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Title: Rae's Philadelphia Pictorial Directory & Panoramic Advertiser
Description: Folio volume of panoramic views of businesses on the 200-900 blocks of Chestnut Street and corresponding pages of advertisements. Also contains a preface, which details that inclusion in the directory required subscription to or purchase of the volume; the intention to "issue the Panoramic View annually"; and the publisher's endeavor to correct all lettering errors "upon the publication of the second edition." Volume also includes interspersed full-, half- and, one-third-page advertisements for business subscribers tenanting, as well as not located on Chestnut Street. Publisher issued only the 1851 directory.

Title: [Philadelphia Evening Bulletin trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, a daily evening newspaper published between 1847 and 1982. Illustrations depict a girl standing in an enclosed yard with a flower in her left hand and a paddle in her right and a series of four prints showing buildings constructed for the Centennial Exhibition in West Fairmount Park, including the Main Exhibition Building, Horticultural Hall, Machinery Hall, and Agricultural Hall. Buildings designed by Henry Pettit, Joseph M. Wilson, James H. Windrim, and Hermann J. Schwarzmann. Horse-drawn vehicles and pedestrians travel through the landscaped grounds in the foreground of each image. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title supplied by cataloger., Four prints [P.2008.22.6-9] contain text printed on verso: Compliments of the Evening Bulletin., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Philadelphia [1975.F.715 & P.2008.22.6-9]

Title: Go to the West Philadelphia Card Depot, 3718 Market St., for chromo cards by set, 100 or 1000
Description: Illustrated trade carding depicting a bouquet of flowers in a vase., Advertising text printed on verso: Go to the West Philadelphia Card Depot, 3718 Market Street, for chromo cards, by set, 100 or 1,000 at lowest prices. School supplies, stationery, etc., etc. Printing press and outfit with script type as low as $2.50., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - West [P.9728.15]

Title: [Harbach & Brother's trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for Harbach & Brother's wholesale and retail printing and stationery shop at 36 North Eighth Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict a bust portrait of Benjamin Franklin and patriotic symbols printed in blue and red ink or embossed in the center of the trade cards, including flags, shields, eagles, cannons, bayonets, arrows, drums, cannon balls, swords, laurel wreaths and the liberty cap and pole. Harbach & Brothers were Philadelphia stationers and publishers of Civil War envelopes., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Harbach [5786.F.002 & 003; 5786.F.9k; (2)5786.F.177b; (3)5786.F.163j; P.9631.2; P.2006.1.18]

Title: The cheapest and best. William W. Harding photograph albums, 326 Chestnut Street, Philada Before inserting, see that the portrait is no longer nor wider than this card, if it is, trim it down. Portraits should be mounted on thin cards, as thick cards swell the album and prevent the clasps closing
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting patriotic imagery, including eagles, stars, and a laurel wreath. William W. Harding was the proprietor of the Philadelphia Inquirer ca. 1859-1889 and publisher, stereotyper, and salesman of photograph albums and bibles., Advertising text printed on versos: Harding's editions of the family & pulpit bibles also arranged for photographic portraits. William W. Harding, 326 Chestnut St., Philadelphia., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Harding [P.9600.17 & P.9786]

Title: Steel's Bay Printing Company [certificate]
Description: Stock certificate containing a view of the printing company in "Camden Co. New Jersey." View shows the factory building, including smokestacks and a tank, along a riverbank. Men in a rowboat and a sailboat are visible on the water in the foreground. Certificate also contains pictorial details deisgned as frames surrounding printed text and a space for a stamp. Details include flowers, scrolls, and filigree., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.237b]

Title: Evans printer. The fast cardpress, Philadelphia, cor. Fourth and Library Sts
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a patriotic column surmounted by an eagle and adorned by American flags and an American shield. Includes a partial view of a train in the background. Evans, the self-promoted first "fast card press in the city" operated his firm at Fourth and Library Streets until 1880. In 1860, his press executed the advertisements for the Philadelphia City Directory., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Evans [5786.F.10e]

Title: This floral card was printed in 8 colors on the celebrated Model Printing Press, J.W. Daughaday & Co., mfrs., 721 Chestnut St., Phila
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting red and blue flowering plants., Advertising text printed on verso: This gorgeous card is a specimen of fine press work done on an ordinary Model Press. There are eight distinct colors and therefore eight separate impressions. A press which will do such work as this, is a safe one to buy for all kinds of printing. Every press sold absolutely guaranteed. J.W. Daughaday & Co., Mfrs., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *trade card - Daughaday [P.9728.3]

Title: Washington Steam Mills, Gloucester N.J. near Philadelphia
Description: Packing label for Washington Mills, the Gloucester, New Jersey textile factory, established by David S. Brown in 1844, which specialized in imprinted textiles. Contains a border with a mosaic pattern in red, blue, and green., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 270, Gift of Helen Beitler.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Advertisements - W [P.2002.67.75]

Title: Collis & Lees, dealers in card novelties, 162 North Fourth Street, Philadelphia New designs in business cards
Description: Illustrated comic stock trade card with the caption, "Tables turned," depicting two fishermen, one in mid-air holding a large fish to his chest, as his fellow fisherman reels them both in., Copyrighted by Bufford, Boston., Advertising text printed on verso: To printers. The series of advertising cards of which this is a sample comprises ten different sets, each containing 6 designs, or 60 in all. They are comic and sentimental in character, finely drawn and beautifully executed, and are the cheapest and most attractive for the price now in the market. The series comprise riding scenes, dog cards, steamboat cards, farm scenes, plantation scenes, gunning scenes, fishing mishaps, yachting scenes, winter on ice, sleighing sports. They are put up in packages of 500, and can be furnished so that in 1000 lots there will be 12 designs; in 1500 lots, 18 designs; in 2000 lots, 24 designs; in 2500 lots, 30 designs; in 3000 lots, 36 designs; in 3500 lots, 42 designs; and so on till the sixty designs are supplied. Price per 1000, $2.75. Discount to printers only, 10 per cent. We have constantly in stock a large assortment of comic and floral cards for advertising., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized., Gift of Alan Smith.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Collis [P.9387.3]

