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Title: McDermott, Bernard
Description: Bernard McDermott, born ca. 1838 in Ireland, worked as a lithographer, printer, photographer, salesman, letter carrier and compositor in Philadelphia 1861-1907. In 1861 he worked as an artist for Thomas Sinclair's 311 Chestnut Street establishment, but his subsequent business addresses were unlisted., In the states by 1840 (according to the 1900 census) McDermott resided with his widowed mother Margaret and siblings (mostly tailors and milliners) at 2113 Chestnut Street in Center City (Ward 9) by 1860. The family later resided within Ward 9 at 1233 Chestnut Street, where McDermott remained until 1891. He then relocated to 126 South Eleventh Street, where he lived until 1893. By the end of the 1890s he had held several different jobs, including salesman, letter carrier, and compositor and lived at 1705 Christian Street (Ward 30) with his older brother Michael (b. ca. 1834). McDermott returned to lithography in the early to mid 1900s, but was unlisted in city directories after 1907.
Date: b. ca. 1838
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Haugg, Louis [or Lewis]
Description: Louis/Lewis Haugg, born in 1827 in Germany, immigrated to the United States in 1847 and worked as a lithographic artist and printer in Philadelphia ca. 1855-1900. Although first listed in the 1856 Philadelphia city directory, Haugg worked in Philadelphia by 1855 when he designed the copyrighted lithograph "New Masonic Hall, Chestnut St. Philadelphia" printed by T. Sinclair, and published by William F. Spieler at 212 Chestnut Street; the same address from which Haugg operated in 1856. During the 1850s and 1860s, Haugg delineated maps, fashion plates for F. Mahan, advertisements, and certificates. Most of these lithographs were printed by prominent local firms, including F. Bourquin & Co. (Haugg's neighbor at 602 Chestnut Street when he tenanted 600 Chestnut Street 1861 - 1866); P. S. Duval; and L. N. Rosenthal., He subsequently relocated to 413 Chestnut Street before partnering in 1869 in A. L. Weise & Co. with August L. Weise and Herman Pfeil. The firm first tenanted 29 South Fourth Street (1867-1871), then 45 South Fourth Street (1872-1876), and finally 401 Ranstead Place (1877-1879), where fellow lithographer Stephen C. Duval managed the establishment until 1879. Haugg's professional affiliations after 1879 are unclear, but unlike many of his earlier works, imprints from extant lithographs indicate he served as lithographer and printer, possibly with his own establishment., In 1860, Haugg resided in Northern Liberties (Ward 16) with his wife Elizabeth (b. ca. 1827) and three children, Louisa (b. ca. 1855), Lena (b. ca. 1857) and Louis (b. ca. 1859). By 1864, the family had moved to 1321 Mary Street (i.e., Park Avenue), where a year later his income, piano and watch were taxed by the I. R. S. The entire family remained here for several decades, but by 1900, Haugg was widowed and resided only with his daughter Lena. He died suddenly from heart failure in a saloon at Thirteenth and Market Streets on August 12, 1903.
Date: 1827-August 12, 1903
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Helfenstein & Lewis
Description: Helfenstein & Lewis, was the partnership between Philadelphia printer Jonathan S. Helfenstein and Philadelphia auditor Samuel G. Lewis at Fifth and Chestnut Streets. Known lithographs include the ca. 1868 views showing the drugstore of Frederick Brown in 1822 and 1868., John Helfenstein, born in Maryland about 1827, resided at 140 North Eighteenth Street in Center City (Ward 10) in 1870. His real estate was valued at $16,000 and his personal estate at $30, 000., Samuel G. Lewis resided at 1340 North Thirteenth Street in 1870.
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Hart, William Jr.
Description: William Hart, Jr., son of English-born lithographer William Hart, was born October 1846 and operated his late father's firm at 123-127 North Fourth Street 1888-ca. 1900. By 1870, Hart had been working as a "lithographic printer" at his father's establishment., Hart resided with his father until William Sr.'s death in 1888. Hart remained at his father's late residence at 3703 Spring Garden and lived with an aunt Esther Wilson (b. 1813) and a cousin Elizabeth Wilson (b. 1848) by 1900. Hart died suddenly on August 26, 1906.
Date: October 1846-August 26, 1906
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Levy, Moses
Description: Moses Levy was listed as a lithographer in the 1854 Philadelphia city directory.
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: Hohl, August
Description: August Hohl, a German lithographer, druggist, and amateur archaeologist and artifact collector, was born on April 9, 1845, immigrated to the United States in January 1848, and settled in Philadelphia. By 1860 he resided in the boarding house of Philip Hohl at 431 Callowhill Street (Ward 12) and worked as a lithographer. He left Philadelphia and enlisted as a musician in Company C, Regiment 29 of the New York Infantry in the spring of 1861 and was mustered out in 1863. By 1867 Hohl returned to Philadelphia, found employment as a clerk and druggist, and resided once again in Philip Hohl's hotel at 429-431 Callowhill Street. By 1874 he set up his own drug store at the northeast corner of Fourth Street and Girard Avenue, where he exhibited relics and curiosities from his travels abroad, including a piece of blue marble from the tomb of St. Luke at Ephesus, pebbles from the banks of the Jordan River and the Dead Sea, and other items found during excursions through Jerusalem, Egypt, Europe, and the Mediterranean. Hohl remained at Fourth and Girard until the end of the century. He married Julia A. S. Burr (1846-1899) and resided in the same property as his shop. A member of the Athelstan Lodge, No. 482, A.G.M. Kensington Chapter No. 233, Anna M. Ross Post, No. 94 G.A.R. Veteran Association, German Society, Philadelphia Turngemeinde, and the Quaker City Tourist Club, Hohl passed away on November 30, 1908 and was buried in Monument Cemetery.
