Huber.
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: Schell, Francis H.
Description: Francis H. Schell, born in 1831 in Philadelphia, and most known as a periodical illustrator, also worked as a lithographic artist in Philadelphia during the 1850s and 1860s. Listed as a lithographer as of the 1850 census, Schell came from a large family with seven brothers and sisters involved in the professions of currier, grocer, clerk, and stone cutter. During the early 1850s, Schell often worked with William H. Rease on advertisements printed by Alphonse Brett and Thomas Sinclair as well as formed a short-lived partnership with Rease ca. 1855. He also drew cityscape views in addition to portraits printed by Wagner & McGuigan. During the Civil War, Schell refocused his art work to periodical illustrations for "Frank Leslies Illustrated Weekly," although in 1865, he drew the design for the lithograph "In Commemoration of the Great Parade of the Philadelphia Fire Department October 16th 1865." Following the war, he assumed supervision of the art department of the weekly and later entered a long term partnership with fellow illustrator Thomas Hogan through the 1880s. During the 1860s, Schell's worked proved profitable and in 1870 he held a personal estate of $6,000 and had a servant at his household in 1870 and 1880. Schell died March 31, 1909 while residing with his son at 5227 Archer Street in Germantown and was probably buried at the Odd Fellows Cemetery, the place of internment of his wife. He remained listed in city directories as an artist until the year of his death., Schell lived in Philadelphia most of his life, except for a brief time in Camden, N.J. around 1860. Residences included the Northern Liberties Ward 4 in 1850 and by 1870, a dwelling at 1641 North Eighth Street in which he lived through the 1880s. Schell was married to Martha (b. ca. 1838) with whom he had several children, including son, the artist Frank Cresson Schell (1857-1942).
Date: ca. 1831-March 31, 1909
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: McLaughlin [& Brother]
Description: McLaughlin & Brother, the firm of printers and brothers John and Frank McLaughlin, was possibly the McLaughlin noted by Peters who published the lithograph "Chicago Platform" (n.d.) in Philadelphia. McLaughlin was listed at 314 Walnut Street, the address of lithographer William Boell 1866-1875., McLaughlin & Brother established in 1853 was in operation into the later 19th century. Frank McLaughlin (1828-1897) became owner of the "Philadelphia Times" in 1875.
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Duffy, William
Description: William Duffy, born ca. 1830, worked as a lithographer? and an engraver in Philadelphia during the mid to late 19th century. Duffy immigrated with his family to the United States sometime before his younger sister was born in Philadelphia in 1836. In 1850, William resided with his mother Ellen (b. ca. 1801), and siblings, including Richard A., a lithographic printer and member of the Lithographic Printers' Union in the South Ward. By 1870, Duffy married Anna (b. ca. 1834) and had one son William (b. ca. 1860) and resided in South Philadelphia (Ward 26). He may be the William F. Duffy listed as a painter at 1339 Hicks Street (Ward 26) in the 1880 Philadelphia city directory. Duffy died on August 22, 1913 while a resident of Pleasantville, N.J. He was buried at Pleasantville Cemetery in Pleasantville, N.J.
Date: ca. 1830-August 22, 1913
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Dinneen, Dennis
Description: Dennis Dinneen, born about 1833, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia in 1856 and 1857 for P. S. Duval at his 5 Ranstead Place and 8 South Fifth Street establishments. His brothers, Patrick Dinneen (b. ca. 1828) and Cornelius Dinneen (b ca. 1832), also worked as lithographers for P. S. Duval.
Date: b. ca. 1833
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Taylor & Smith
Description: Taylor & Smith, the partnership between lithographer and illustrator Frank H. Taylor and engraver Ferdinand Smith (113 South Fourth Street), exhibited color printing and lithography at the 1874 Franklin Institute Exhibition of American Manufacturers.
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Golz, Julius
Description: Julius Golz, born ca. 1849 in Pennsylvania, worked as an artist and lithographer in Philadelphia from 1867 to ca. 1890. Primarily a lithographer of decalcomania (i.e., decals) and showcards, he partnered with his close friend and fellow lithographer Herman Pfeil to form Pfeil & Golz in New York City (1882); Pfeil & Golz "impermiographs" in Philadelphia at 501 Chestnut Street (1883); and The Pfeil & Golz Company in Camden, New Jersey (1887-1888). Golz also worked as an artist from 721 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia from 1889 to 1890., Golz and Pfeil resided together in a boarding house operated by Golz's mother, Christiana Golz, at 614 Callowhill Street (Ward 13) in the late 1860s and at 407 North Fourth Street in Camden, New Jersey beginning in 1873. Both lithographers remained residents of Camden, New Jersey, eventually residing in neighboring properties on Elm Street until at least 1910. Julius married French-born Alphonsine (b. 1850) and had two children, Julius, Jr. (b. ca. 1879) and Walter (b. ca. 1882).
