Jas. B. Smith & Co.'s Philada. blank book manufactory. Jas. B. Smith & Co. booksellers and blank book manufacturers. 207 Market St. above 5th Philadelphia.
Title
Jas. B. Smith & Co.'s Philada. blank book manufactory. Jas. B. Smith & Co. booksellers and blank book manufacturers. 207 Market St. above 5th Philadelphia Jas. B. Smith. Fredk. Scofield
Description
Advertisement containing a central interior view of the bustling manufactory bordered by several captioned vignettes of men and women at specific tasks, and the mechanisms used, in the manufacture of blank books. Central view depicts several woman at work seated at two tables in the center of the room surrounded by men at work stations lining the space lighted by windows in the right and rear of the area. Piles of pages of books rest in front of the workers. In the foreground, women sew as at the front end of the table as ladies at the rear toil at folding pages. At the work stations, rows of men work at finishing pages. In the background, men operate book presses and other machinery, and transport reams of papers near women folding pages below a loft. On the upper floor, men work at stations across from shelves of reams of paper as a boy carries a mound of book pages down the stairs to the lower floor. Also shows the walls adorned with a cabinet, posted papers, and a man's coat and hat. Work vignettes show "girls" sewing and folding pages and male employees rounding, stamping, gilding and extra finishing bindings, book pressing, cutting and operating large ruling and cutting machines. Other vignettes show a board cutting machine; Sewing bench; Bookbinders plough; a display of a pile of blank books and associated writing materials; and a view of the Smith & Co. storefront (500 block of Market Street) at which patrons stand in a doorway across from a crate covered with books., Also contains several lines of advertising text describing the several types of merchandise "which will be sold at very low prices." Products include "blank books ruled to pattern and bound in a superior manner," cap blanks bound and with "russia ends, ledgers, minute books, memorandums, pass books, copy books, wrapping paper, pocket books, ink stands, sealing wax, and "medical books, school books, & stationery.", Not in Wainwright., Manuscript note lower right corner., Philadelphia on Stone, Library of Congress: PGA - Kollner--Jas. B. Smith & Co's... (B size) [P&P], See "The Bookbinders Shop." Sketched from the establishment of Messrs. Westleys & Clark." PGA - Brechemin, L.--Bookbinders shop... (B size) [P&P]. Digital file included in LOC P&P on-line catalog.
Creator
Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date
c1850
Location
Library of Congress | Prints and Photograph Division LOC PGA - Kollner--Jas. B. Smith & Co's... (B size) [P&P]