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Title: The Dueber watch case factories at Newport, Ky. The Dueber Watch Case Manufacturing Co. branch offices. Cincinnati, O., New York & Chicago The best, the Dueber watch case. In rolled gold plate. The largest watch case factories on the globe. In gold or silver
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting vignettes of Dueber buildings, including the Dueber Gas Works, surrounded by drapes and divided in the center by a statue with a base that reads, "What is worth doing is worth doing well". The male figure holds a shield with the phrase, "We defy competition". Imagery also includes a clock, peacock, anchor and flowers., Printer's imprint below image partially trimmed off., Advertising text printed on verso for Dueber products sold by Geo. Cohen, dealer in watches, clocks, and jewelry, 177 Smithfield St., Pittsburgh, Pa., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Miriam Levy., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Dueber [P.8666.3y]

Title: Selections from Russian section - Main Building.
Description: Bronze and silver figurines of horses and riders, one figurine of a sheep. One ornate clock and two matching candle holders. Title on label: Selection's [sic] from Russian Sec: M.B. Taken expressly for Harper's Weekly.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date: 1876
Location: *Centennial - photos [P.9037.15]

Title: American Watch Company's Exhibit - Machinery Hall
Description: Interior view of Machinery Hall depicting the exhibit by the American Watch Company. Also shows the equipment and machinery used in the watch industry.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date: 1876
Location: Centennial - album [P.8965.21d]

Title: [Plate 2 and advertisements from Rae's Philadelphia pictorial directory & panoramic advertiser. Chestnut Street, from Second to Tenth Streets]
Description: Plate depicts section of the 200 block of Chestnut Street (60-75 pre-consolidation). South side includes J. Stockman & Son, Pencil Case & Thimble Manufactory (60); Penrose Fell, Tailor (62); B. G. Atkinson, Tailor (64); S. Hopper, Watches & Jewelry (66); Goodyear’s Insoluble Rubber (68); Wm. Boning, Watches & Jewelry (70); E.G. Whitman, Confectionery (72); and Dunn’s Eating Saloon (74). North side includes E. G. Whitman, Confectioner and Fruit Dealer (71); D. Landreth, Seeds & Tools for Farming & Gardening; E. Shannon, Tea Warehouse; and hides and leather dealer J. Howell & Co. Also shows part of Exchange Place and Bank Street. Whitman signage (72) included on plate as pasted-on details., Advertisements promote four of the businesses depicted (Allen, Hopper, Stockman & Son, and Whitman) and Mechanics’ Union Association. Full-page Association advertisement details members' disability benefits and the union’s weekly journal. Stockman& Son promotes their stock of gold and silver wares, including " Everpointed Pencils," thimbles, silver spoons, butter knives, purse clasps, and finger shields. Depicted businesses' advertisements include ornamented types and a vignette of a watch (Hopper)., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Folder 3., LCP also holds trimmed duplicate depicting North side [P.2008.34.16.1].
Creator: Rae, Julio H.
Date: [1851]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Rae - Folder 3 [*Am 1851 Rae, 2975.Q]

Title: [Plate 2 and advertisements from Rae's Philadelphia pictorial directory & panoramic advertiser. Chestnut Street, from Second to Tenth Streets]
Description: Plate depicts section of the 200 block of Chestnut Street (60-75 pre-consolidation). South side includes J. Stockman & Son, Pencil Case & Thimble Manufactory (60); Penrose Fell, Tailor (62); B. G. Atkinson, Tailor (64); S. Hopper, Watches & Jewelry (66); Goodyear’s Insoluble Rubber (68); Wm. Boning, Watches & Jewelry (70); E.G. Whitman, Confectionery (72); and Dunn’s Eating Saloon (74). North side includes E. G. Whitman, Confectioner and Fruit Dealer (71); D. Landreth, Seeds & Tools for Farming & Gardening; E. Shannon, Tea Warehouse; and hides and leather dealer J. Howell & Co. Also shows part of Exchange Place and Bank Street. Whitman signage (72) included on plate as pasted-on details., Advertisements promote four of the businesses depicted (Allen, Hopper, Stockman & Son, and Whitman) and Mechanics’ Union Association. Full-page Association advertisement details members' disability benefits and the union’s weekly journal. Stockman& Son promotes their stock of gold and silver wares, including " Everpointed Pencils," thimbles, silver spoons, butter knives, purse clasps, and finger shields. Depicted businesses' advertisements include ornamented types and a vignette of a watch (Hopper)., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Folder 3., LCP also holds trimmed duplicate depicting North side [P.2008.34.16.1].
Creator: Rae, Julio H.
Date: [1851]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Rae - Folder 3 [*Am 1851 Rae, 2975.Q]

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