Advertisement containing a view of the busy fertilizer factory complex on the riverfront in Wilmington, Delaware. Complex includes three smock stacks. Several workers move, inspect, and use handcarts near rows of crates piled on the dock and in front of the manufactory. Horse-drawn wagons arrive and depart from the site. Ships and barges deliver and receive supplies from the Christina River. Also contains notice about "Descriptive Pamphlets mailed free on application" and the three locations of the manufacturers, including 203 West Front Street, Wilmington, Del.; 57 South Calvert Street, Baltimore, Md.; 28 South Wharves, Philadelphia. Manufactory established in 1861., Printed above title: [Trade Mark Patented, November 22d, 1870]., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 100, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 38 W 173, Manuscript note on verso: Library Fund Oct. 28, 1960.
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 38 W 173
Billhead containing a view of the multi-building manufactory on a pier along the riverfront. Shows laborers transporting goods across the factory grounds with hand and horse-drawn carts. Others stand and depart from entryways to the buildings. At the end of the pier, sacks are piled near docked and approaching ships., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1866]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.135b]
Billhead containing a view of the multi-building manufactory on a pier along the riverfront. Shows laborers transporting goods across the factory grounds with hand and horse-drawn carts. Others stand and depart from entryways to the buildings. At the end of the pier, sacks are piled near docked and approaching ships., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1866]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.135b]