Date: April 9, 1845-November 30, 1908
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Leonhardt, Thomas
Description: Thomas Leonhardt worked as an engraver and lithographer in Philadelphia from 1859 to 1860 with commercial lithographer Theodore Leonhardt at his 609 Chestnut Street establishment. He also resided in Theodore's household at 518 South Fourth Street in Center City (Ward 5)., Thomas was possibly conflated with Theodore Leonhardt in Philadelphia city directories.
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: Clancy, Peter
Description: Peter Clancy, born 1841 in Pennsylvania, son of waterman Timothy Clancy (1801-ca. 1860) worked as a lithographic printer in Philadelphia between 1860 and 1866. A member of the Lithographic Printers' Union, Clancy worked with his brother-in-law, Charles Ross, at 929 North Front Street in 1861. They also shared a residence in the early 1860s in Ward 11 at 109 Green Street, until his sister, Ross's wife, Kate Clancy (b. 1838), died in 1862. His other sister Hannah (1845-1863) died a year later. Clancy also died young, at the age of twenty-five on March 17, 1866.
Date: 1841-March 17, 1866
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: Miller, Charles F.
Description: Charles F. Miller, born ca. 1842 in Baden, Germany, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia in 1860 and resided with his mother Julia (b. ca. 1797) in South Philadelphia (Ward 1).
Date: b. ca. 1842
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Coggins, E. H. (Edward H.)
Description: Edward H. Coggins, born ca. 1822 in Pennsylvania, worked as a flour and feed dealer, engraver, printer, stationer and photographer in Philadelphia between 1851 and 1862. He began work as an engraver in 1853 at the northwest corner of Eighth and Market Streets (30 North Eighth Street), where he remained for his career in the printing trade, including acting as publisher of the L. N. Rosenthal lithograph reissue of "An East Prospect of the City of Philadelphia" (1854). In 1859, Horatio N. Harbach partnered with Coggins, but by 1861 Theodore J. Harbach took over his interest of the business (renamed Harbach & Bros.). Consequently, Coggins changed his profession to photographer and removed from Center City to Hestonville (West Philadelphia), where he opened and operated a portrait gallery on Lancaster Avenue above the railroad depot until the early years of the Civil War and his enlistment ca. 1862., Near the beginning of his career in the printing trade (1850), Coggins lived with his father and siblings in the Spring Garden Ward (Ward 1) and by the end (i.e., 1860) he resided in Ward 24 in Hestonville, on Lancaster Avenue, with one servant, Eliza Higbee., A soldier in Company P of the 28th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, Coggins died of wounds inflicted during the Battle of Antietam at the end of September 1862.
Date: ca. 1822-1862
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: Una, Bernard H.
Description: Bernard H. Una, born ca. 1816 in Germany, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia ca. 1855 - 1863. Listed as a merchant on the ship's passenger list, Una arrived in New York on the ship "Yorktown" with his wife Josephine (b. ca. 1827) in January 1851. He later settled in Philadelphia and was naturalized on October 4, 1858. He worked at 57 South Fourth Street in 1859, and with partners Louis Wagner and Otto Knirsch from 1861 to 1862 at 429 Walnut Street, where the partnership produced works including sheet music covers., In 1860 Una resided with his family, including four Pennsylvania-born children, at 504 South Fifth Street in Center City (Ward 5). By 1870 Una had relocated to Boston, worked as a lithographer at 34 Chauncy Street and 109 Summer Street, and lived in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood. He worked in New York and resided in Hoboken, New Jersey by 1873, and two years later, resided in Detroit, Michigan. A widower by 1880, Una resided with his children and older sister Sarah (b. ca. 1807) in Hoboken, New Jersey.
Date: b. ca. 1816
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Bechler, Gustavus Reinhold
Description: Gustavus Reinhold Bechler, a surveyor, born in Saxony, Germany on March 13, ca. 1830 was active as a Philadelphia lithographer who specialized in maps during the 1850s and 1860s. Bechler immigrated to the United States ca. 1850, declared his intention for naturalization in 1852, and gained his citizenship in 1855. During this period, he found employment as a lithographer and engraver with the Robert P. Smith Map Publishing House at 17 Minor Street, later 517-521 Minor Street. Bechler's work published by Smith included three county maps of Michigan and a county, gazetteer and state map of New York, the latter of which he worked with lithographers George Worley, William Bracher, Benjamin Matthias and Charles Reen., During the 1860s, Bechler delineated a world map printed by Thomas Wagner (1861) and published his own maps, including an atlas showing battles, engagements, and important localities connected with the campaigns in Virginia" (1864), a military map of Virginia printed by Worley & Bracher (1864), and "Map of Central Europe Containing Germany, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland and Portions of the Neighboring States England, France, Austria, Italy, Russia &c (1860s)., The lithographic trade held little hold for Bechler who preferred to survey his own maps than produce others' surveys. In 1872, he accepted a position as chief topographer on the Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories and spent four years surveying and mapping the American West, including the current Yellowstone Park, where a stream became known as the Bechtel River. Many of the maps issued as a result of this expedition were drawn by Bechler., In the early 1860s, Bechler lived with fellow lithographer Bracher, including at 1220 Thompson Street (the address that he gives on his 1862 passport application). He married Maria Carol I. Kuntz, a native of Württemberg on October 15, 1860, and although she does not appear listed in the 1870 census, she was granted letters of administration on his estate in 1893 when she lived in Edgewater, Staten Island.
