Advertisement depicting the exterior of the company's four-story building. Pedestrians, including a woman, a couple, a mother and child, walk on the sidewalks. A peddler, his baskets at his feet, is addressed by a man at the corner of the building at which two men converse at the entrance. Also shows a man standing by a street lamp at the opposite corner and three dogs playing in the street. Company was instituted in 1856, and was located at this address until 1860, after which the company ceases to appear in city directories., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 252, Trimmed.
Date
[ca. 1858]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Businesses - Great [6483.F]
