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Title: Blasius & Sons, dealers in pianos & organs When you buy a musical instrument, get the best. Pianos tuned, moved, packed, stored. Pianos repaired, rebuilt, revarnished. Send to us for catalogue and prices. Instruments exchanged, pianos to rent
Description: Tradecard containing an interior view of one of the showrooms of the manufactory at 1101-1103 and 1119 Chestnut Street. Shows upright pianos lining the walls and baby grand pianos displayed down the center of the room. Patrons mill the aisles created by the display of the pianos. A woman, possibly a clerk, sits at a baby grand at the end of the row of instruments and talks with a couple standing next to her. Framed signage is displayed on the wall, including one reading “Steinway & Sons. Grand Squares Upright Pianos.” In the right of the image, the "Office" booth is visible lining the wall adjacent to the flight of stairs marked "Organ Department Upstairs." A couple descends the stairs. Business established in 1855., Not in Wainwright., pdcp00002, Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 18, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana – Streets – Chestnut - 11th-12th, One of three prints mounted on one sheet.
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Philadelphiana - Streets - Chestnut - 11th-12th

Title: No. 150 Chesnut [sic] Street Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement showing the three-story, three bay building with swan neck pediments flanking the sign "Loud & Brothers Piano Forte Manufacturers" at 150 Chestnut Street (ie. north side of the 600 block of Chestnut Street) across from the Philadelphia Arcade. Pianos are on display in their wide, decorative shop window and laurel wreaths adorn the transom windows above the two doorways to the shop. The piano manufactory, the largest of its kind in the country at the time, was purportedly behind the store. Thomas Loud Evenden and his brothers formed the Loud & Brothers piano business in the early 1820s and were the most extensive manufacturer until the Chestnut Street shop closed in the late 1830s., Artist and publisher assigned 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 60 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 60., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 509, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Am 1831 Mease 68582.D; Am 1831 Mease Log 4072.D; Am 1831 Mease 20876.D; and in Am 1831 Mease 104520.D., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Society Print Collection - Small - Stores & factories - Pianos - Box 56, Folder 12, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Streets - Chestnut Street - 6th-7th
Creator: Breton, William L., artist
Date: [1831]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W251 [Am 1831 Mease 68582.D.60a], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W251 [Am 1831 Mease Log 4072.D.60a], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W251 [Am 1831 Mease 20876.D.60a], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W251 [Am 1831 Mease 104520.D.60a]

Title: The celebrated Blasius Pianos. Blasius & Sons piano manufacturers Warerooms: 1101-1103-1119 Chestnut St. Factory: 2240-2242-2244, 2246-2248 North Ninth St. Philadelphia Pa
Description: Advertising card containing a romantic genre scene bordering captioned views of the Chestnut Street warerooms of the manufactory established in 1855. View captioned "Warerooms: 1119 Chestnut St.” shows part of the front façade of the 4-story storefront marked “Blasius & Sons Piano Manufacturers.” Patrons and pedestrians mill in front of the business. View captioned “Warerooms: 1101 & 1103 Chestnut St.” shows the multiple-story storefront marked “Blasius & Sons Manufacturer of the Blasius Pianos.” Several pedestrians walk in front of the large display windows and patrons enter the building. A horse-drawn carriage is parked in the street. In the left of the print, the genre scene set during the medieval period shows a troubadour serenading a lady from below her window., Not in Wainwright., pdcp00005, Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 23, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana – Streets – Chestnut - 11th-12th
Creator: Hoover, Joseph
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Philadelphiana - Streets - Chestnut - 11th-12th

Title: Chas. Blasius & Sons. The largest piano & organ house 1119 Chestnut St. Phila
Description: Trade card containing an exterior view of one of the two Chestnut street storefronts of the manufacturer. Signage reading “Blasius & Sons. Steinway Pianos” adorns the multi-story building in which a piano is visible in the large display window. Two lady patrons enter the building across from horse-drawn wagons marked “Packard Organs Blasius & Sons” and “Steinway Pianos Blasius & Sons” parked in the street. Also contains a geometric border with floral cornices., Not in Wainwright., pdcp00003, Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 29, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana – Streets – Chestnut - 11th-12th, One of three prints mounted on one sheet.
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Philadelphiana - Streets - Chestnut - 11th-12th

Title: [Segment of circular advertising Chas. Blasius & Sons, piano manufacturer, Philadelphia]
Description: Includes a central view flanked by two vignettes. View shows "“1119 Chestnut St. Girard Row," one of the two Chestnut street storefronts of the manufacturer. Signage reading “Blasius & Sons. Steinway Pianos” adorns the multi-story building in which a piano is visible in the large display window. Two lady patrons enter the building across from horse-drawn wagons marked “Packard Organs Blasius & Sons” and “Steinway Pianos Blasius & Sons” parked in the street. “Pianos to Rent” printed above the image. Left vignette shows “2nd Floor Back Wareroom.” Includes pianos, piano legs, shelves of parts and clerks at work near the skylight railings. Right vignette shows “4th Floor Wareroom.” Includes a clerk with a gentleman near the skylight railings reviewing pianos in various stages of assembly. Shelves line the wall., Not in Wainwright., Title supplied by cataloguer., pdcp00004, Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 209, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana – Streets – Chestnut - 11th-12th, One of three prints mounted on one sheet.
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Philadelphiana - Streets - Chestnut - 11th-12th

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