Date: March 13, ca. 1830-ca. 1892
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Abbott, George W.
Description: George W. Abbott worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia in 1874. He resided at 908 Reed Street.
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Tholeys
Description: The Tholeys, comprised of father Michael (b. ca. 1802) and brothers Charles P. (1832-1895) and Augustus J. (ca. 1844-1898), were German lithographers, artists, and painters active in Philadelphia ca. 1851-1895., Michael Tholey, born in Germany ca. 1802, immigrated to Philadelphia with his sons ca. 1848. By 1851, he had partnered with looking-glass and picture frame manufactory owner Gustave Pelman. Their short-lived partnership dissolved by September 1851, and Michael was listed as a painter at 246 Callowhill Street in an 1852 Philadelphia city directory., The Tholeys created bank notes for the United States government (according to Peters) and delineated lithographs printed by E. Ketterlinus, John Smith, P. S. Duval, David Chillas, Thomas Wagner, and Jacob Haehnlen. Charles, and possibly his father and brother, were also employed by Bowen & Co. (s.w. corner of Eleventh and Chestnut Streets) in 1863. They subsequently went into business for themselves in the early 1870s at 419 Green Street (Michael's home address) and received commissions to depict cityscape views, landscapes, and historical scenes., Later in their careers, presumably after Michael's death in the late 1870s, Augustus and Charles created paintings and pastel portraits. August worked for the Devine Printing Company at 909 Arch Street as an artist in the late 1880s and into the 1890s. Charles passed away on April 26, 1895 and August three years later on January 12, 1898.
Date: fl. ca. 1851-1895
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Weiss, Peter
Description: Peter Weiss, younger brother of Philadelphia map lithographer Jacob Weiss, born ca. 1845 in Germany, was active as a lithographer and engraver in Philadelphia between 1863 and 1901. Weiss immigrated to Philadelphia in 1863 and probably worked at his brother's establishments at 600 Chestnut Street and 320 Walnut Street before Jacob's death in 1866. By 1867, he resided at 430 Appletree Alley, the former residence of lithographer George Eimerman (1865-1866) and his brother Jacob (1865-1866). From the mid to late 1870s, Weiss continued in the trade and resided with his widowed sister-in-law Henrietta at 511 Wood Street. By the 1880 census, Weiss identified himself as a widower and boarded with the Glissmer family at 1108 Callowhill Street (Ward 10). By the time of his death on April 21, 1901, Weiss lived with his older brother George W. at 1011 Tioga Street (Ward 33).
Date: ca. 1845-April 21, 1901
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Bastian, Jerome A.
Description: Jerome A. Bastian, born circa 1832 in Pennsylvania, was a lithographer in Philadelphia from ca. 1850 to 1870. In 1850, he worked as a lithographer, lived in Moyamensing Ward 4 with his parents, siblings, and another family, and by 1856 worked at Wagner & McGuigan's establishment at 4 Franklin Place. Bastian served as a private in the 23rd Regiment of the Pennsylvania Infantry during the Civil War, and returned to Philadelphia after the conflict. By 1878 he is listed as a lithographer and printer in Jersey City, New Jersey directories until at least the early 1890s., Bastian lived at 1209 South Ninth Street and was married to Margaret (b. ca. 1835) with whom he had three children: Mary (b. ca. 1854), John J. (b. ca. 1856), and Charles (b. 1860) by 1860.
Date: b. ca. 1832
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Landis, T. J. Shepherd
Description: T. J. Shepherd Landis, was a lithographer in Philadelphia, Newark, and New York who alone and in partnerships produced from the 1880s-1910s a number of views of cities in New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut., Known non-view work includes the "Broad St. Baptist Church. Philadelphia, Penna." drawn and lithographed by Landis ca. 1875.
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Foulk, Frederick
Description: Frederick Foulk, born about 1831 in Bavaria, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia from 1855 until 1875. He resided at 621 Tamarind (i.e., North Hope) Street in Ward 11 with his Wurttenberg-born wife, Sophia (b. ca. 1831), and their three Pennsylvania-born children, Amelia (b. ca. 1856), Pauline (b. ca. 1857) and Frederick (b. 1860).
Date: b. ca. 1831
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Nissle, J.
Description: J. Nissle, a mid-19th century Philadelphia lithographer, designed and lithographed "John Weik's (Philadelphia) kochbuecher (cookbooks)" printed in 1856 by Herline & Co.
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Martin, James
Description: James Martin worked as a lithographer for P.S. Duval & Son in Philadelphia from 1857-1859. He resided north of Center City (Ward 14) at 1012 Carlton Street in 1858 and 1223 Hamilton Street in 1859.
