Block numbered in four places: 5358., Image of a beaver in a natural setting, near water., "The Menagerie Improved. The Beaver p. 31" -- Inscribed on side of block., "The Menagerie improved" was listed in American Sunday-School Union catalogues from Jan. 1848 to at least 1893., “N.J. Wemmer. 5 Pear St. Phila.” -- Back of block. Nelson J. Wemmer is listed (as an artist) at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1848 to 1856.
Advertisement containing a view of the exterior of the hat store (300 block Chestnut Street) surrounded by a decorative border comprised of hats and vignettes. Shows the proprietor of the business standing behind the double-sided glass door of his establishment. Displays of hats adorn the showcase windows of the store. Also shows a ribbon hanging from above the entrance, a shadowy figure of a patron, and a basement cellar door. Border includes military hats, boys caps, a Friend's hat, and beaver hat. Vignettes show a military officer on horseback and an outdoor scene with beavers at a tree. Oakford established his business in 1827 and located to 104 Chestnut in 1843 where he began his wholesale trade in 1850. He operated from the address until 1852., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 108, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Creator
Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
Date
[ca. 1850]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W57 [P.2039]
Advertisement depicting the retail shop interior, showing a pile of hats, caps, and fur garments piled on the sales counter. Shelves built into the walls are lined neatly with merchandise behind the counter. An adjacent room is visible through an open door showing a male and a female worker standing over steaming tubs. Includes a vignette of a beaver, a symbol of the fur trade, gnawing through a tree near a stream. Oliver N. Thacher tenanted 40 North Third Street, opposite the City Hotel, from 1840 to 1842., Philadelphia on Stone, Library of Congress: PGA - Duval - O.N. Thacher...Ware-house (Size A) [P & P]
Creator
Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
Date
[ca. 1840]
Location
Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PGA - Duval - O.N. Thacher...Ware-house (Size A) [P & P]