Date: b. ca. 1849
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Schmitz, Tillmann
Description: Tilimann Schmitz, born ca. 1840, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia during the later 19th century. By 1885 Schmitz worked as a printer in Philadelphia and resided at 916 Morgan Street. By 1893, he relocated his residence to 876 North Twenty-seventh Street, where a Wiliam Schmitz, instrument maker, also resided. Schmitz died on January 13, 1898 with his funeral at the residence of his son Joseph at 1017 South Park Avenue. He was interred at Chelten Hill Cemetery.
Date: ca. 1840-January 13, 1898
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Brechemin, Lewis
Description: Lewis Brechemin, born in France ca. 1786, was a Philadelphia jeweler who also partnered in the lithographic firm Brechemin & Camp ca. 1847-1848. In the jewelry trade since the 1810s, Brechemin partnered with John Henry Camp ca. 1847. Although he predominately produced lithographs under the partnership, Brechemin solely lithographed a portrait of David R. Porter, governor of Pennsylvania in 1848 and ca. 1840-ca. 1850 drew lithographs, including "The Ship & Its Furniture," printed by P. S. Duval for the American Sunday School Union. Brechemin also served as the artist of plates printed by Duval for Holbrook's second edition of "North American Herpetology" (1842). Following the partnership with Camp, Brechemin continued in the jewelry trade until ca. 1860 and received a "very good" credit rating in 1856., Brechemin was married to Ann (b. ca. 1792-1867) with whom he had two children in 1850. The family resided in the Dock Ward in real estate valued at $12,000, i.e., over $300,000 in 2008 dollars. A member of the French Benevolent Society, he died (following an accident) on March 12, 1866 while a resident at 224 South Second Street. Per his will filed in 1861, he bequeathed the "household furniture, kitchen utensils, silver plate in house and store on South Second Street below Dock Street" and a second house at 334 South Third Street to his wife as well as named his sister-in-law and three children as beneficiaries. His estate was appraised in April 1866 with a worth of $6500 by fellow jeweler and print colorist Alfred Pharazyn.
Date: ca. 1786 - March 12, 1866
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Curtis, Thomas
Description: Thomas Curtis, was a Philadelphia bookseller, who exhibited a "lot of lithographic prints" at the 1854 Franklin Institute Exhibition of American Manufacturers. Curtis operated his business from 134 (i.e., 600 block) Arch Street and resided on Race Street above Sixth Street in 1855.
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Waeschle, John
Description: John Waeschle, born in 1819 in Germany, worked as a lithographer, engraver, and printer in Philadelphia ca. 1864-1894. Waeschle immigrated to Pennsylvania by 1856 (the year of birth of his Pennsylvania-born daughter listed in the 1870 census) and was first listed in Philadelphia city directories in 1864., During his thirty-year career, Waeschle operated from 142 North Third Street (1863-1868); 201 North Third Street with Meichel & Plumly (1868-1871); 326 Chestnut Street as Waeschle, Steng & Paxson (1872); 491 North Third Street (1876); 334 North Third Street with Frederick P. Kent & Co. (1878-1880); and 448 North Third Street (1883). Waeschle was also a member of the Hermann Beneficial Association No. 1 and Social Labor Beneficial Association No. 6., Waeschle resided at 613 Brook (i.e., Bodine) Street in Northern Liberties (Ward 10) by 1870 with his German-born wife Elizabeth Einhardt (1826-1910) and children including Caroline (b. 1856), Louis (b. 1859), William (b. 1865) and John (b. 1867). At the time of his death on May 26, 1899, his residence was at 433 Green Street, also in Northern Liberties.
Date: 1819-May 26, 1899
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: Reitman, Joseph
Description: Joseph Reitman, born ca. 1830 in Bavaria, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia in 1860. He resided in North Philadelphia (Ward 20) as head of a household that included his wife Caroline (b. ca. 1834), and shoemaker Daniel Moore and Moore's deaf wife. Reitman owned real estate valued at $1400 and personal estate valued at $200.
Date: b. ca. 1830
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Miller, Edward
Description: Edward Miller, born ca. 1831 in Prussia, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia in 1860. He resided in South Philadelphia (Ward 1) with his German-born wife Louisa (b. ca. 1835) and three young daughters: Louisa A. (b. 1855, Maryland), Lilly (b. 1857, Maryland), and Emma (b. 1859, Pennsylvania).
