Specimens lithography , engraving and printing establishment of Augustus Kollner, designer, engraver & lithographer, copperplate & lithographic printer. Phoenix block, corner of Second & Dock streets, Philadelphia.
Title
Specimens lithography , engraving and printing establishment of Augustus Kollner, designer, engraver & lithographer, copperplate & lithographic printer. Phoenix block, corner of Second & Dock streets, Philadelphia
Description
Catalog containing specimens, including one plate of vignettes and one plate of banknotes. Vignettes depict "Wingohocking Mills, Frankford, Pa."; "Crane Iron Company"; and the landscape view "Broad Top." Banknotes include vignettes showing the entire complex and a specific building at "R. Garsed & Bro. Wingohocking Mills"; a locomotive; and a sailing ship. Banknote plate also includes a sample of lettering reading "Kensington Bank." Catalog also contains a double-sided page of variant specimen lettering presented as text advertising Kollner to "Druggists, Chemists, Manufacturers and Publishers of Books, Periodicals, Maps, &c." Text promotes his samples of work including, "tasteful labels, showcards, ornamental borders title pages,and business & visiting cards, in handsome of lettering" in addition to his views for Goupil, Vibert & Co and "Large Map of of the City of New York now publishing" (i.e., Dripps map, 1851).Text also promotes transfers from steel and copper plates, and "indefinite number of copies can be struck off at short notice and at very moderate charges.", Not in Wainwright., Cover contains ornamental border., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 89, Library of Congress: NE2820.K6 (Case X) 64-11
Creator
Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
Date
[ca. 1851]
Location
Library of Congress | Prints and Photograph Division LOC NE2820.K6 (Case X) 64-11 Title, Library of Congress | Prints and Photograph Division LOC NE2820.K6 (Case X) 64-11 Kensington Bank, Library of Congress | Prints and Photograph Division LOC NE2820.K6 (Case X) 64-11 Wingohocking Mills, Library of Congress | Prints and Photograph Division LOC NE2820.K6 (Case X) 64-11 Druggists Chemists
[Garsed & Brother Wingohocking Mills billhead]
Title
[Garsed & Brother Wingohocking Mills billhead]
Description
Billhead for R. Garsed & Brother containing a view of the firm's textile mills built 1853 on the northwest corner of Ashland Street along Frankford Creek in Frankford. The mills include a small office building adjacent to a long single-story building with three portico entrances, a smokestack, and cupola adorned with a weather vane. The main building housed the spinning, carding, warping, and spreading rooms. Women stand in two of the portico entries, individuals walk on the grounds, and a “Wingohocking” horse-drawn wagon travels past the mill. In the foreground, by the creek, a horse and colt stand near a canoe marked "Wingohocking Mills" moored at the bank. Across from the animals, a Native American stands with his canoe moored behind him. Richard Garsed was a pioneer in the improvement of cotton mill machinery, including the increased efficiency of power looms, during the 1840s and 1850s., Not in Wainwright., pdcc00009, Title supplied by cataloguer., Printed on recto: Frankford, Pa. Invoice of Goods consigned to ______ for Sale on account of R. Garsed & Brother. Marks & Nos. Pieces. Description Yards. Total Yards. Price pr. Yard $____ Cts., Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 26:12a, See Castner 26: 17 for watercolor study for print titled “At Frankford, Phila, Pa.” Signed A. Kollner drawn 1855. Drawing also dated "30 Nov. 1853." View includes, in the foreground, a “Frankford” paddleboat on the creek and horses at the creek bank. Also shows horses frolicking in front of the mills in the background.
Creator
Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
Date
[ca. 1855]
Location
Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Castner 26:12a