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- Title
- Oxford Carpet Mills, Wm. Hogg, Jr. Philadelphia
- Description
- Advertisement depicting the manufactory complex at 140 Oxford Street built between 1858 and 1868 in Kensington. Also shows light street and pedestrian traffic, including a horse-drawn omnibus. The business was established by William Hogg, Sr. in 1832. William Hogg, Jr. assumed sole operation in 1850., Probably engraved by John Serz., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Madelyn Wolke, Lucianne Reichert, and Clifford A. Mohwinkel Jr.
- Date
- [ca. 1870]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Serz [P.9773.78c]
- Title
- [X. Bazin, steam fancy soap works and perfumery, 917 Cherry Street, Philadelphia]
- Description
- Advertisement depicting the manufactory and laboratory complex. Also shows crates lining the sidewalks and street and pedestrian traffic, including a horse-drawn wagon hauling crates and departing the complex. Bazin served as the lab director for perfumer Eugene Roussel from circa 1840 to circa 1849 when he assumed proprietorship of the business. Bazin continued to use Roussel’s name until circa 1853. The Bazin family owned the business until 1884., Probably engraved by John Serz., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Madelyn Wolke, Lucianne Reichert, and Clifford A. Mohwinkel Jr.
- Date
- [ca. 1870]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Serz [P.9773.76a]
- Title
- Allen's Furniture Warehouse, Philadelphia
- Description
- Advertisement depicting the multi-story storefront for cabinetmakers Allen & Bro. (Joseph and James C.) erected in 1860 at 1209 Chestnut Street. Also shows pedestrians looking at furniture visible in the large display windows. The building contained salesrooms on the lower floors and upholstery and finishing rooms on the upper ones. Allen & Bro. was originally established by William Allen in 1836. The business specialized in custom orders and exhibited at the Centennial Exhibition of 1876., Probably engraved by John Serz., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Madelyn Wolke, Lucianne Reichert, and Clifford A. Mohwinkel Jr., Variant wood engraving published in I. L. Vansant, ed., The royal road to wealth (Philadelphia: Samuel Loag, (1869?)], opp. p. 43.
- Date
- [ca. 1870]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Serz [P.9773.76c]
- Title
- [Gumpert Bros., cigar manufacturers, 1341 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.]
- Description
- Advertisement depicting the factory during the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 adorned with several signs, including ones illustrated with allegorical figures and patriotic imagery. Passersby look at displays of boxes in the window near pedestrians walking on the sidewalk. In the street, a man on horseback, and a horse-drawn carriage and omnibus travel. Also shows partial views of adjacent buildings. Gumpert Bros, originally W.H. Grumpert, was established in 1856. The firm name changed to Gumpert Bros in 1866 and the business removed from the site in 1879., Probably engraved by John Serz., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Madelyn Wolke, Lucianne Reichert, and Clifford A. Mohwinkel Jr.
- Date
- [1876]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Serz [P.9773.76e]
- Title
- [Joseph Beckhaus carriage factory, 1204 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa.]
- Description
- Advertisement depicting the factory and office at 1204 Frankford Avenue. Coaches line the street in front of the establishment and pedestrians walk on the sidewalk. Beckhaus was originally established as Beckhaus, Allgaier, and Petry in 1853. Beckhaus assumed sole operation about 1869., Probably engraved by John Serz., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Madelyn Wolke, Lucianne Reichert, and Clifford A. Mohwinkel Jr.
- Date
- [ca. 1870]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Serz [P.9773.76d]
- Title
- Philadelphia. [View from Peter's Farm]
- Description
- Panoramic view looking east past the Schuylkill River from the estate of Judge Richard Peters (Belmont) in West Fairmount Park. In the foreground, a family, including a man with a telescope enjoys the vista, cows graze in the pasture, and a locomotive travels through the covered Columbia Railroad Bridge. In the background, cityscape, including Girard College, Fairmount Water Works, the Wire Suspension Bridge, and several church steeples are visible., Part of title and name of artist, engraver and publisher from duplicate in collection [**Ph Pr - Views, P.9431.1], Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Madelyn Wolke, Lucianne Reichert, and Clifford A. Mohwinkel Jr., Trimmed.