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Chillas, David
Description: David Chillas, born ca. 1817 in Scotland, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia from 1852 to 1858. Chillas immigrated to Philadelphia by 1842 where he was naturalized on April 18, 1842. A lithographer of "labels, illustrations, maps, charts &c., executed in the best and most expeditious manner," Chillas entered the trade in 1852 when he partnered with Alphonse Brett (A. Brett & Co.) at Goldsmiths' Hall on Library Street near Fifth Street. Following the dissolution of the partnership in February 1853 and public auction of A. Brett & Co.'s stock, including lithographic plates, Chillas established his own firm at 50 (i.e., 112-114) South Third Street, later known as the Bulletin Building. He operated at the location producing advertisements, cityscapes, and certificates until 1858 when he left the trade and relocated to Delaware to farm., After Chillas arrived in Philadelphia in 1842 and before entering lithography, he worked as a merchant at the North American Coal Company (99 South Front Street) with his older brother Arthur (b. ca. 1810), president of the firm since 1839. After marrying Philadelphia-native Mary F. B. de la Roche in the fall of 1842, David relocated to Pottsville as an assignee, resident agent, and coal operator for the coal company. By 1850 he still resided at the Pottsville South Ward with his family, including two children, Louisa (b. ca. 1843) and Arthur (b. ca. 1849). By 1853 he resided at 7 South Penn Square in Philadelphia when he established his own lithographic firm. Chillas and his wife, while living in Philadelphia, had two more children, Emma (b. 1853) and Richard (b. 1855). Additional children Frances (b. 1858) and David W. (b. 1859) would be born in Delaware., Following his relocation to Delaware, the December 6, 1859 edition of the "Baltimore Sun" noted the sale of Chilas's 131-acre farm near Newark, Delaware to Thomas Lum of Philadelphia for $11,250. He remained as a Delaware farmer as of the 1860 census when listed at Mill Creek Hundred with real estate valued at $67,000 and a personal estate worth $5,000. During the Civil War, he earned enough income to be taxed by the I.R.S. (1862-1863) and published several advertisements for "water power to rent" from his Newark, Delaware location in 1864 in Philadelphia, New York and Delaware newspapers. Although still listed in the 1870 census at Mill Creek Hundred, New Castle, Delaware, with real estate valued at $25,000 and a personal estate worth $2,640, he possibly was the David Chillas who worked as a retail dealer in Burning Springs, West Virginia as noted in the 1865 I.R.S. tax assessments. According to the Federal census mortality schedule index lists, Chillas died at the age of sixty-three as a farmer in New Castle County, Delaware in 1880.
Date: ca. 1817-1880
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Dubois, George
Description: George Dubois, proprietor of The Fall River Lithographic Company, born in France in 1811, was a lithographer who worked in Philadelphia ca. 1850-ca. 1852. An artist for the French army in the 1820s and 1830s, Dubois resettled in Germany after 1833 and pursued a career in lithography. Immigrating to the United States in 1848, Dubois settled in Philadelphia in 1850 and worked with lithographers Frederick Kuhl and Frederick Bourquin on architectural and genre views. While in Philadelphia DuBois lived in Northern Liberties (Ward 4), with his wife Charlotte (b. ca. 1811) and children, including his lithographer step son Albert. They also resided briefly in Camden, New Jersey, before the family relocated to the Boston area by 1853., In 1859, the DuBois family resettled in Fall River, Massachusetts, where by 1866, George and his family were the sole owners of The Fall River Lithographic Company, which created advertising posters, labels, trade cards, fruit boxes, and other ephemera for local manufacturers. The original firm dissolved in 1869, at which time Hugo and Oscar, two of George's sons, established the H. W. Dubois & Company. Their business specialized in chromolithography until the company ceased operations in 1880.
Date: 1811-1888
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Cerveau
Description: Cerveau, was a partner in Wagner & Cerveau, at "n.w. cor. of Walnut & 2nd" Street who issued ca. mid 1830s-mid 1850s the portrait lithograph "John Vaughan, Esq. From the original picture by T. B. Welch in the possession of Jacob Snider, Jun.", Peter suggests Thomas Wagner as the partner. Given the period of Wagner's activeness in the lithographic trade, the print and partnership would date to the early 1840s.
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Spohni, George
Description: George Spohni, born in France ca. 1822, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia between ca. 1850 and ca. 1870. Spohni, was married to Barbara (b. ca. 1822), a native of Germany, with whom he had seven children, including two lithographer sons Herman (b. ca. 1843) and Charles (b. ca. 1847) and a son George who died in 1872 at 27 years of age., During the 1850s, Spohni resided in Philadelphia and worked at the firm of Thomas Sinclair, including a period of time with his son Charles, at 311 Chestnut Street. By the following decade, he relocated to a Camden residence and was employed at the firm of Jacob Haehnlen (418 Library Street). Between 1867 and 1868, Spohni worked on a number of historical lithographs, including "The Wedding of Pocohontas" (1867) published by Joseph Hoover and "Washington's Reception at the White House" (1867) published by Thomas Kelly of New York. After 1869, Spohni appears to work as a sole proprietor of a lithographic business from 123 South Third Street.
Date: b. ca. 1822
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Wagner, Thomas S.
