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- Title
- S. F. Jacoby & Co. Importers & dealers in foreign and domestic marble in all their varieties. J. K. & M. Freedley dealers in American marble. [graphic] / Drawn on stone by W. H. Rease 17 1/2 Sth. 5th. St.
- Description
- LCP exhibit catalogue: Made in America #68., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
- Creator
- Rease, W. H. lithographer., creator
- Date
- ca. 1850.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W323.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W323 [P.2257]
- Title
- Keystone Marble Works. S. F. Jacoby & Co., Market St. betw. 20th & 21st Philadelphia. [graphic].
- Description
- Location: 2025 Market Street., Published in Colton's atlas of America, illustrating the physical and political geography of North and South America... Commercial edition with business cards of prominent houses in Philadelphia. (New York: J.H. Colton and Company, 1856), page 53 1/2. (HSP O 458)., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc38 K44.
- Date
- [1856]
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W213.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W213 [P.8691]
- Title
- [J. Struthers & Son marble yard, including a crane, 22nd and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia.]
- Description
- Shows the crane in the stone yard of the firm founded in 1816, which provided the marble for nearly all the prominent public buildings of the city. Marble blocks cover the yard. Also shows a dray in the foreground and surrounding buildings in the background., Title and date from manuscript note on verso: Chestnut & 22nd St.; Aug. 1858., Probably originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 58., Arcadia caption text: In 1816 John Struthers established one of Philadelphia’s first marble yards. When this photograph was taken in the summer of 1858, John’s son William ran the marble yard located at Chestnut and Twenty-second streets. By the late 1850s Philadelphia supported about 60 marble cutting establishments. Marble from the Struthers’ business was used to construct many significant Philadelphia buildings including City Hall, the Public Ledger building, the Continental Hotel, and the Second Bank of the United States., Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation with the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1980), entry #135., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
- Creator
- M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
- Date
- August 1858
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *photo - McClees [8339.F.20]
- Title
- Race Street between 6th & 7th, Philadelphia. [graphic].
- Description
- Published in James Mease and Thomas Porter's Picture of Philadelphia from 1811 to 1831: Giving an account of its origin, increase and improvements in arts, sciences, manufactures, commerce and revenue. (Philadelphia: Published by Robert DeSilver, No. 110 Walnut Strret, 1831), vol. II, opposite page 118 and in Thomas Porter's Picture of Philadelphia 1811 to 1831: Giving an account of the improvements of the city, during that period (Philadelphia: Published by Robert DeSilver, No. 110 Walnut Stret, 1831), vol. II, opposite page 118., Franklin marble mantel manufactory, marble mantels, tombs &c. neatly executed by Peter Fritz., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.9830.5 a&b and in Am 1831 Mea 68582.D and in Am 1831 Mea Log 4072.D and in Am1831 Por 20876., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
- Creator
- Breton, William L., creator
- Date
- [1831]
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W303.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W303 [P.9830.5 a&b]
- Title
- Thomas Hargrave ornamental carver and sculptor s.w. corner of Ridge Road & 13th St. [graphic] / On stone by R. F. Reynolds, 20 Gaskill St.
- Description
- Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
- Creator
- Reynolds, Robert F., lithographer., creator
- Date
- ca. 1848.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W402.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W402 [P.2217]
- Title
- H. S. Tarr's marble yard, no. 274 Green St. above Seventh Philadelphia Pa. [graphic] / Lith. by W. H. Rease N. E. cor. 4th & Chesnut.
- Description
- LCP exhibit catalogue: Made in America #83., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
- Creator
- Rease, W. H. lithographer., creator
- Date
- [ca. 1858]
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W166-1.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W166.1 [P.2073]
- Title
- Baird's monumental works - Spring Garden Hall in distance
- Description
- Exterior view of John Baird's marble yard and mable works on Spring Garden Street above Ridge Road [i.e. Avenue]. Yard contains a variety of ornate gravestones and monuments. The marble works, founded by John Baird in 1841 specialized in monumental art, principally of Italian marble. The firm was the first marble works of the city to use a steam powered mill., Title stamped on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a scrapbook of engravings relating to Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1864]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Moran - Industries [(8)1322.F.17e-2]
- Title
- Eli Hess' Penn Steam Marble Mantel Manufactory, Coates St. above Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia
- Description
- Advertisement with much street activity showing the manufactory and warerooms operated 1856-1878 by Hess at 1434 Coates Street. At the "Penn Steam Marble Mantel Manufactory," a horse-drawn dray hauling a slab of marble marked "Eli Hess" enters the fenced yard lined with stones. Workers using upright sawing machines cuts slabs of marble within the workshop of the factory that is adorned with statuary on its roof. Patrons enter the adjacent three-story warerooms. Evergreen trees protected by iron-work fencing are visible near the entrance. Statuary in recesses, window shades marked with the business name, and a figure of William Penn mounted on the roof adorn the building. In the foreground, well-dressed passengers embark the rear of a stopped ornamentally painted "Green and Coates Sts. Manayunk via Steamboat. Exchange & Fairmount" horse-drawn street car. Several passengers are visible in the windows of the vehicle. Also shows signage for the neighboring coal yard of Samuel Rogers., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 205, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 38 H 586
- Creator
- Rease, W. H.
