Series containing a pencil study, engraving, and wood-engraved periodical illustration of the stocking store that was razed circa 1832. Images show a wood-frame house with a large front window, outside cellar door, two stacked small side windows, and gambrel roof with chimney. The building is adorned with signage reading "Stockings. C & N. Jones." All of the graphics contain shading around the foot of the building. Ann Jones purportedly operated a stocking store from the same location during the 1750s., Attributed to James Queen by Marion Carson., Title supplied by cataloger., Manuscript notes below image of P.2017.8.29: N.W. Corner of 2nd & Chestnut; Original of plates; M3727., P.2017.8.30 titled: N.W. Cor. 2nd & Chestnut St., P.2017.8.31 is clipping with letter-press text on verso., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell., LCP duplicate copy of engraving [(1) 1525.F.17g] does not include manuscript note attributing print to Queen as noted by Snyder., See LCP Poulson's Scrapbooks vol. 5, p. 28 and p. 31 and vol. 7, p.21.
Date
[ca. 1832-ca. 1850]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Drawings and Watercolors - A-Z -Jones [P.2017.8.30-32]
Drawing, possibly for an advertisement, of an exterior view depicting the rear of the multi-story complex of the Curtis Publishing Company Building built after the designs of Edgar Seeler in 1911. Shows a line of cars and trucks parked in the garage. Workers move a pallet onto a delivery truck. Pedestrians walk on the sidewalks around the building, and cars travel down the street. In the right is a street light with street signs for “7th St.” and “Sansom St.” The firm occupied a city block between 6th and 7th and Walnut and Sansom Streets and included four structures: publication building; convenience belt; manufacturing building; and power building., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from content and attire of the people., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2019.
Date
[ca. 1940]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2019.62.26]
Bird’s Eye view drawing for an advertisement depicting the Kaufman Plush Co. factory at Pensdale and Mitchell Streets, Philadelphia built circa 1922. Shows the factory complex, including a five-story mill with a tower labeled, Kaufman Plush Co, and a one-story building with a steam tower labeled, Kaufman. On the grounds between the buildings, a worker loads goods onto a truck near two other trucks, one parked and one departing. Pedestrians walk on the sidewalk in front of the factory. In the right foreground, a line of trees grows along the fence outside the complex. In the background, the skyline of the Manayunk neighborhood is visible. Founded in 1919 by Harry Kaufman, the Kaufman Plush Co. operated through circa 1970s., Title from item., Date inferred from content and active dates of the artist., Signed by the artist in the lower right corner., Accompanying label reads: To [Kaufman Plush Co. Roxborough] From Grocke Art Co., Aerial View Illustrating of Manufacturing Plants. 1507 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2019., Grocke Art Co. was a Philadelphia firm that specialized in bird's eye views in the 1920s.
Creator
Grocke, Max J., artist
Date
[ca. 1925]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2019.62.25]