Title: [John A. Haddock trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting Egyptian imagery including pyramids and the Great Sphinx of Giza, a caravan of people in the desert, and an exotic bird in the foreground. Also shows a female figure attired in robes pulling a curtain to reveal an advertisement for Haddock's print manufacturing establishment at 104 and 106 South Eighth Street in Philadelphia. Includes top and bottom borders depicting a caravan of people with camels, a horse-drawn chariot and people running with horns and shields., Title supplied by cataloger., Advertising text promoting "picture cards" for Christmas, New Year, birthdays and business cards printed on versos. Text begins on one print [1975.F.437] and continues on the other [1975.F.438]., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Haddock [1975.F.437 & 438]

Title: Friends' Book Association, 706 Arch St., Phila. Stationery, engraving and printing Memorial Hall. International Exhibition. Length 365 ft. Width 210 ft
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting an oblique view of the exhibition hall, also known as the Art Gallery, built 1874-1876 after designs by Hermann J. Schwarzmann. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art. The Friends' Book Association was established in 1873 and ceased operations in 1908., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Friends [P.9651.6]

Title: David Heston & Sons, Frankford, Philadelphia. Specimens and price list, lithographic labels The U.S. Label Printing Establishment. Founded in 1868. Folding druggist bottle boxes. Labeled pill & powder boxes. For gummed work the extra charge is 12 1/2 per cent. We do not furnish less than 1000of any lithographed label
Description: Illustration on recto of specimen sheet/price list depicting the factory for the printing establishment at 1525 Orthodox Street (corner of Orthodox and Franklin (later Griscom) Streets). View also includes street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn drays and wagons. A square border with cornice ornaments surrounds the view. Image also contains decorative and pictorial elements. The firm operated from the location until at least the mid 1920s before relocating to 1208 Race Street by 1936. Heston, a printer and a minister of the Society of Friends, partnered in the firm with his sons Charles B., William, and John B., until his death in 1905., Not in Wainwright., POS 875
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Coll. Helfand Popular Medicine 11837.F (Helfand)

Title: [Duff's Mercantile College, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.]
Description: View showing the oldest U.S. business school, established by Peter Duff in 1840, on Fifth Street in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. View also shows adjoining businesses, including: Pennsylvania Insurance Company, Allegheny Insurance Company, and the Morning Post stationery and printing shop. The Morning Post building is adorned with a playbill advertising a minstrel show. Pedestrians walk on the sidewalk., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred by content., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Gift of Ivan Noble, 1971., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Education [7992.F.15]

Title: [Merchants' Exchange, Philadelphia]
Description: Street scene looking northeast from below the intersection of Walnut and Dock streets showing the semi-circular portico of the exchange. The building was built between 1832 and 1833 after the designs of Philadelphia architect William Strickland. A horse-drawn trolley travels on Dock Street near parked horse-drawn carriages. Also shows surrounding businesses including a partial view of the Girard National Bank (formerly Bank of the United States) at 120 South Third Street and John C. Clark & Sons, stationers and printers, at 230 Dock Street., Trimmed light yellow mount., Title supplied by cataloguer., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Image faded and emulsion damaged., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Banks [(6)1322.F.117f]

Title: Chestnut St. west from Fourth
Description: View showing the north side of the 400 block of Chestnut Street, including Banker's Row. Banker's Row includes three buildings after the designs of John M. Gries: Girard Building (435 Chestnut, built 1857-1859); the Farmers and Mechanics Bank (425-429 Chestnut, built 1854-1855); and the Philadelphia National Bank (419-423 Chestnut, built 1857-1859). Also shows the Philadelphia Trust, Safe Deposit & Insurance Company (413-417 Chestnut, completed 1874, James Hamilton Windrim, archt.) and the Pennsylvania Company for Insurances on Lives & Granting Annuities (431 Chestnut, built 1871-1873, Addison Hutton, archt.). Adjacent businesses include: William E. Harpur, watchmaker (407 Chestnut); Jacob Langsdorf, cigar importer, and Thomas W. Bovell, lithographer (409 Chestnut); McCully & Co., printers (411 Chestnut); and R. Penistan, wine dealer (439 Chestnut). Horse-drawn vehicles line the street, including an ice delivery wagon., Curved orange mount with rounded corners., Title annotated on negative., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1877, ca. 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Streets [P.9208.5]

Title: Stationer & blank book binder, Hymen L. Lipman successor to Samuel M. Stewart. No. 139 Chestnut St. opposite the Philadelphia Bank. Philadelphia Merchants’ account books of superior paper and binding made to any pattern at short notice and warranted. A constant supply of stationery, English, French and American, of every description, suitable for banks, public offices and counting houses. Prompt attention given to orders from engineers for field books, drawing materials and every article used in the field or in the office. Job printing of every description. Visiting and address card plates engraved in the newest style. Copper plate printing neatly executed
Description: Advertising label for the Philadelphia stationer. Between the words of the title is a tabletop crowded with stationers’ products, including an artist’s palette with brushes, a box of watercolor paints, quill pens, a pair of compasses, boxes of paper, and books. Samuel M. Stewart moved to New Orleans in 1840 and Lipman operated from the Chestnut Street address through 1849., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 240, American Antiquarian Society: Graphic Arts Lithf Duva Stat
Date: [ca. 1840]
Location: American Antiquarian Society AAS Graphic Arts Lithf Duva Stat

Title: Office of Thomas Sinclair's Lithographic Establishment, 506 & 508 North Street, Philadelphia. [billhead] Chromo lithography in the finest style of art. Drawings of every description
Description: Billhead for the Philadelphia lithographer containing a vignette showing the bust-profile of a woman wearing exotic attire and smelling a flower. Sinclair relocated to 506-508 North Street in 1868. The firm was renamed Thomas Sinclair & Son in 1873 after his son joined the firm in 1870., Not in Wainwright., Issued to Messrs. Rice, Goddard Co. for the amount $519.50., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 67, American Antiquarian Society: Lithf Sinc Offi
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: American Antiquarian Society AAS Graphic Arts Lithf Sinc Offi