Description: Thomas S. Wagner, engraver and lithographer, born in Pennsylvania in 1813 or 1814, was a partner in Wagner & McGuigan, one of the premier and most prolific lithographic establishments of the mid 19th century., Active as a lithographer from 1840, Wagner pursued publishing early in his career. In 1841, while employed by premier lithographer P. S. Duval. he established the illustrated periodical "The U.S. Ecclesiastical Portrait Gallery." Printed from Duval's studio at 7 Bank Alley, the periodical illustrated with the work of acclaimed portraitist Albert Newsam, survived for only about a year., Wagner continued at the studio of Duval until 1844 when he partnered with Edward Pinkerton, and James McGuigan (1818/19-1874) in Pinkerton, Wagner & McGuigan. Following the departure of Pinkerton ca. 1845, Wagner partnered with McGuigan until ca. 1859 at 4 Franklin Place. The firm was prolific in the production of advertisements and an innovator in chromolithography and steamed powered lithographic printing., In 1857, a fire destroyed the building of the firm and the partnership of Wagner & McGuigan dissolved by 1859. Wagner then continued in the trade as sole proprietor of a firm executing "Lithography in all its branches," including printing in colors. He was also one of the few publishers of wooden lithographic puzzles and received a number of commissions from the federal government. Consequently in 1859, he acted as a prime witness in the congressional investigation of the Superintendent of Printing. He also manufactured lamp shades as noted in an 1864 city directory listing., Despite professional success, Wagner's personal life was purportedly marred by alcoholism. His 1847 endorsement as a member of "high standing in society" for the patent medicine "Dr.Cullen's Indian Vegetable Panacea" lends credence and the possible start of these troubles, which led to Wagner's death from diabetes on December 11, 1863 while a resident at 1239 North Second Street (Ward 17). At his death, his professional estate, as appraised by colleagues Louis N. Rosenthal and John Harvey, was valued at $3817.50 (about $67, 500 in 2008 dollars). It included 7 large presses, 15 small presses, 20 ink slabs, 12,500 lbs of stone above 26 inches in width ($1250), 8100 lbs of stone 16-26 inches, and 3800 lbs of stones less than 16 inches. His personal estate was valued at $4411., Married to Ellen by 1850, Wagner resided at multiple locations in Center City and Old City, before settling in Northern Liberties by the mid 1850s. By 1860, he had married second wife Annie and he had at least two children a daughter Ellen (b. ca. 1843), a stepson George Harold Theis, and possibly a son A.G., who may have been active in the trade with his father.
Date: 1813 or 1814- December 11, 1863
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: Kessler, William S.
Description: William S. Kessler, born in 1846 in the Northern Liberties, Philadelphia,was a partner in the lithographic establishment Breuker & Kessler. In the early 1870s, Kessler partnered with his brother, Charles R. Kessler in Kessler & Brother, hamemakers, before operating the lithographic firm of Breuker & Kessler with brother J. Millard Kessler., Entering the printing trade after his older brother Harry C. Kessler (original partner in Breuker & Kessler) relocated to Montana in the mid 1870s, William served as clerk and bookkeeper in 1878 and 1879 before working as a lithographer with the firm in the 1880s and 1890s.
Date: b. 1846
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Braidwood, Thomas W.
Description: Thomas W. Braidwood, born in Scotland ca. 1814, was a designer and superintendent of the Philadelphia School of Design for Women, i.e., Moore College of Art, who exhibited, on behalf of his students, lithographic drawings and stones at the 1852 Franklin Institute Exhibition of American Manufacturers., The work was awarded a first premium with the following comments, "The committee are highly gratified with the advance made by the pupils of the School of Design, an institution yet in its infancy, and destined, we feel assured, to realize the fondest wishes of its many friends. That the patronage so much needed will be given, the intelligence and liberality of this community leave not room to doubt; many of the specimens are very beautiful, and of the highest order of merit. We award them most justly A First Premium.", In 1850 Braidwood lived in the Northern Liberties ward and by 1860 in West Philadelphia.
Date: b. ca. 1814
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: Lewinhoff, Theodore
Description: See Leonhardt, Theodore.
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Pharazyn, Alfred
Description: Alfred Pharazyn, born ca. 1833 in England, operated a print coloring establishment, particularly lithographs, in Philadelphia from the 1850s to 1870s. By 1850 Pharazyn and his family had relocated to Philadelphia where he worked as a clerk and resided in the Pine Ward with his mother Maria (b. ca. 1805), a colorist, and his siblings, except for his brother, artist and colorist Henry (1822-1903). Within six years, Pharazyn was listed in credit reports with the jewelry, book, and coloring establishment he had taken over for his father at 103, i.e., 229, South Street. He employed 20-30 female colorists, entered a partnership to establish a dry goods store in Delaware, as well as issued three variants, with lithographer John L. Magee, of the sensational news event lithograph "Terrible Conflagration and Destruction of the Steamboat 'New Jersey,' on the Delaware River.", Despite a judgment in favor of payment of $875 to lithographer James McGuigan in 1861, Pharazyn continued his coloring and dry goods establishment and earned enough income during the 1860s to be taxed by the I.R.S. By 1867 he also expanded his South Street business to include housewares; owned several properties worth about $60, 000; had endured a robbery; and owned his store valued at $10,000. By the early 1870s, Pharazyn remained in the coloring trade, with a less than desirable credit rating due to his slow payments first cited in 1871. Pharazyn remained listed in city directories until 1878, with his last entry as a bookseller at 121 Dock Street., Pharazyn was married to Mary (nee McDevitt) who "principally attended" the dry goods business and with whom he had several children. Pharazyn lived in Center City throughout his career, with residences at 63 Prune Street (1853), 1700 block of Addison Street (1855), 530 Barron Street (1874), and 218 Spruce Street (1878). Pharazyn died before 1885 when his wife was listed as a widow at 221 McClellan. Given his lack of entries in city directories after 1878, he probably died around this time.
