Advertisement showing the five-story storefront of the carpet warehouse, covered in signage, at 269 Market, i.e., Seventh and Market streets. Patrons enter the doorways past rolled carpets on display. In front of the store, more rolled carpets rest on crates, a boy leans on a street lamp at the corner, and a partially visible horse-drawn wagon is parked. Pedestrians walk on Seventh Street past the side of the store and under awnings printed with illegible text. Also includes a dog and partial views of the adjacent business and a horse-drawn carriage traveling in the street. Banister operated from 269 Market Street 1845-1852., Date from Poulson inscription lower left corner: April 1847., Wainwright suggests date of circa 1845., "Edward Banister" signage text depicted in image inked with pen on print., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 203, LCP copy trimmed and lacking title and imprint., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Date
[April 1847]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W107 [P.2043]
Advertisement showing the five-story hotel built by John L. Ridgway in 1844 at 181-183 (i.e., 517-519) Chestnut Street. Male and female guests sit under an awning on the front porch, enter the building, and stroll on the second floor balcony. Other patrons are visible, through the open windows and entrance, in the saloon and at the front desk. Curtains adorn several of the upper windows and rolled carpets are showcased in the display windows of the tenanting business of "J. & B. Orne." A couple approach the entrance of the adjacent storefront of "J. Sill & Co. Gloves. Hosiery. Cravats. Shirts. etc." at 185 (i.e., 521) Chestnut Street. Hosiery and bolts of fabric adorn the display windows of the building that also contains columns and a balcony. Also shows a dog behind the couple, a fire hydrant, and a partial view of a parked carriage and neighboring building. Charter, originally with partner C. James McClellan, served as the proprietor 1845-1848., Date from Poulson inscription on recto., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 17, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Opening of hotel described in the Philadelphia Inquirer, January 20, 1844.
Creator
Rease, W. H., artist
Date
[1848]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W16 [P.2012]