Title: Wagner & McGuigan's lithographic establishment for drawing lettering & printing no. 116 Chesnut [sic] St. Philadelphia Portraits, landscapes, anatomical & architectural drawings, views of stores, fancy prints, show cards, maps, plans, certificates, circulars, all kinds of fancy labels, cards, &c., printing in illuminated colours & gold, transferring from steel, copper & stone. Wagner & McGuigan have received the highest award [a silver medal] for their lithography from the Franklin Institute of the state of Penna. Orders done with neatness and despatch
Description: Advertisement containing an interior view of the shop at 116 Chestnut Street (ie. 320 Chestnut Street) after a daguerreotype depicting a long row of presses lined along the perimeter of the room near tall windows for natural light. Pressmen work on stones propped flat and on an angle. The man at the first press rolls ink onto a stone, as another man, probably an apprentice, carries a stone from the reserve of fresh stones arranged and stacked on the shelves on the opposite wall. Bottles and other supplies line the shelves between each window, and several packaged stones are piled on the floor in the foreground awaiting shipment. View includes a standing press. A foreman, possibly Wagner or McGuigan, attired in a suit observes the printers. Includes views of the recto and verso of the silver medal awarded to Wagner & M'Guigan for "skill and ingenuity" in lithography by the Franklin Institute in 1844 below the image and flanking the advertising text. Advertisement shows text printed in various fonts and shades to demonstrate the range and ability of the recently established lithographic firm of Wagner & M'Guigan (fl. 1846-1858)., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 113, T.B. Shaw, possibly Trueman Shaw, operated from the same address as Wagner & McGuigan (116 Chestnut) between 1846 and 1849., Smithsonian Institution NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.3081]
Creator: Aub, Jacob, artist
Date: [ca. 1847]
Location: Smithsonian Institution, NMAH, Home and Community Life Collection SI NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.3081]

Title: 1888-1889 third supplement to catalogue of electrotypes from A. Blanc, Horticultural Engraver, No. 314 N. Eleventh St. Philada., Pa., U.S.A Registered Cable Address, "Blanc, Philadelphia."
Description: Catalog, including section “New Electros of Vegetables for 1889,” of electrotype specimens for the premier Philadelphia horticultural engraver and lithographer containing images of flowers, plants, fruits, and vegetables. Varieties of flowers, plants, fruits, and vegetables represented include begonias, carnations, chrysanthemums, ferns, pansies, poppies, roses, verbena, corn, melons, lettuces, onions, peppers, pumpkins, squashes, and tomatoes. Illustrations include specimen numbers and prices (ranging from $.50-$10), and most include titles. Images predominantly depict sentimental and genre views of women, children, and animals containing or bordered by flowers; baskets of fruit or flowers; wilderness scenes; insects; single letters and words embellished with floral details; potted plants and flowers; flower bushes; residential views containing flowers; flower and vegetable vignettes; bean pods; single, fields, patches, and bushels of fruits and vegetables; and gardening tools and agricultural implements and equipment., Other specimens depict reproductions of lithographs; female representations of months of the year; “Bulbs grown in Bamboo rod”; a montage, including a crate with packages of bulbs; "Craig’s New Chrysanthemum, Mrs. A. Blanc"; "The Philadelphia Prize Chrysanthemum of 1888"; "Cornfield"; "Insect Destroyers" (i.e., insect destroying insects); and "Odds and Ends" showing bottles of herbs. Also includes a photomechanical studio portrait of an African American boy and girl attired in winter coats and hats, a racist metamorphic montage showing a melon morph into a caricaturized African American figure; and an illustrated advertisement with testimonials promoting W. M. Giradeau’s Seminole Watermelon. Contents also include statements describing the flowers depicted; promoting made to order cuts and the possibility for the addition of text (mortised); noting possible alterations, including “each cut separate” and reductions in price; and indicating "3/4 natural size.", Cover annotated in pencil with date: 1890., Some leaves contain page numbers: 58-134., Cover contains photomechanical illustrations of a studio portrait showing a seated, barefoot girl in simple attire, holding a basket of roses under her arm, and holding a flower to her nose with the other. Attire includes a wide-brimmed hat adorned with several flowers. Grass and flowers rest at her feet. Portrait bordered by a large pictorial detail depicting two stemmed roses. Portrait is specimen 4817 in catalog., Contains promotional text to "Dear Sir" and dated Philadelphia, September 1, 1888 on inside front cover. Text advertises "list of new electrotypes, issued since last year’s supplement … that will enable you to give your catalogue an entirely different appearance" and references how it’s "an important item to the Horticultural trade" and Blanc’s stocks of electros are a “trifling expense” compared to original cuts. Text also explains the deferment of the reprinting of an entirely new catalog due to his addition of a large number of new electros, as well as ordering information including the necessity of a signed order sheet in which purchaser agrees not to sell or loan the electros; ability to make to order any cut for exclusive use; no discounts excepting for orders amounting to over $100; terms strictly cash with order; and cuts ordered to be mailed require a 10% additional fee for postage. Text also advertises "List of My Catalogues," including "Catalogue of Fruit and Tree Cuts"; "Cuts for Catalogue Covers'; "Lawn Views"; and "Sheets of Potato Cuts, Oats, Wheat, Grasses, etc."; their prices of 15 to 20 cents each or $1 for set, which is deductible from orders amounting to $5; and note about "Correspondence en Francais.", Several specimens include Blanc's copyright statement or name., Includes order sheet inscribed with addition equations., Back cover and end pages missing, RVCDC, Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Purchased with funds for the Visual Culture Program., See the Albert Blanc entry in the Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers., See the Edward Stern & Co. entry in the Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers., William M. Giradeau (b. 1852), owner of Girardeau Seed Company in Monticello, Fla., developed the first commercial machine for separating seeds from watermelons, making Jefferson county, the top watermelon seed supplier in the world by 1884.
Creator: Blanc, Albert, 1850-
Date: [1888]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Blanc [P.2013.69.2]