- Date
- [ca. 1859]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 38 H 586
- Title
- John Baird, steam marble works, Ridge Road above Spring Garden St. Philadelphia. [graphic]
- Description
- Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Exterior view showing the Ridge Road entrance to the works and the central courtyard. Adjoining yard contains a variety of fountains, vases, and statues. Gravestones are displayed at the doorway and on the balcony. Signage reads: Spring Garden steam marble works; Spring Garden marble mantle works; John Baird monuments; and garden statuary, vases, ornamental sculpture, &c. Includes workers moving large slabs of marble, several pedestrians, a couple on horseback, and two dogs.
- Creator
- Wagner & M'Guigan, lithographers., creator
- Date
- [ca. 1848]
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W199.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W199 [P.2066]
- Title
- [Arch Street, 600 block, Philadelphia]
- Description
- View looking west from above Sixth Street showing showing the 600 block of Arch Street. Businesses include fur dealers, and Vito Viti & Sons, marble importers at 639 Arch Street., Buff mount with rounded corners., Manuscript note on mount: Old Arch St. Phila., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- [ca. 1858]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Streets [P.8549]
- Title
- Warerooms of Baird's monumental works
- Description
- Interior view of warehouse on Spring Garden Street above Ridge Road [i.e. Avenue] showing carved marble monuments including ornate gravestones, a fountain, and statues. The marble works, founded by John Baird in 1841 specialized in monumental art, principally of Italian marble. The firm was the first marble works of the city to use a steam powered mill., Pale yellow mount with square corners., Published in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth-Century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications Inc., 1980), plate 117., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1864]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Businesses [P.8464.26]
- Title
- Henry Clay sarcophagus in Struthers marble yard
- Description
- Shows a man standing next to the inscribed Clay sarcophagus, constructed for the vault of the monument at Clay's former estate, Ashland, in the marble yard of John Struthers & Son at 1022 Market Street, Philadelphia. Also shows a section of the shipping crate lid inscribed H.T. Duncan, Esq. President of the Clay Monument Association Lexington Kentucky. Care of Mess. Clarke & Co. Pittsburg PA. Box No. 1. Includes partial views of other marble pieces in the yard., Photographer, title, and date from manuscript note on accompanying label., Buff paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Germon, W. L. (Washington Lafayette), 1822-1877, photographer
- Date
- February 1861
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Germon - Monuments & statues [(8)1322.F.33g]
- Title
- City Marble Works and Steam Mantel Factory. Corner Tenth and Vine Streets Philadelphia. J.E. & B. Schell. [graphic] / Rease & Schell's Lith., No. 17 So. 5th St., Philda.
- Description
- Although Wainwright suggests date of publication as circa 1855, date of circa 1854 is used since Rease relocated to the new business address of 97 Chestnut Street as of 1855., Contains two lines of text below the title advertising the manufactory's improved facilities., Advertisement depicting a corner view of the three building showroom and factory operated by the Schells from 1853 until 1856. J.E. Schell continued the business as J.E. Schell & Company starting in 1857. On Tenth Street, patrons enter the four-story storefront and mantle room adorned with signage and statuary displayed on a second floor veranda. At the corner, a coach waits, the disembarked African American driver standing at the ready. On Vine Street, behind the showroom, a family of passerbys admire the marble statuary, monuments, and headstones in the factory's fenced in yard. Factory laborers load a headstone onto a horse-drawn cart, inspect open crates lining the street, and review slabs of marble outside the factory's storage building. Partial views of adjacent buildings and the "10th" Street carriage are visible.
