Advertisement containing an exterior view of the busy courtyard of the "N.H. Graham & Cos. Curing, Packing & Smoking Establishment" on the 2000 block of Filbert Street. Horse-drawn wagons and drays enter and exit the yard between the stable and "Office" under an archway with the name of the business. The wagons are marked with the company name and the drays carry barrels marked with the name of their contents and recipient, including hams, beef, pork, and shoulders and "Miller & Brown, Packers, Cincinatti." The hinds of horses are seen through the stable entry near where barrels of beef are lined and a gentleman departs the office next to which several more barrels are lined. A gentleman passes next to them on the sidewalk. Within the courtyard, men cut and pack meat into barrels near and under sheds. One shed contains a row of hook and more barrels line the space in which another horse-drawn dray is visible leaving through the rear entry., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 497, LCP AR [Annual Report] 1990 p. 45.
Creator
Rease, W. H., artist
Date
[1850]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Industries [P.9303.10]