Title: Breuker & Kessler, lithographers, South West Corner Seventh & Chestnut Sts "Know all men by these presents: that Breuker & Kessler of Philadelphia, possessing ample facilities are prepared to execute in the finest style of the art, all orders for lithographing, including bonds, certificates of stock and deposit, checks, drafts, notes, letter note and bill headings, bills of exchange, cards, insurance policies, blanks etc. also show cards and labels in colors. Having given special attention to the engraving and printing of bonds and by using a combination of geometrical lathe and rosette designs we are able to produce a class of work so intricate as to prevent counterfeiting, it being impossible to imitate the same with any degree of accuracy. In witness whereof we have caused to be printed this sample in the form of a bond and have hereto attached our signatures, this first day of January, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and seventy four
Description: Advertisement for the lithographic establishment in the form of a $500 bond, with several small illustrations within the security designs. At top, within a scroll flanked by flags and military gear and overtopped by an eagle, a miner with pick and shovel and a farmer with pitchfork illustrate the motto "oro y plata." At left, a figure of liberty personified stands on a globe girdled by the motto "[e plu]ribus unum." At lower right, a reclining figure uses a pair of compasses. Bond Certificate" placed above 16 numbered rectangular "cards" marked "Breuker & Kessler, lithographers, Philadelphia." Verso covered with printed floral decoration. Numbers on bottom section correspond with numbers on recto., Not in Wainwright., Signed: Harry G. Kessler, J. Millard Kessler, Geo. W. Breuker., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 8, American Antiquarian Society: Graphic Arts Lithf Breu Breu, George W. Breuker, Sr. and Harry C. Kessler, Sr. formed their practical and commercial lithography business in January 1866. The firm produced drug, perfume, wine and liquor labels, trade cards, show cards and all forms of commercial engravings and was in operation until the 1930s.
Creator: Breuker & Kessler Co.
Date: [1874]
Location: American Antiquarian Society AAS Graphic Arts Lithf Breu Breu

Title: Masonic Hall, Phila
Description: View looking northwest at the front facade of the hall built 1853-1855 after the designs of Sloan & Stewart. View also shows the printing and engraving establishment of Rowley & Chew (723 Chestnut) immediately west of the hall. Awnings obscure most of the storefronts on the ground level. Building sold circa 1873 following the completion of the new Masonic Temple on North Broad Street., Title from photographer's label pasted on verso., Photographer's imprint from label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Rowley & Chew relocated from 14-16 South Seventh Street to 723 Chestnut Street in 1872., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1872]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Associations [P.9047.80]

Title: Alois Senefelder. Inventor of lithography
Description: Book illustration containing a portrait of Senefelder in a slightly draped oval frame bordered by scenes, pictorial details and vignettes representative of the lithographic trade. Frame contains a plate marked "1800" to represent the year of the invention of lithography. Pictorial details of lithographer's tools including a pen, ink pot, etching needle, straight edge, compass, sponge, brush, palette, and ink roller flank the upper edges of the frame. Scenes of a lithographic printer rolling ink on a stone on a hand press (left) and a lithographic artist using a hand rest to draw a portrait on stone from a sketch at his drawing table (right) adorn the lower edges. Scenes also include stones stored in a library of shelves and resting against the hand press as well as the artist's portfolio laying against his drawing table. Vignette shows a steam powered lithographic press framed as the base of the pedestal of the portrait. Duval & Hunter, the partnership between P.S. Duval's son Stephen C. Duval and Thomas Hunter operated 1869-1874., Published in J. Luther Ringwalt's The American encyclopaedia of printing (Philadelphia: Meniman & Ringwalt, 1871), opp. p. 280., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 8
Creator: Duval & Hunter
Date: [1871]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *Am 1871 Rin 3210.Q.280a (Sower)

Title: Thomas Hunter, successor. Duval & Hunter's catalogue of oleograph publications for the season 1873-4
Description: Trade catalog containing an ornate front and back cover and two specimen pages of script promoting Thomas Hunter, former partner in Hunter & Duval (active 1869-1874). Front cover contains central vignette showing a woman with two cherubic figures seated on filigree. The woman writes on a lithographic stone and the figures hold a banner reading "Duval & Hunter" and a printing ink roller. Rear cover contains a wreath of medals awarded to predecessor firms P. S. Duval and Duval & Hunter. Medals, many from the Franklin Institute, enclose text reading "Duval and Hunter's Steam Lithographic Establishment. 19 First Premiums in Diplomas and Medals. 1841-1872" and contain inscriptions, dates, allegorical figures, seals, and busts of Benjamin Franklin and King Albert. Several of the medals reference color lithography and chromolithography., Also includes two specimen pages of script for "Duval & Hunter, Designer, Lithographers, and Chromo Publishers, Nos. 716-722 Filbert St. Philadelphia" that promote the services and prints supplied by the establishment, including "a liberal discount to the trade," "check books," "labels of all kinds," and "Portraits and Lithography in all its Branches." Catalog also contains preface "To the Trade" and title list with prices., Not in Wainwright., Title annotated with stamp Thomas Hunter, Successor., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 102, Smithsonian Institution: NMAH Graphic Arts 1984-774-01
Creator: Duval & Hunter
Date: [1873]
Location: Smithsonian Institution | NMAH Graphic Arts SI NMAH Graphic Arts 1984-774-01-Cover, Smithsonian Institution | NMAH Graphic Arts SI NMAH Graphic Arts 1984-774-01-ToTheTrade, Smithsonian Institution | NMAH Graphic Arts SI NMAH Graphic Arts 1984-774-01-Insurance, Smithsonian Institution | NMAH Graphic Arts SI NMAH Graphic Arts 1984-774-01-Back

Title: To the employing printers of the city of New York.
Description: Recommendation regarding taxes on printed bill-heads, cards, and circulars., Provenance: Gift of David Doret, 2007., Provenance: Advertisements in the collection were sent by various manufacturers to John C. Clark & Sons, a Philadelphia stationery firm.
Creator: Executive Committee of the Employing Printers of the City of New York., creator
Date: 1864.
Location: Doret Ephemera

Title: Important to printers, Francis & Loutrell's improved inking rollers.
Description: Circular for inking rollers., Provenance: Gift of David Doret, 2007., Provenance: Advertisements in the collection were sent by various manufacturers to John C. Clark & Sons, a Philadelphia stationery firm.
Creator: Francis & Loutrel., creator
Date: 1864.
Location: Doret Ephemera

Title: [Geo. S. Harris & Sons.] Printers & lithographers. Nos. 718, 720, 722, 724 Arch St. Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement calendar for the year 1883 containing a sentimental, genre scene for the firm renamed Geo. S. Harris & Sons in 1876. Scene shows a woman attired in a diaphanous dress, with plunging neckline and a high-rimmed bonnet, seated under a branch of an apple tree. A cluster of flowers, a butterfly, and a paper fan dominate the foreground and in the background, a farmhouse on a hillside completes the scene. Also includes decorative trim in the upper edge. Harris, first listed as a printer in 1847, operated one of the largest Philadelphia lithographic studios in the later 19th-century. The firm specialized in cigar box labels and stock trade cards., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 36, Smithsonian Institution: NMAH Archives Center - Warshaw Collection - Printers & Printing - Box 10 Folder 2 - Geo S. Harris, Smithsonian copy of print displayed., LCP holds copy in Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection. [P.2011.10.164]. LCP copy manuscript note on verso: Eva Allen, 1603 Summer Street, Phila, Pa.
Creator: Geo. S. Harris & Sons
Date: 1883
Location: Smithsonian Institution | NMAH Archives Center Warshaw Collection SI NMAH Archives Center - Warshaw Collection - Printers & Printing - Box 10 Folder 2 - Geo S. Harris, Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Calendars - George S. Harris [P.2011.10.164]

