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Title: Rae's Philadelphia Pictorial Directory & Panoramic Advertiser
Description: Folio volume of panoramic views of businesses on the 200-900 blocks of Chestnut Street and corresponding pages of advertisements. Also contains a preface, which details that inclusion in the directory required subscription to or purchase of the volume; the intention to "issue the Panoramic View annually"; and the publisher's endeavor to correct all lettering errors "upon the publication of the second edition." Volume also includes interspersed full-, half- and, one-third-page advertisements for business subscribers tenanting, as well as not located on Chestnut Street. Publisher issued only the 1851 directory.

Title: Edward L. Waller, lithographic printer. Portraits, landscapes, buildings, animals, charts, maps. Circulars, bill heads, music titles, checks, cards, labels, transfers from copper or steel, lithographed in a superior manner, no. 17 Minor Street, third story, Philadelphia
Description: Directory advertisement containing lettering in various styles. Waller operated a studio in Philadelphia 1856-1858., Published in The Philadelphia merchants' & manufacturers' business directory for 1856-57 (Philadelphia: Prepared & published by Griswold & Co., [1856]), p. [6], back ad section., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 25
Date: [1856]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Dir Phila 1856 10578.Q.6 (back ad section)

Title: Iron Manufacture : boilers, steam engines, hydraulic pumps Port Richmond Iron Works Philadelphia. I.P. Morris & Co. Iron founders, steam engine builders, general machinists, and boiler makers. : Southwark Foundry, cor. 5th & Washington St. Philadelphia. Merrick & Sons, engineers & machinists. : Camden Iron Manufacturing Company. Engineers, machinists, iron founders & boiler makers. Kaighn's Point, Camden, N.J. Agency: n.w. cor, of Front & Walnut sts., Philadephia
Description: Atlas advertisement containing exterior views of the two Philadelphia and the Camden foundries. Views contain promotional text about the products manufactured, the names of the proprietors, and the dates of establishment of two of the firms. Views include maritime traffic, horse-drawn trucks hauling machinery, and operating smokestacks. Machinery advertised includes pumping, hoisting, and stationery engines; sugar mills; iron boats; and bon black washers and bruisers. The Morris foundry was established in 1828 and the Merrick foundry was established in 1836. Atlas entry for "The State of Connecticut" printed on the verso., Published in Colton’s atlas of America, illustrating the physical and political geography of North and South America... Commercial edition with business cards of prominent houses in Philadelphia. (New York: J.H. Colton and Company, 1856), page 23. (HSP O 458)., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 392
Date: [1856]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Industries - Morris [P.2007.22]

Title: Cooking ranges Five different kinds of cooking ranges may be seen at the store
Description: Advertisement depicting three styles of cooking ranges and furnaces for an unidentified business, including a closed grate cooking range (left)., Title supplied by cataloger., Print trimmed. Originally part of a larger advertisement., Not in Wainwright., Originally part of Charles A. Poulson's scrapbook of illustrations of Philadelphia., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 44
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Advertisements [(1)1525.F.92a]

Title: Fashions by S.A & A.F. Ward spring & summer No. 62 Walnut Philada. 1852
Description: Fashion advertisement containing two panelled scenes of 17 elegantly attired men, women, and children in a parlor and an outdoor, country setting. Scenes surrounded by a border designed as foliage and filigree. Upper panel shows the parlor scene. Three men attired in suits, top hats and canes converse. One man leans against a writing desk, one shows his back, and the other man is seated in a wingback chair . At the center of the panel, a woman wearing a full dress with wide sleeves stands with a boy, a girl, and a puppy. A man wrapped in a lavish robe and fez hat sits on chaise lounge, looking right in the direction of two men who stand and converse. Lower panel shows a country scene. At the center of the scene two women attired in long-sleeve dresses and plumed hats are seated sidesaddle on horses. The men flanking the two women are attired in vests, jackets, cravats and top hats and some hold canes. One of the men rests his right hand on a rifle. A boy dressed in a vest, pants, boots and cap plays with a hoop and watches the horses. Many of the depicted men have mustaches and or sideburns. Key numbered 1-17 printed below the figures., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 71, Smithsonian Institution NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.3067]
Date: 1852
Location: Smithsonian Institution | NMAH Home and Community Life Collection SI NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.3067]

