Race Street between 6th & 7th, Philadelphia.
Title
Race Street between 6th & 7th, Philadelphia
Description
Book illustration advertisement showing the Franklin Marble Mantel Manufactory operated by Peter Fritz. Includes the manufactory and adjacent marble yard. Signage advertising "Marble Mantels, Tombs, &c. Neatly Executed by Peter Fritz" adorns the building. A factory employee is visible in the doorway and others work with a marble piece lying near slabs resting on the side of the building. Several headstones, monuments, and tombs fill the yard. Also shows the neighboring buildings along the alley at which the manufactory is located. Fritz, a veteran of the War of 1812, was a prominent Philadelphia marble manufacturer and a founder of the Philadelphia Savings Institution in 1833., Artist and publication information supplied by Wainwright., 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 Street, 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 Street, 1831), vol. II, opposite page 118., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 630, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.9830.5 a&b and in Am 1831 Mease 68582.D and in Am 1831 Mease Log 4072.D and in Am 1831 Mease 20876., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
Creator
Breton, William L., ca. 1773-1855, artist
Date
[1831]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W303 [P.9830.5 a&b]
Thomas Hargrave ornamental carver and sculptor s.w. corner of Ridge Road & 13th St.
Title
Thomas Hargrave ornamental carver and sculptor s.w. corner of Ridge Road & 13th St
Description
Advertisement showing the three-story business facade, adorned with signage, and the adjacent marble yard at N. 13th Street and Ridge Avenue (east of North Broad and north of Spring Garden streets). A female patron enters the doorway of the establishment in which a monument adorned with a figure in recline is visible within the window. Below the window, signage for "Union Refectory. Oysters Terrapins & Game in Season by Charles Epley" hangs. A male patron descends the stairs to the oyster cellar. A man and boy admire the sepulchral monuments and headstones, many ornamented, which crowd the adjacent fenced, marble yard. Ornamentations include eagles, urns, a female figure at recline, and the inscription "Mother." In the street, a horse-drawn cart is positioned to receive goods across from a stopped "Girard College & Green Hill Chesnut [sic] and Thirteenth" omnibus. A couple exits the rear of the horse-drawn vehicle that is filled with passengers. A landscape view decorates the cab. In the background, neighboring buildings, one with smoking chimneys, are visible. Hargrave established his business at the address in 1844 and operated from the location until the later 1860s., Date supplied by Wainwright., Poulson inscription on recto: Dec. 28, 1858, Philadelphia on Stone, POS 751, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Reynolds worked from Gaskill Street 1844-1852.
Creator
Reynolds, Robert F., artist
Date
[ca. 1848]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W402 [P.2217]
John Baird, steam marble works, Ridge Road above Spring Garden St. Philadelphia.
Title
John Baird, steam marble works, Ridge Road above Spring Garden St. Philadelphia
Description
Advertisement containing an exterior view showing the Ridge Road entrance to the "John Baird," "Spring Garden Marble Mantle Manufactory" and "Steam Marble Works" erected in 1846. Works include a central courtyard, offices, and adjoining yard marked "Garden Statuary, Vases, Ornamental Sculpture, &c." that contains a variety of fountains, vases, and statues on the platform roof. A cupola adorns a rear building of the factory. In front of the courtyards, gravestones are displayed and workers move large slabs of marble with a lever and by dolly. On the roof of the central courtyard, a clerk shows patrons a selection of monuments. In front of the factory, couples promenade on the sidewalk, a horse is hitched, a couple rides on horseback and dogs greet each other in the street. The woman rides side-saddle. Also shows employees within the courtyard, office windows, and visible through an open entryway climbing a flight of stairs. Baird established his business in 1841 gaining a reputation as a vanguard in the modern operations of marble works., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 406, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Date
[ca. 1848]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W199 [P.2066]