Title: Jacob Haehnlen's lithographic & steam powered letter press printing rooms Nos. 125 & 127 Sth. Third Street, opposite Girard Bank, Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement calendar for 1865 containing an ornamental border and promotional text, including types of prints issued by the press. Prints includes show cards; wine, liquor, perfumers, and manufacturers labels; checks; notes; drafts; cards; circular receipts; and bonds. Promotional text advertises samples of work "always on hand" and "every kind & style of lithographic letter press printing executed promptly at fair prices." In 1866, Haehnlen established his own studio at Goldsmith's Hall., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 43, Gift of David Doret.
Creator: Haehnlen, Jacob, b. 1824
Date: 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Advertisements - H [P.2003.41.4]

Title: Jacob Haehnlen's lithographic & steam powered letter press printing rooms
Description: Proof print of advertisement containing an ornate border surrounding a central view of the exterior of the six-story brownstone and print shop owned by lithographer Haehnlen at 420 Library Street. Signage advertising the "lithographic establishment" adorns the doorway, front, and side of "Goldsmith’s Hall." Building also adorned with large display windows and an eagle above the entranceway. View includes street and pedestrian traffic. Pedestrians walk on the sidewalk, stand in doorways, and enter the shop. In the street, horse-drawn wagons and drays, including one hauling crates marked "J.H.," pass in the street near a man pushing a hand-cart loaded with crates. Shop included salesrooms and offices, a machine shop, a drying room, lithographic presses, and card, handbill, and pamphlet printing presses. Border composed of cards containing ornate letters spelling Haehnlen's name and examples of his genres of work, including portraiture, industrial views, and machine imagery. Haehnlen established his own studio at Goldsmith’s Hall in 1866 and operated his business from all but the first floor. He sold his shop to the firm Lehman & Bolton in 1870. Building destroyed by fire on December 20, 1882., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 46
Creator: Haehnlen, Jacob, b. 1824
Date: [ca. 1867]
Location: Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PGA - Haehnlen--Jacob (A size) [P&P]

Title: H.J. Toudy & Co. Practical lithographers and publishers, 623 Commerce Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Hoe & Co. Steam Lith. Press Bird's eye view of Centennial Exhhibition buildings & grounds printed on R. Hoe & Co. steam lithographic press, at their department, north aisle, machinery hall
Description: Series of trade cards containing depictions of Centennial buildings to advertise the Philadelphia lithographic establishment's Centennial views and the prominent printing press company. Buildings depicted include the Main Building, Agricultural Hall, Horticultural Hall, and Machinery Hall. Also contains promotional text on verso reading "All visitors should procure one as a memento of the Great International Exhibition" at Toudy & Co. or "Care R. Hoe & Co., Machinery Hall, Centennial Grounds.", Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 120 a-e. POSA 120a: Main Building. POSA 102b: Machinery Hall, International Exhibition. POSA 120c: Agricultural Hall, International Exhibition. POSA 120d: Main Building, International Exhibition. POSA 120e: Horticultural Hall, International Exhibition., American Antiquarian Society: Graphic Arts Ephemera Late Trade Print 0074; 0128; 0129; 0130; 0131
Creator: H.J. Toudy & Co.
Date: [1876]
Location: American Antiquarian Society AAS Graphic Arts Ephemera Late Trade Print 0074; 0128; 0129; 0130; 0131

Title: Hofstetter Bros. Lithographers, stationers, printers, and blank book manufacturers. 508 & 510 Cherry Street, Philadelphia Manufacturing labels & brands a specialty. Checks. Bonds. Certificates. Diplomas. Show cards. Bill heads. Letter heads. Note heads. Statements. Box labels. Dry good labels. Portraits. Book illustrations. Blank books of every description made to order. Flat opening blank books a specialty
Description: Advertisements for the late 19th-century Philadelphia lithographic firm, originally established as a blank book manufactory ca. 1874 by bookbinders and brothers John and August Hofstetter. Name of the establishment ornamented with pictorial details, including a landscape view, a book, and artist's brushes. Prints contain a sentimental and comic scene. Sentimental scene shows a peasant girl, accompanied by a dog, walking through the woods and knitting. Comic scene shows a gentleman, near a lake, inspecting his rear covered in paint in front of a bench adorned with the sign "Paint." Also includes the promotion "Color Work a Specialty." Hofstetter & Bros. relocated to 508 -510 Cherry Street ca. 1892., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 39, Smithsonian Institution: NMAH Archives Center - Warshaw Collection – Lithography – Vertical Box 1 - Hofstetter - Peasant Girl, Smithsonian Institution: NMAH Archives Center - Warshaw Collection – Lithography – Vertical Box 1 - Hofstetter - Gentleman
Creator: Hofstetter Bros.
Date: [ca. 1892]
Location: Smithsonian Institution | NMAH Archives Center Warshaw Collection SI NMAH Archives Center - Warshaw Collection – Lithography – Vertical Box 1 - Hofstetter - Peasant Girl, Smithsonian Institution | NMAH Archives Center Warshaw Collection SI NMAH Archives Center - Warshaw Collection – Lithography – Vertical Box 1 - Hofstetter - Gentleman

Title: E. Ketterlinus' steam power lithographic and letter press printing house cor. of Arch & Fourth Sts. Philadelphia
Description: Tradecard, probably issued during the Civil War, containing an exterior view of the lithographic establishment of Ketterlinus at the northwest corner of Fourth and Arch streets. Other pictorial details include an eagle holding the American flag in its claws., Not in Wainwright., Smithsonian Institution: NMAH Archives Center - Warshaw Collection – Lithography – Vertical Box 1 - Ketterlinus, Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 24, Ketterlinus established his own firm in 1842 and relocated to Fourth and Arch streets in 1856.
Creator: Ketterlinus, Eugene, d. 1886
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Smithsonian Institution | NMAH Archives Center Warshaw Collection SI NMAH Archives Center - Warshaw Collection – Lithography – Vertical Box 1 - Ketterlinus