- Creator
- Rease & Schell, lithographer., creator
- Date
- [ca. 1854]
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W071.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W71 [P.2032]
- Title
- [Plate 1 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 (42-59 pre-consolidation). South side includes William McMakin, Tailor (42); Wm. [G.] Mason, Printing and Engraving (46); McAllister & Co., Walking Canes & Spectacles (48); Wm. Curry’s Wholesale & Retail Trimming Store (50); F. H. Smith, Pocket Book & Port Monnaie (52 1/2); J. E. Van Meter & Co., Paper Hangings (54); Charles Ellis & Co., Druggists & Importers of English, French & German Drugs (36); and Joseph Fisher, Thermometers (for distilling). North side includes H. A. Dreer’s Seed & Horticultural Warehouse (59); J. G. Falconer, French millinery and J. N. Torr, Card and Fancy Job Printing (57); Bank of Commerce with the offices of Browns & Bowen (55); Clarenbach & Herder, Cutlery (51); and R. Magee, Bookseller and Stationer (45). Also shows partial view of Strawberry Street. Plate also includes a detail showing a donut-shaped object captioned “Blacking” pasted on the depicted roof of the Curry building (50)., Advertisements promote the businesses depicted, except Bank of Commerce, as well as Thomas Hargrave, Plain and Ornamental Marble Worker and Designer, Corner of Ridge Road and Thirteenth St., Philadelphia; Marble-colored and Fancy Papers, Wholesale and Retail, Manufactured by Joshua M. Raybold, Goldsmith’s Hall, Library Street, Philadelphia; George Hummel’s Premium Essence of Coffee Manufactured and Sold, Wholesale and Retail, by Daniel Bohler & Co., No. 218 Callowhill Street, above Sixth; and J. Dougherty’s Black Expectorant Syrup, No. 26 North Sixth Street, Between Market and Arch Streets, Philadelphia. Majority of advertisements include several lines of promotional text and ornamented types, as well as a few include wood engraved vignettes. Mason (50) advertisement lists the materials produced, including seals, presses, paper stamps, cards, tickets, blanks, and door plates. Vignettes depict a woman leaning on a sepulchral monument (Hargrave), portrait of J. Dougherty holding his “Black” syrup, and a shears (Clarenbach & Herder)., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Folder 2., LCP also holds trimmed duplicate depicting the North side [Rae - Chestnut Street (8)1322.F.7a] .
- Creator
- Rae, Julio H.
- Date
- [1851]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Rae - Folder 2 [*Am 1851 Rae, 2975.Q]
- Title
- [Plate 1 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 (42-59 pre-consolidation). South side includes William McMakin, Tailor (42); Wm. [G.] Mason, Printing and Engraving (46); McAllister & Co., Walking Canes & Spectacles (48); Wm. Curry’s Wholesale & Retail Trimming Store (50); F. H. Smith, Pocket Book & Port Monnaie (52 1/2); J. E. Van Meter & Co., Paper Hangings (54); Charles Ellis & Co., Druggists & Importers of English, French & German Drugs (36); and Joseph Fisher, Thermometers (for distilling). North side includes H. A. Dreer’s Seed & Horticultural Warehouse (59); J. G. Falconer, French millinery and J. N. Torr, Card and Fancy Job Printing (57); Bank of Commerce with the offices of Browns & Bowen (55); Clarenbach & Herder, Cutlery (51); and R. Magee, Bookseller and Stationer (45). Also shows partial view of Strawberry Street. Plate also includes a detail showing a donut-shaped object captioned “Blacking” pasted on the depicted roof of the Curry building (50)., Advertisements promote the businesses depicted, except Bank of Commerce, as well as Thomas Hargrave, Plain and Ornamental Marble Worker and Designer, Corner of Ridge Road and Thirteenth St., Philadelphia; Marble-colored and Fancy Papers, Wholesale and Retail, Manufactured by Joshua M. Raybold, Goldsmith’s Hall, Library Street, Philadelphia; George Hummel’s Premium Essence of Coffee Manufactured and Sold, Wholesale and Retail, by Daniel Bohler & Co., No. 218 Callowhill Street, above Sixth; and J. Dougherty’s Black Expectorant Syrup, No. 26 North Sixth Street, Between Market and Arch Streets, Philadelphia. Majority of advertisements include several lines of promotional text and ornamented types, as well as a few include wood engraved vignettes. Mason (50) advertisement lists the materials produced, including seals, presses, paper stamps, cards, tickets, blanks, and door plates. Vignettes depict a woman leaning on a sepulchral monument (Hargrave), portrait of J. Dougherty holding his “Black” syrup, and a shears (Clarenbach & Herder)., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Folder 2., LCP also holds trimmed duplicate depicting the North side [Rae - Chestnut Street (8)1322.F.7a] .
- Creator
- Rae, Julio H.
- Date
- [1851]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Rae - Folder 2 [*Am 1851 Rae, 2975.Q]