Date: b. ca. 1833-ca. 1878
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Dougherty, Hugh
Description: Hugh Dougherty, born about 1843 in Pennsylvania, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia in 1860. He boarding with Mary Dougherty (b. ca. 1845) in the household of brickmaker Charles Carr at 2006 Pine Street (Ward 8).
Date: b. ca. 1843
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Magee, John L.
Description: John L. Magee, born in New York ca. 1820, was a mid 19th-century New York and Philadelphia artist, engraver, and lithographer, who specialized in cartoons and event prints. An apprentice of [James?] Ackerman, Magee executed lithographs for New York publishers, including James Baillie and Nathaniel Currier, 1840-ca. 1852. Early in his career, he also exhibited three original paintings at the National Academy of Design, including "The Mischievous Boy" in 1844, which he later printed as a lithograph. Magee also pursued engraving and between the mid 1840s and mid 1850s, Magee engraved illustrations for a number of children's picture books published by Turner & Fisher (Boston, N.Y., Phila., Baltimore). By 1850 he published cartoons from his own establishment at 34 Mott Street before relocating to Philadelphia after 1852., Magee, not to be confused with stationer and envelope publisher J. (i.e., James) Magee, 316 Chestnut Street, began to be a listed "lithographer" in Philadelphia directories in 1855. Somewhat of an itinerant lithographer, he worked from the establishments of Thomas Sinclair (101 Chestnut), Benjamin F. Mifflin (217 Walnut Street), Frederick Pilliner (49 South Third Street), and John Hart (305 Walnut) as well as his own at 63 (i.e., 200 block) Walnut Street, 261 South Sixth Street, 22 South Fifth Street, and Third and Dock streets. In 1856, he issued his first local sensational news event print, "Terrible Conflagration and Destruction of the Steamboat New Jersey..." with Alfred Pharazyn and over the next ten years would become the near sole publisher of such prints in the city. Magee issued his last known event prints 1866-1867, including "The Second Great Match for the Championship..." depicting the Philadelphia Athletics and Brooklyn Atlantics. During this time, Magee also continued to design political cartoons as well as execute portraits, church views, and Civil War imagery for colleagues and as his own publications. After 1869, Magee appears to have departed from the trade although he was listed as a lithographer in the 1870 census., Magee was married to Anne (b. ca. 1830) with whom he had three children, Emma (b. ca. 1850), Walter (b. ca. 1857), and Howard (b. ca. 1860). While working in Philadelphia, he resided predominately in South Philadelphia at 48 Passyunk Road (ca. 1857), the 100 block of Morris Street (1860-ca.1865?), and 1128 Carpenter Street by 1868, in addition to a brief residency in 1867 at the Jones Exchange Hotel (77 Dock street) near his printing studio. By 1870, Magee lived with only his children and had a personal estate of $350 (i.e., about $6000 in 2008); about three times more its value in 1860.
Date: b. ca. 1820
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Gramer, Charles
Description: Charles Gramer, born ca. 1830 in Germany, worked in several different locations as a lithographer and map colorist in Philadelphia 1860-ca. 1875. From 1864 to 1866 he was employed at 531 Commerce Street, the same address as photographers Edward and William Rehn and the paper warehouse of Martin Nixon. Between 1866 and 1867, he worked from 1 Forrest Place, Harmony Court, and Hudson's Alley. In 1869, he was located at North Twelfth and Market Streets. After remaining unlisted in the early 1870s, from 1877 to 1878, Philadelphia city directories list Gramer as a canvasser, and by the 1880s, a weaver. Gramer was married to Josephine A. (b. ca. 1841) with whom he had five children, and resided at 929 North Sixth Street while working as a map colorer.
Date: 1830-July 16, 1906
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Brushman, Charles
Description: Charles Brushman, born about 1825 in Pennsylvania, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia in 1850 and 1870. He resided in the Dock Ward in 1850. He married Amelia (b. ca. 1830), with whom he had four children: Amelia (b. 1855), Henry (b. 1860), Lotta (b.1860) and Charles (b. 1865), and resided in Ward 5 by 1870.
Date: b. ca. 1825
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: Wynkoop, John Johnson
Description: John Johnson Wynkoop, born on February 1, 1830 in Hurley, Ulster County, New York, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia 1857-ca. 1886. Wynkoop located to Philadelphia as a lithographer about 1857. He worked at the address of the map establishment of Robert Pearsall Smith until ca. 1863. Also an artist and painter, he operated his own business at 154 South Fourth Street from 1868 to 1877. He resided in West Philadelphia on North Thirty-Eighth Street and later on North Fortieth Street from 1865 to 1886. He was married to Caroline Mathilde Dubois (b. ca. 1830-1886), with whom he had three children, John (ca. 1852) who also entered the lithography trade, Caroline (b. ca. 1854) and Cornelius (ca. 1857). Wynkoop continued to work as a lithographer until ca. 1886.