Title: E. Ketterlinus' lithographic and letter press printing house cor. of Arch & Fourth Sts. Philadelphia Bill heads, cards, circulars, &c. lithographed at nearly the same cost as letter press in a superior style. Illuminated show cards in great variety
Description: Letterhead, probably issued during the Civil War, containing an exterior view of the lithographic establishment of Ketterlinus at the northwest corner of Fourth and Arch streets. Other pictorial details include an American flag flying from a flag pole beside the building, a banner, filigree, and scrolls., Not in Wainwright., Addressed to Messrs. Riehl on March 9, 1871., Smithsonian Institution: NMAH Archives Center - Warshaw Collection – Lithography – Vertical Box 1 - Letterhead, Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 22, See LCP albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.142f], Ketterlinus established his own firm in 1842 and relocated to Fourth and Arch streets in 1856.
Creator: Ketterlinus, Eugene, d. 1886
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Smithsonian Institution | NMAH Archives Center Warshaw Collection SI NMAH Archives Center - Warshaw Collection – Lithography – Vertical Box 1 - Letterhead

Title: Catalogue illustration - Exterior view of factory
Description: Specimen from the catalog of the lithographic establishment begun by Eugene Ketterlinus in 1842 and incorporated as Ketterlinus Lithographic Manufacturing company in 1896. Depicts the six-story manufactory and showrooms of Baumeister Pianos in New York City. Includes street and pedestrian traffic, including patrons approaching the entry of the building., Published in Ketterlinus Lithographic Mfg. Company. Makers of book and job printing novelties. Philadelphia. North west corner Arch and Fourth streets., Smithsonian Institution: NMAH Archives Center - Warshaw Collection – Lithography – Vertical Box 1 - Catalogue, Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 9
Creator: Ketterlinus Lithographic Manufacturing Company
Date: [ca. 1896]
Location: Smithsonian Institution | NMAH Archives Center Warshaw Collection SI NMAH Archives Center - Warshaw Collection – Lithography – Vertical Box 1 - Catalogue

Title: Augs. Koellner : engraver and lithographer. No. 6 Bank Alley opposite the Exchange Philadelphia Original drawings, portraits, landscapes, animals taken from nature, vignettes for books, bank notes, drafts, etc. Music titles, labels, showbills, machine drawings, maps, plans, business and visiting cards engraved or drawn on stone at short notice and at the most reasonable terms
Description: Advertisement for the Philadelphia lithographer. Six images surround the central advertising text. From top left: a hunting scene of two armed men, one mounted and one on foot, with hounds; a classical-style building; a farmyard scene with cattle; a man sketching outdoors; a wide scene showing a railroad train at left, a horse pulling a canal boat at right, and a nearby harbor with boats at center; an interior view of a man reading, surrounded by bust statues, skulls, and globe. Kollner operated from 6 Bank Alley in 1844., Not in Wainwright., Inscribed on recto: 1841., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 4, American Antiquarian Society: Graphic Arts Lithf Koll Koll copy 1
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
Date: [1844]
Location: American Antiquarian Society AAS Graphic Arts Lithf Koll Koll copy 1

Title: A. Koellner No. 6. Bank Alley Philadelphia respectfully offers his services to the public in drawing of figures landscapes & animals from the rough sketch to the most finished drawing in every manner and in a style which will be especially useful to publishers of books, periodicals, music, etc. manufacturers etc. etc. on reasonable terms & at short notice
Description: Advertisement for the Philadelphia lithographer containing vignettes and picotrial details. At left and right, tall trees mark the edges of the composition; a near-nude man stands on a branch at left, reaching towards a semi-bare breasted woman standing on the branch at right, who holds out a bunch of grapes. At top center, a figure sits in a landscape studying large tomes; nearby stands an anatomical figure. At bottom center, statuary of a general riding a rearing horse and doffing his hat on a base adorned with a battle scene is visible. To his right, a group of farmyard animals flock together. At the general’s left, pilgrims make contact with Indians. Kollner operated from 6 Bank Alley in 1844., Not in Wainwright., Title annotated: "and in a style" crossed out in pencil., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 1, American Antiquarian Society: Graphic Arts Lithf Koll Kollv
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
Date: [1844]
Location: American Antiquarian Society AAS Graphic Arts Lithf Koll Kollv

Title: Lithography 120 South Second Street (entrance Elmslies Alley) Philadelphia Drawings of all descriptions. Maps, visiting and business cards, drafts, circulars, billheads, music titles, vignettes, labels, etc. executed at short notice on the most reasonable terms
Description: Advertisement for the Philadelphia lithographer containing a vignette of a maritime view. Shows sailboats, probably in the Delaware River at Philadelphia, sailing past Smith Island near larger ships at anchor in the city harbor at left. In the foreground, two men ground a small row boat carrying a small load., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 58, American Antiquarian Society: Graphic Arts Lithf Koll Kollvv
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: American Antiquarian Society AAS Graphic Arts Lithf Koll Kollvv

Title: Augs. Koellner : engraver and lithographer. Phoenix block Philadelphia Original drawings, portraits, landscapes, animals taken from nature, vignettes for books, bank notes, drafts, etc. Music titles, labels, showbills, machine drawings, maps, plans, business and visiting cards engraved or drawn on stone at short notice and at the most reasonable terms
Description: Advertisement for the Philadelphia lithographer. Six images surround the central advertising text. From top left: a hunting scene of two armed men, one mounted and one on foot, with hounds; a classical-style building; a farmyard scene with cattle; a man sketching outdoors; a wide scene showing a railroad train at left, a horse pulling a canal boat at right, and a nearby harbor with boats at center; an interior view of a man reading, surrounded by bust statues, skulls, and globe. Kollner relocated to Second and Dock Street, Phoenix Block in 1849., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 6, American Antiquarian Society: Graphic Arts Lithf Koll Koll copy 2
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
Date: [ca. 1849]
Location: American Antiquarian Society AAS Graphic Arts Lithf Koll Koll copy 2