Date: b. ca. 1831
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Pfeiffer, Jacob
Description: Jacob Pfeiffer, born ca. 1816 in France, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia in 1850. He resided in a boarding house in the Pine Ward with fellow lithographer, German-born Thomas Muehler.
Date: b. ca. 1816
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Duval, P. S. (Peter S.)
Description: Peter Stephen Duval, the most prominent Philadelphia lithographer of the 19th-century, was born ca. 1804/5 in France. He emigrated from France to Philadelphia in the fall of 1831 to accept a job as a lithographer with the printing firm of Childs & Inman. By 1837 he had established his own lithographic printing shop and remained in business until his retirement in 1869. The firm continued for a few years under the management of Duval's son, Stephen. Duval died in Philadelphia on February 9, 1886 of "enlargement of the heart.", Trained as a lithographer in France, Duval brought much needed expertise to Childs & Inman, one of the first commercial Philadelphia firms. Duval worked for Childs until late 1834 when he bought out Childs and formed Lehman & Duval with artist George Lehman. Duval bought out Lehman in 1837 and launched one of Philadelphia's most influential and successful lithographic firms. Located at 7 Bank Alley throughout most of the 1840s, the firm produced advertisements, pictorial views, certificates, sheet music covers, book and periodical illustrations, maps, and portraits. By the mid 1840s Duval advertised that his shop printed in colors and by the late 1840s he had begun winning awards, including several from the Franklin Institute, for his work in chromolithography. Also in the late 1840s Duval was one of the first Americans to introduce steam power to parts of the lithographic process. To accommodate his growing firm, one of the largest in the city, of almost 30 presses and 60-70 artists, draughtsmen, and workmen, Duval moved to a six-room suite in the Artisan Building at 26 South Fourth Street in 1848. Duval's firm suffered a disastrous fire in 1856 and moved to a shop at the corner of South Fifth and Minor streets. In 1857 the firm moved to 22 South Fifth Street. The financial hardship caused by the fire forced Duval to declare insolvency in 1859, but he successfully re-established his business in the decade before his 1869 retirement., Over his decades in the trade, Duval printed some of the most noted prints of the period, including his tromp l'oeil advertisement "Lithography. P.S. Duval 7 Bank Alley" (ca. 1840) and early chromolithographs "Tamany Fish House, on the Pea Shore, R. Delaware" (ca. 1852) and "Great Central Fair Buildings, Philadelphia" (1864). He also mentored the careers of noted lithographers James Queen, Albert Newsam, Frederick Bourquin, and Christian Schussele., Duval worked with a large number of partners throughout his long lithographic career beginning with George Lehman in 1834. From about 1852 through 1857 Bourquin was his partner in the firm known as P. S. Duval & Co. In 1857, his son Stephen Duval joined the firm now known as P. S. Duval & Son. Around 1860 prints were produced with the imprint Duval, Williams, and Duval and in the middle of the decade a print was published with the imprint of Duval, Swander & Co. In 1867 the firm added Isaac L. Miles as a partner, forming P. S. Duval Son & Co. Soon after Duval's retirement, his son took on Thomas Hunter as a partner, forming the firm of Duval & Hunter., Duval lived in Center City not far from his establishments during most of his career. During the early 1840s, he lived at Second and Cox Streets, when his youngest son and namesake passed away just prior to his first birthday (1840) and another son drowned in the Delaware River (1842). By the mid 1840s he lived in a boarding house catering to the French community run by Mr. Esmoil. By 1850 Duval had moved to Walnut and Tenth Streets, a location he remained at for more than a decade. By 1863, he relocated to West Philadelphia, where he resided at 4024 Ludlow Street until his death., In the 1850 and 1860 census, Duval is listed each year as living with almost completely different household members that did not include his wife whose identity remains unknown. Only his son Stephen was present during both censuses, when they lived with Dr. Addinell Hewson, the Hewson family, and a few servants., Duval became a naturalized United States citizen in 1841, but maintained close ties to Philadelphia's French community throughout his lifetime, serving as an active member in several of the city's French charitable organizations. He joined the Freemasons and the International Order of Odd Fellows, as well as served as president of Philadelphia's Lithographers' Association. Duval's position as an esteemed member of the lithographic community in America was acknowledged in 1871 when he authored the extensive entry on lithography in John Luther Ringwalt's "American Encyclopedia of Printing."
Date: 1804 or 5- February 9, 1886
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Roux, Francis
Description: Francis Roux, born ca. 1825 in France, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia in 1860. He resided with his French-born wife Julia (b. ca. 1830), an artificial flower maker, and daughter in the household of lithographer Alphonse Bigot in North Philadelphia (Ward 14). Roux owned personal estate valued at $200.