- Creator
- Serz, John, engraver
- Date
- [ca. 1865]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Serz [P.9773.21]
- Title
- Joseph J. Cana[v]an morocco factory Philadelphia
- Description
- Advertisement depicting the manufactory complex at 1225 North Fifth Street (Canal Street between Thompson and Girard avenues). complex included a slaughterhouse, drying rooms, pulling shop, and office and sales room. A horse-drawn dray loaded with goods departs from the exit way between two sections of buildings that contain a flag and working smokestack. Also shows a worker in a doorway and a few pedestrians., Probably engraved by John Serz., Name of business misspelled in title: Canaran., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Madelyn Wolke, Lucianne Reichert, and Clifford A. Mohwinkel Jr.
- Date
- [ca. 1870]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Serz [P.9773.76b]
- Title
- [View showing the grounds of the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa.]
- Description
- Shows four of the main buildings near the Schuylkill River. Includes the Art Gallery, Main Building, Machinery Hall, and Horticultural Hall. Also shows sailing vessels, including the steamboat "Belmont," traversing the river in the foreground. Majority of the buildings were built after the designs of Herman Schwartzmann, Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. The centennial of the United States was celebrated through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art in West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia., Probably by John Serz., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Madelyn Wolke, Lucianne Reichert, and Clifford A. Mohwinkel Jr.
- Date
- [1876]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Serz [P.9773.3]
- Title
- William D. Rogers & Co. Carriage Manufactory, Philadelphia
- Description
- View showing the manufactory and warerooms of the premier carriage business built in 1857 and 1860 at 1009 and 1011 Chestnut Street. Several smokestacks adorn the buildings, carriages on display line the street, and pedestrians walk on the sidewalk. Rogers established his manufactory in 1846 and in 1870 partnered with Joseph Moore, Jr. to form William D. Rogers & Co., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Madelyn Wolke, Lucianne Reichert, and Clifford A. Mohwinkel Jr., Variant published in Charles Robson, Manufactories & manufacturers of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: Galaxy Publishing Co., 1875).
- Creator
- H.B Hall & Sons, engraver
- Date
- [ca. 1875]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Serz [P.9773.23a]
- Title
- Theo. Wilson & Co.'s steam ship bread, cracker, & cake bakery, 212 & 214 North Front St. Phila
- Description
- Advertisement depicting the one-block deep manufactory and "retail sales rooms" adorned in signage. Signs advertise "bread and crackers" for export and "All Kinds of Crackers, Soda Biscuits, Sugar Biscuit, Cakes &c &c. Pilot and Navy Bread." Barrels are visible in upper freight windows and pedestrians walk on the sidewalk. During the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, the company, renamed Walter G. Wilson & Co., introduced animal crackers to America. The building was razed by fire in 1879., Probably engraved by John Serz., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Madelyn Wolke, Lucianne Reichert, and Clifford A. Mohwinkel Jr.
- Date
- [ca. 1870]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Serz [P.9773.79b]
- Title
- Baugh & Sons, manufacturers of raw bone super phosphate of lime. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Description
- Advertisement depicting the manufactory at 20 South Delaware Avenue. Freight ramps are visible, and vessels sail on the Delaware River in the foreground. Edward P. and son Daniel Baugh formed Baugh & Sons in 1855 in Chester County. The plant relocated to Philadelphia in 1860. Daniel assumed operations of the business with branches in Baltimore and Norfolk, Va. in 1888., Probably engraved by John Serz., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Madelyn Wolke, Lucianne Reichert, and Clifford A. Mohwinkel Jr.
- Date
- [ca. 1870]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Serz [P.9773.79a]
- Title
- White, Hentz & Co., refiners of spirits & importers of wines & liquours, 222 North Second Street Philadelphia, Penn
- Description
- Advertisement depicting the "front view" and "rear view" of the four-story storefront of the liquor business originally established in 1793 by Philip Wager. Barrels are visible in the first floor and rear of the establishment. Signage adorns the buildings. Also includes pedestrian traffic, a laborer, and partial views of the adjoining businesses. William R. White and J. Henry Hentz, Jr. assumed the business in 1849 and erected the 222 building in 1860. The business operated from the location until 1918., Probably engraved by John Serz., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Madelyn Wolke, Lucianne Reichert, and Clifford A. Mohwinkel Jr.
- Date
- [ca. 1870]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Serz [P.9773.96a]