Title: Augs. Koellner : engraver and lithographer. No. 6 Bank Alley opposite the Exchange Philadelphia Original drawings, portraits, landscapes, animals taken from nature, vignettes for books, bank notes, drafts, etc. Music titles, labels, showbills, machine drawings, maps, plans, business and visiting cards engraved or drawn on stone at short notice and at the most reasonable terms
Description: Advertisement for the Philadelphia lithographer. Six images surround the central advertising text. From top left: a hunting scene of two armed men, one mounted and one on foot, with hounds; a classical-style building; a farmyard scene with cattle; a man sketching outdoors; a wide scene showing a railroad train at left, a horse pulling a canal boat at right, and a nearby harbor with boats at center; an interior view of a man reading, surrounded by bust statues, skulls, and globe. Kollner operated from 6 Bank Alley in 1844., Not in Wainwright., Portion of title cut out: Bank Alley., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 5, American Antiquarian Society: Graphic Arts Lithf Koll Koll copy 3
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
Date: [1844]
Location: American Antiquarian Society AAS Graphic Arts Lithf Koll Koll copy 3

Title: Public Ledger Job Printing Office, south-west corner Sixth and Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Description: Trade card containing a whimsical view showing a colonially-attired typesetter and printer at a typesetting table and press in the presence of two foppishly attired figures., Text providing figures showing "the daily edition of the Philadelphia Public Ledger...taken from the Press Room Books for the weeks ending the 18th and 25th of March, 1871" printed on verso. Figures exceed 460,000., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Creator: Ledger Job Printing Office (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Date: [1871]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.47]

Title: Compliments of Lehman & Bolton, lithographers, printers, publishers. 715, 171, 719 Arch Street. Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement calendar for the year 1885 containing a sentimental, genre scene. Shows a long-haired child, possibly a boy, attired in a collared dress, bow at the waist, knickers, a wide-brimmed hat adorned with flowers, socks, and shoes with straps. The child holds a bouquet of flowers in one hand and holds out a sprig in the other. Advertisement also contains pictorial details depicting fruits and vinery framing the image. The firm, established in 1873 by William H. Lehman and Mahlon Bolton, Jr. from Jacob Haehnlen's former establishment at Goldsmiths' Hall, specialized in commercial lithographs such as billheads, letterheads, and advertisements., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 122, Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Creator: Lehman & Bolton
Date: [1884]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department PRINt Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Calendars [P.2011.10.165]

Title: Lehman & Bolton steam power lithograph & letter press printing rooms. Nos. 418, 420 & 422 Library Street, Philadelphia. Opposite Post Office Bonds, checks, bill heads, chromos, showcards, maps, labels, &c
Description: Trade card containing an ornate border design comprised of scrolls, banners, and an angel surrounding the advertising text. The lithographic firm operated 1873-1920., Not in Wainwright., Smithsonian Institution: NMAH Archives Center - Warshaw Collection – Lithography – Vertical Box 2 - Lehman & Bolton - Advertisement, Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 54
Creator: Lehman & Bolton
Date: [ca. 1873]
Location: Smithsonian Institution | NMAH Archives Center Warshaw Collection SI NMAH Archives Center - Warshaw Collection – Lithography – Vertical Box 2 - Lehman & Bolton - Advertisement

Title: Lehman & Bolton steam power lithographic & letter press printing rooms. Library Street, Goldsmith's Hall. Opp. Post Office, Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement containing a view of the exterior of the six-story brownstone and print shop at 420 Library Street tenanted by lithographic partnership who purchased the business of Jacob Haehnlen in 1873. Signage advertising the "Jacob Hahenlen Lithographic Establishment" adorns the doorway, front, and side of "Goldsmith’s Hall." Building also adorned with large display windows and an American flag. View includes street and pedestrian traffic. Pedestrians walk and stand on the sidewalk. Horse-drawn wagons and drays pass in the street. Floral details and a beehive border the view. Building destroyed by fire on December 20, 1882., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 56, Smithsonian Institution: NMAH Archives Center - Warshaw Collection – Lithography – Vertical Box 2 - Lehman & Bolton - Building
Creator: Lehman & Bolton
Date: [ca. 1873]
Location: Smithsonian Institution | NMAH Archives Center Warshaw Collection SI NMAH Archives Center - Warshaw Collection – Lithography – Vertical Box 2 - Lehman & Bolton - Building

Title: [Evans, card & fancy printer. Office, Fourth St. below Chestnut, Philadelphia]
Description: Business advertisement depicting the commercial building at 402 Library Street containing the establishments of Howell Evans; the Dime Savings Fund; ship and custom house brokers, E. Headley Bailey & M.S. Alexander; engravers on wood, James W. Louderbach & Gustavus A. Hoffman; lithographer, John Childs; and engravers, stationers and producers of embossed cards, envelopes, labels, etc., Jacob Maas, Henry Percival, and Jacob's son, Charles E. Maas. Several men and women pedestrians, including an African American man laborer carrying a bundle, walk the sidewalk. Patrons enter the building's open doorways. A coach travels speedily past the building. Evans, the self-promoted first "fast card press in the city" operated his firm at the address until 1880. In 1860, his press executed the advertisements for the Philadelphia City Directory. Louderbach & Hoffman, a partnership formed in 1853 resided at the site until dissolving in 1860., Title from duplicate print., Date from Poulson inscription on recto: Fourth Street; s.w. cor.; Library Street; Feby, 26, 1856., Accessioned 1979., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator: Louderbach & Hoffman, engraver
Date: [February 16, 1856]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department PhPr - 11x14 - Business [P.2277.23]

Title: Evans, card & fancy printer. Office, Fourth St. below Chestnut, Philadelphia
Description: Business advertisement depicting the commercial building at 402 Library Street containing the establishments of Howell Evans; the Dime Savings Fund; ship and custom house brokers, E. Headley Bailey & M.S. Alexander; engravers on wood, James W. Louderbach & Gustavus A. Hoffman; blank book manufacturer, J.R. McMullin; and engravers, stationers, producers of embossed cards, envelopes, and labels, Jacob Maas, Henry Percival, and Jacob's son, Charles E. Maas. Several men and women pedestrians, including an African American man laborer carrying a bundle, walk the sidewalk. Patrons enter the building's open doorways. A coach travels speedily past the building. Evans, the self-promoted first "fast card press in the city" operated his firm at the site until 1880. In 1860, his press executed the advertisements for the Cohen Philadelphia City Directory. Louderbach & Hoffman, a partnership formed in 1853 remained at the site until dissolving in 1860., Title from item., Date inferred from content and history of the printer., Advertising text printed around border., Advertisements printed on verso: engraver, J.H. Byram - wholesale collar manufacturer, Robert C. Winters - and truss manufacturer and importer, C.W. Van Horn & Co., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of engravings related to Philadelphia. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator: Louderbach & Hoffman, engraver
Date: [ca. 1857]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department PhPr - 11x14 - Business [(7)1322.F.158.1a]