Date: b. ca. 1825
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Bishopbois, August
Description: August Bishopbois, a French printer and lithographer active in Philadelphia from about 1844 to the mid-1850s, relocated from France to Boston in the 1830s, possibly working for William Pendleton, and his successor Thomas Moore. His first two children, Virginia (b. ca. 1838) and Henry (b. ca. 1840) were born in Massachusetts, and his remaining children, Lavinia (b. ca. 1845), Julia (b. 1850), and Rosina (b. ca. 1851) were born in Philadelphia. He resided with his Virginia-born wife Eliza (b. ca. 1820) and children on Cherry Street, above Thirteenth Street, until 1848. They moved to 69 South Fifth Street in the Dock Ward, where Bishopbois is listed in city directories as a printer/lithographer until 1854 and his possible death. Six years later, the 1860 census shows only his wife and two daughters (Virginia and Rosina) residing in the Fifth Ward.
Date: b. ca. 1814
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Fletcher, Veron
Description: Veron Fletcher, Philadelphia artist born ca. 1820 in Pennsylvania, designed the painting reproduced as the noted Herline & Co. lithograph "Washington and his Staff at Valley Forge" published in 1855. The painting was exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1855., By 1850, Fletcher lived at 188 Noble Street with his wife Mary A. (b. ca. 1831) in the Spring Garden Ward of Philadelphia and resided North of Center City throughout the 1860s. During this period, in 1867, Fletcher painted "London Coffee House" (1867) and "Slate Roof House" (1867). From ca. 1870 to ca. 1876, he resided at 1224 Heath Street (near Poplar Street) in North Philadelphia.
Date: b. ca. 1820
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Inger, Egmont
Description: Egmont Inger, son and partner of lithographer Christian Inger, was born ca. 1833 in Germany. Although he did not immigrate to the U.S. on the same ship as his father in 1854, Inger resided in Philadelphia by 1854 when he went before the city's Court of Common Pleas to become a naturalized citizen on April 11. Inger partnered with his father to operate Inger & Son at 123 South Third Street and 429 Walnut Street in 1859. By 1869, he worked in New York City, where he patented a "sad-iron holder" that year, and in 1871, worked as an engraver and lithographer with Charles Inger (family relationship undetermined) at 45 Chatham Street. He remained in New York until at least the mid-1880s; a New York City directory indicates that Inger lived at 515 1/2 Pearl Street in 1884., In Philadelphia, Inger resided in Northern Liberties and had three daughters: Anna (b. 1860), Flora (b. 1862) and Rosa (b. 1864). The family moved to Hoboken, New Jersey by July 1870.
Date: b. ca. 1833
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Slack, William J.
Description: William J. Slack, born ca. 1844 in the Frankford section of Philadelphia, worked as a lithographer and printer in the city 1861-1869. Slack, son of Abraham Slack (b. ca. 1811), originally a tailor in Frankford, who by 1857 operated an "engraving, die-sinking and embossed printing, envelope and seal press manufactory" at 37 South Strawberry Street, probably entered the printing trade through his father., Slack was listed sporadically in Philadelphia city directories. In 1867 and 1869, he was listed as a printer who resided at 511 Enterprise (i.e., Greenwich) Street in South Philadelphia with his engraver brother Robert M. (b. ca. 1842). After 1869, Slack remained unlisted in city directories while his father was noted as a salesman, and his brother as an engraver (Byram & Slack, 413 Chestnut Street, with Joseph H. Byram). Slack was also possibly the William J. Slack who fought with the Pennsylvania Cavalry during the Civil War 1863-1865.
Date: b. ca. 1844
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: C. W. Bender & Co.
Description: C.W. Bender & Co., the business name for C. W. Bender, published the P. S. Duval lithograph "Henry Clay" in 1844. Bender operated a planing mill in Philadelphia in 1857. The imprint of the lithograph lists the 1844 residential address of C. W. Bender at 71 Dock Street.
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Durang, Edwin F. (Edwin Forrest)
Description: Edwin F. Durang, born in 1829 in New York, worked briefly as a lithographer and engraver before launching his career as an ecclesiastical architect in Philadelphia ca. 1855. He partnered with Peter E. Abel in 1848 and specialized in the publication of political cartoons. Although born into a theatrical family, Durang and his brothers John T. and Oscar were all employed in the Philadelphia printing trade by 1850 and resided in the city's North Ward. Durang may have partnered with William Stott in Stott & Durang, lithographers, 7 East Arcade Avenue in 1845. Durang died from heat exhaustion after walking from his Overbrook residence to his daughter's wedding at Our Lady of Lourdes on June 12, 1911.
Date: April 1, 1829-June 12, 1911
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

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