Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Oat was located at this address for some time before taking his son George R. Oat into the firm in 1843. In 1857, the address changed to 232-234 Quarry Street.
Creator
Rease, W. H. artist., creator
Date
ca. 1850.
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W210.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W210 [P.2141]
Advertisement showing the multi- and split-level factory "Jos. Oat & Son Copper Smiths" at 12, i.e., 232-234 Quarry Street. The name of the proprietors "Jos. Oat" and "G.R. Oat" adorn one of the lower window shutters. Several pieces of copper work, including cauldrons, a bell, and a distiller, line the front of the building on either side of the large, open entryway to the workshop. Within the shop, laborers hammer copper pieces, nail a crate shut, and work at a forge. Copper pieces surround the workers. At many of the upper windows, more workers toil on small pieces. In the street, a drayman loads a crate onto his horse-drawn vehicle not far from a fire hydrant. George R. Oat, entered his father's company, established in 1788 by his grandfather Jesse Oat, in 1843., Date from Poulson inscription on recto: Aug. 1847., Title printed in type below the image., Title also printed in Spanish and French., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 417, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Creator
Rease, W. H., artist
Date
[August 1847]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W210 [P.2141]