Title: Evans, Card & Fancy Printer. Office, Fourth St. below Chestnut, cor. of Library St. Philadelphia
Description: Business advertisement depicting the commercial building at 402 Library Street containing the establishments of Howell Evans; ship and custom house brokers, E. Headley Bailey & M.S. Alexander; engravers on wood, James W. Louderbach & Gustavus A. Hoffman; and blank book manufacturer, J.R. McMullin. Several men and women pedestrians, including an African American man laborer carrying a bundle, walk the sidewalk. Patrons enter the building's open doorways. A coach travels speedily past the building. Evans, the self-promoted first "fast card press in the city" operated his firm at the address until 1880. In 1860, his press executed the advertisements for the Cohen Philadelphia City Directory. Louderbach & Hoffman, a partnership formed in 1852 remained at the site until dissolving in 1860. J.R. McMullin remained from 1857 until 1859., Title from item., Date from Poulson inscription on recto: Decem. 1858., Signage on building for Evans, Card & Fancy Printer stamped with gilt., Accessioned 1982., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator: Louderbach & Hoffman, engraver
Date: [December 1858]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department PhPr - 11x14 - Business [P.8729.8]

Title: [Graff House, southwest corner of Seventh and Market streets, Philadelphia]
Description: View showing the house owned by Jacob Graff in which Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Signage covers the building advertising current tenants, including B. Crawford's wholesale retail fashionable clothing emporium; William Hicks, tailor; William Brown, clothing; and D.E. Thompson's Book and Job Printing Office. Also shows adjacent businesses, including William Jordan's Shoe Warehouse at 232 Market Street(pre-consolidation). The building was razed circa 1883., Title supplied by cataloguer., Photographer's imprint blindstamped on mount., Manuscript note on mount: S.W. Cor. 7th and Market., Probably originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., *McClees 1853-2., McClees & Germon, a partnership between Philadelphia photographers James E. McClees and Washington Lafayette Germon, was active between 1854-1855.
Creator: McClees & Germon, photographer
Date: ca. 1854
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *photo - McClees [8339.F.17]

Title: Jefferson House, so. west corner of Seventh and Market st
Description: View showing the house owned by Jacob Graff in which Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Signage adorns the building advertising current tenants William Brown, clothing, and D.E. Thompson's Book and Job Printing Office. Also shows an awning reading "Birth Place of Liberty" attached to the building; playbills on display; a hitching post; and a view of the adjacent business, William Jordan's Shoe Warehouse at 232 Market Street. The building was razed circa 1883., Title, date, and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount., Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 5, page 92? The scrapbooks contained photographs of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia collected by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., 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 #59., 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: 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Residences - G [P.2295]

Title: Panoramic views from the steeple of Independence Hall, 520 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Description: Series of views looking north, northeast, northwest, east, west, southeast, and southwest from Independence Hall showing the several blocks surrounding the historic building. Images predominately depict the 400 and 500 blocks of Library, Minor, Chestnut, and Market Streets. Includes Howell Evans, card and fancy printer (402 Library); Military Hall, public hall and former arsenal building (412 Library); Goldsmith's Hall, office building (420 Library); Library Company of Philadelphia (s.e. cor. 5th and Library); Philadelphia National Bank (419-423 Chestnut); U.S. Customhouse (420 Chestnut); Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank (425-429 Chestnut); Henry J. Pepper & Son, jeweler (441 Chestnut); Wright, Smith & Co., chinaware (5 N. 5th); P. Hirst & Co., hat manufacturer (501 Chestnut); George J. Henkels City Cabinet Wareroom (509 Chestnut); Barnes, Osterhout & Co., hats and furs (503 Market); Smith, Williams & Co., dry goods (513 Market); Coleman & Smith, cutlery and fancy goods (521 Market); Chaffees, Stout, & Co., wholesale dry goods (523 Market). Also shows the steeple of Christ Church; rooftop business signage including White Hall clothiers' sign (400 Market); the 500 block of Minor Street; the 600 block of Market Street; J.M. Maris & Co., drugs and chemical manufacturer (711 Market); the Delaware riverfront; and partial views of Independence Square., Attributed to James E. McClees., White or pale yellow paper mounts with square corners, including two with printed titles and two inscribed with the date., Title supplied by cataloguer., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McClees - Views [1322.F.4i; 1322.F.5d-e; 1322.F.6b; (5)1322.F.4b; (6)1322.F.20a; (8)1322.F.9i]

Title: National Chromo Co., 927 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. [catalog cover]
Description: Front cover contains a montage of vignette views of the main Centennial Exhibition of 1876 buildings bordering a central allegorical scene. Scene shows the figures of Columbia and Liberty surrounded by cherubic figures representing the arts, industry, agriculture, and science. Figures hold emblematic items, including a laurel wreath, liberty pole, American shield, hammer, paint palette, compass, and a sheath of wheat. Building vignettes show the Agricultural Hall, Machinery Hall, Horticultural Hall, Main Building, and Memorial Hall (Art Gallery). Also contains pictorial details representing "1776" showing the solitary figure of liberty and "1876" showing the figure of Justice with two women in humbled stances., Rear cover printed with promotional text reading "Chromos, Engravings, Mottoes, and Artist's Materials, Published, Imported and For Sale By the National Chromo Company, 927 Chestnut Street [stamped over No. 717 Sansom Street] Philadelphia, Pa., Not in Wainwright., Title annotated with stamp over previous address: No. 717 Sansom Street., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 65, Smithsonian Institution: NMAH Archives Center – Warshaw Collection - Printers & Printing - Box 1 - National Chromo Co.
Creator: National Chromo Company
Date: c1875
Location: Smithsonian Institution | NMAH Archives Center Warshaw Collection SI NMAH Archives Center – Warshaw Collection - Printers & Printing - Box 1 - National Chromo Co.

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