Date: b. February 1, 1830
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Young, Andrew H.
Description: Andrew H. Young, born in Pennsylvania in August 1836, worked as an apprentice lithographer in 1860. He lived in Southwest Center City with his Irish-born father James, a laborer; mother Mary; and four younger Pennsylvania-born siblings. Young worked as a policeman by the later 1860s and until the early 1870s, when he began a career as a clerk and inspector for the Philadelphia Gas Works. By this time, he had married Jane (b. ca. 1845), started a family and settled at 1730 Barker i.e., Ludlow Street in Center City (Ward 9). Shortly after 1900 he moved with his family to 5600 Woodland Avenue in West Philadelphia (Ward 40), where he passed away on April 3, 1911 at the age of 75.
Date: August 1836-April 3, 1911
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Barton, Samuel
Description: Samuel Barton, born ca. 1831 in Pennsylvania, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia in 1860. He lived with presumably his brother, and fellow lithographer, Peter Barton (b. ca. 1816) in a hotel in the Sixth Ward. Sarah Barton, (b. ca. 1840), possibly a sister, resided with the men as well.
Date: b. ca. 1831
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Bridport, Hugh
Description: Hugh Bridport, born in England in 1794, was a portrait painter, drawing instructor, architect, and engraver, who practiced lithography in Philadelphia 1828-1830s. Trained at the Royal Academy and with miniature painter Charles Wilkins, Bridport immigrated to Philadelphia with his artist brother George in 1816. Soon after their arrival, the brothers established an architectural drawing academy that operated until 1822. In 1824, Bridport served as a founding member of the Franklin Institute and taught architectural drawing classes there until 1833., During the latter portion of this time, Bridport engaged in the trade of lithography with Kennedy & Lucas, the first commercial establishment in the city. He lithographed two of Kennedy & Lucas's earliest prints "Cowell as Crack in The Turnpike Gate" (1828) and "The Pagoda and Labyrinth Gardens, near Fairmount" (1828). Bridport would continue to work with Kennedy & Lucas as a lithographer as well as with the early premier firms of C. G. Childs and M. E. D. Brown. Although predominately a lithographer of portraits, including one of Rev. W.H. Furness, Bridport also drew the noted lithograph "Camp Meeting" after the painting by Alexander Rider as well as views of Niagara Falls ca. 1830. Bridport's work in lithography tapered off in the early 1830s and he focused his artistic career on portrait painting., From the 1810s to 1840s, Bridport also exhibited paintings at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art and Artist's Fund Society. In the 1860s, he earned sufficient income to be taxed by the I.R.S.; representative of his 1860 census listing as a "gentleman" with a personal estate worth $15,000 (ca. $400,000 in 2008 dollars)., During his lithographic career, he maintained a portrait painting studio at Fifth and Chestnut streets and lived at 2 Ranstead Court in 1833. Bridport was married to Rachel (b. ca. 1820) with whom he had at least three children. Bridport died on July 17, 1870 with his final listing in the census as a "merchant."
Date: 1794-July 27, 1870
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Armstrong, George
Description: George Armstrong was a lithographer listed in the 1861 Philadelphia city directory. He resided at 748 Fitzwater Street.
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Hitchcock, William E.
Description: William E. Hitchcock, born in Pennsylvania ca. 1822, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia ca. 1852-ca. 1861. Hitchcock lithographed work for P. S. Duval and John T. Bowen, including sheet music covers and book illustrations. Most of his known lithographs are plates printed by Bowen for Cassin's "Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America" (1855) and Audubon's "The Birds of America" ( 1840-1844) and "The Quadrupeds of North America" (1849-1854)., According to Peters, Hitchcock also delineated drawings for naturalist Louis Agassiz and worked for Thomas Sinclair whose son John married his daughter. Although also purported by Peters to have killed himself in 1880, Hitchcock worked as a teller at the Western Saving Fund (1000 Walnut Street) by this time with a residence at 2126 Mt. Vernon Street. He remained in this profession to at least 1900., Hitchcock was married to Harriet (b. ca. 1829) with whom he had several children. In 1855, he was listed in city directories with the profession of ornithology at 1 Park Place and resided nearby at Twentieth and Locust Streets. In 1861, he lived at 1418 Chestnut Street and in South Philadelphia by 1870. During the 1880s and 1890s he lived at 2126 Mt. Vernon Street and 809 North Twenty-fourth Street. His household often included a servant, and in 1860 he owned real estate valued at $2000., Hitchcock is most likely the William E. Hitchcock noted in the "Philadelphia Inquirer" who died at 85 years of age on May 30, 1906.
Date: ca. 1822-May 30, 1906
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Thurwanger, Joseph
Description: Joseph Thurwanger, born March, 1836 in New York to German parents Francis Thurwanger and Verena Kohler, worked as a lithographer, printer, and tavern keeper in Philadelphia ca. 1860-ca. 1883. The Thurwangers moved from New York to Pottsville, Pennsylvania, where Francis operated an eating house by 1850. The Thurwangers relocated to Philadelphia by 1855, when city directories list Francis as a trimmer working from 92 South Twelfth Street. After his father's death, Thurwanger's mother, a portrait, genre and religious painter, continued the business as a picture seller from 1711 Sansom Street in 1859. By 1860, the family resided, without Francis, in Center City (Ward 8). Thurwanger's brothers John and Charles were also lithographers., Thurwanger married Allwina (b. ca. 1840, Germany), resided in Kensington (Ward 20), and had an infant son Henry, by 1870. By 1880, the family remained in Kensington and included another three children at 1526 Thompson Street. The Thurwanger family moved to Lansdowne, Pennsylvania ca. 1883. The 1900 census lists another son, born in 1882, and lists Thurwanger as a widow. He remained in Lansdowne until his death sometime after 1910.
Date: March 1836-after 1910
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Collis, Francis
Description: Francis Collis was active in the printing trades, including lithography, in Philadelphia in the mid-1860s. He was nominated for treasurer of the Lithographic Printers Union in 1862 and worked as an engraver at 412 Girard Avenue in Philadelphia in 1867.
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Albright, William
Description: William Albright, born May 23, 1793 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania to German printer, John Albright (1745-1806), worked intermittently in Philadelphia as an ornamental painter, lithographic artist, limner, "dancing-master," and teacher of drawing from 1815 to 1845. Albright delineated the color plates for the "Floral Magazine and Botanical Repository" (Philadelphia, 1832-1834), which were lithographed by various Philadelphia firms, including Childs & Inman, Kennedy & Lucas, M.E.D. Brown, and J. F. & C. A. Watson., In 1820, Albright returned to Lancaster at his father's bequest, where until 1836, he continued the publication of the "New and Improved North American Almanac" started by Francis Bailey in 1775, and assumed by his father's company, Steiner, Albrecht and Lahn in 1787. The same year, he also married Mary Weaver with whom he had one daughter, Anna M. Albright (1822-1855)., Albright returned to Philadelphia ca. 1837, and following a year as a dance master, taught drawing at 21 South Fifth Street until his death in 1852.
Date: May 23, 1793-1852
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Ketterlinus, Eugene
Description: Eugene Ketterlinus, born August 13, 1824 in Württemberg, Germany, was a prolific commercial lithographer and printer, renown for his label work, active in Philadelphia from 1842-1886. Grandson of German engraver William Ketterlinus (1766-1803) and brother of fellow printers Paul (1820-1894) and Adolphus (ca. 1826-ca. 1867), Eugene arrived in the United States in the early 1830s. He apprenticed with Paul in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, before forming E. Ketterlinus & Co. in Philadelphia in 1842 at North Fourth Street below Arch Street. Eugene and Paul operated from the location until 1855 and produced color stock cards and labels earlier than any other Philadelphia firm as well as advertised their "plain & fancy printing," including illustrated congressional documents, "embossed show cards, perfumery, fabric, wine and liquor labels, druggists' furniture, jar and drawer labels, cards, bill heads, notes, checks, circulars, and catalogues.", In 1854, Ketterlinus also partnered with Jacob Haehnlen, a Harrisburg native previously engaged in the grocery business. During the years of their co-partnership, Ketterlinus exhibited work at the Franklin Institute's Exhibitions of American Manufactures (1854 and 1856) and relocated his establishment to the northwest corner of Fourth and Arch Streets (401 Arch Street). Formerly the site of C. A. Brown & Co.'s book store, Ketterlinus purchased the lot and commissioned the construction of a five-story iron and brick building for his business and rentable retail space on the ground level. The partnership with Haehnlen dissolved by December 1857 and by 1858 Ketterlinus printed manufacturer label's that rivaled European designs and earned the highest praise from the Franklin Institute., Following the amicable disassociation, Ketterlinus's business continued to thrive and expand well into the 1870s. By 1871, R.G. Dun & Co. credit reports indicate Ketterlinus's printing business estimated worth at about $250,000 and he owned approximately $500,000 worth of real estate in Philadelphia. The success of his printing business combined with his real estate savvy attributed to his increasing personal wealth. Around the same time that he acquired 401 Arch Street in the early 1850s, Ketterlinus purchased 311 and 313 Arch Street with the intention of renting the properties to wholesale businesses. He also owned and rented a series of six stores below Cherry Street at 117 to 127 North Fourth Street, all of which were destroyed by fire in 1878., In 1874, Ketterlinus's brother-in-law John F. Reyenthaler became the sole proprietor of the printing establishment known by this time as the Ketterlinus Printing House. Reyenthaler's ownership and involvement in the company was short-lived and in 1876 Ketterlinus's son John Louis became proprietor and focused on creating advertising trade cards for businesses, which he displayed at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. By this time the Ketterlinus Printing House employed the most advanced equipment available, such as the Hoe steam power press, and maintained a large typographic department with cylinder presses. The firm remained in operation until ca. 1970., After arriving in Philadelphia, Ketterlinus originally resided with his two brothers, Paul and Adolphus, at 34 Old York Road, before moving with his family to North Fifth Street in Northern Liberties by 1849. Ketterlinus then moved to several residences within Ward 2 before settling on School House Lane in Germantown around 1861. Although married to Anna Marie (b. ca. 1832) with whom he had his first child in 1848, Ketterlinus had previously fathered a son with Barbara Helig in November 1847 to whom a court ruled he pay support. Ketterlinus and his wife had six children, including Mary A., Millie, lithographer John Louis, William K., Eugene, and Kate W. By 1876 he had retired from his business and left the company to his son John Louis. Ketterlinus passed away on June 15, 1886.
Date: August 13, 1824-June 15, 1886
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

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