Title: Fashions for spring and summer 1853 by S.A. & A.F. Ward, No. 62 Walnut Street Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Fashion advertisement containing two panelled scenes of 15 elegantly attired men, women, and children in a parlor and a fair setting. Upper panel shows the parlor scene. Eight of the nine men are attired in jackets, vests, cravats, top hats and canes. Some wear plaid and striped pants. One man, seated with sheet music in his lap and a stringed instrument by his side, is attired in an elaborate silk robe. The remaining men, most standing, converse in groups and study framed images hanging on the wall. The left image is a landscape, and the right depicts a portrait of an older man. Lower panel shows the New York Crystal Palace, an exhibition building designed by Georg Carstensen and German architect Charles Gildemeister and constructed for the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations in New York City in 1853. View includes foot, carriage, and omnibus traffic. Couples, children and dogs stroll the grounds. In the foreground, flanking the view of the exhibition building, are six figures, including a gentleman standing with his back shown, looking at a woman on a horse and a boy holding a watering can. The man is attired in a jacket, top hat and cane, and the boy wears a ruffled cape-like jacket, knickers and a cap. The woman, sitting sidesaddle, wears a dress, jacket, gloves and a plumed hat. On the right side, two men stand with a boy. All of them wear jackets, vests, cravats, patterned pants, boots and hats. One man holds a rifle in his left hand. Many of the depicted men have mustaches and or sideburns. New York's 1853 exhibition was held on the site now home to Bryant Park. A fire destroyed the exhibition building in 1858., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 76, Smithsonian Institution NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.3068]
Date: 1853
Location: Smithsonian Institution | NMAH Home and Community Life Collection SI NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.3068]

Title: Longworth's sparkling Catawba & Isabella, still & sweet Catawba, and Catawba Brandy. Cincinnati
Description: Advertisement for the winery of Nicholas Longworth containing an ornate border designed as grape vines. Longworth, known as the Father of the American wine industry, operated his winery circa 1825 until his death in 1863., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.68]

Title: Hoofland's German bitters, a pure tonic
Description: Advertisement for the patent medicine showing a medieval scene. Depicts a bearded monk, outside, on his knees, using a bellows to stoke a fire beneath a hanging cauldron in a hearth. A large volume of text lays open, near greenery, in front of him. The bitters, named after the German physician Christoph Wilhem Hoofland (Hufeland), entered the United States market in the 1840s., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.71a]

Title: Hoofland's German bitters, a pure tonic
Description: Advertisement for the patent medicine showing a medieval scene. Depicts a bearded monk, outside, on his knees, using a bellows to stoke a fire beneath a hanging cauldron in a hearth. A large volume of text lays open, near greenery, in front of him. The bitters, named after the German physician Christoph Wilhem Hoofland (Hufeland), entered the United States market in the 1840s., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.71a]

Title: Applegate & Co. Publishers, booksellers & stationers, no. 43 Main Str. Cincinnati Copying presses and books. Blank books made to any pattern, paged, with or without printed headings. Notes, drafts, letter cap & note papers. Envelopes. Inks, pens, bankers cases. Sealing wax. Mucilage &c. bills of lading, railroad receipts, dray tickets, billheads, checks, drafts, notes, & cards printed to order. Publishers of: Clarks Commentary, Dicks Works, Rollins Anct. History, Plutarch's Lives, The Spectator, Webb's Monitor, &c
Description: Advertisement calendar for 1859-60 containing an allegorical vignette and pictorial details framing a calendar depicted as an architectural monument. Vignette shows a female figure, a harp at her side, drawing on a sketch pad as she looks above to a slightly open curtain. Landscape is visible in the distance. Pictorial details depict vinery and symbols of the arts and book and stationery trade, including a globe, paint palette, quill pens, compass, and the advertised books published by Applegate & Co., Inscribed in upper right corner: 55., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., See also proof copy containing pasted overlay of vignette of a locomotive [P.9349.216a].
Date: [ca. 1858]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.37b]

Title: Advertisement placards
Description: Advertisements employing sentimental genre scenes to promote New York proprietors of "Spaldings Prepared Glue" and "Phalon & Son's Cocin for the Hair." Glue advertisement shows a mother using "Spaldings" to make a repair. She sits at a table and brushes the glue on the leg of an overturned stool as her children surround her, including a small girl holding a horse figure and an older girl holding a toddler. Scene also includes drapes, a framed painting on the wall, and a broken bowl next to the glue bottle. Hair oil advertisement shows a lady's maid applying oil to her mistress's long, dark hair in a boudoir. The lady sits at a vanity, while her children play with a hairbrush at her feet near their toys. Advertisement also shows a glass enclosed vase of flowers on a table below a framed portrait of a mustached man., Date from Poulson inscriptions., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: October 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Poulson scrapbooks - vol. 1 [(1)2526.F.77 & 88]

Title: Fashions. Fall & winter. 1852-3, S.A. & A.F. Ward no. 62 Walnut St. Phila
Description: Fashion advertisement containing two panelled scenes of 21 elegantly attired men, women, and children in two outdoor settings. Scenes surrounded by a border designed as tree branches, filigree and scissors. Cherubic figures sewing and ironing flank the title at the bottom of the print. Upper panel shows 5 men, 1 woman, 4 boys and 2 girls socializing on a dirt pathway overlooking the city. At the center of the panel, the oldest boy sits on a bench telling the younger children a story. Three men converse on the left side, one with his back to the viewer, and on the right side, two men and a woman stand looking in the direction of the others. All of the men wear or hold hats and are attired in suits, including two in striped pants. The woman wears a full brown dress decorated with floral designs and alternating bands of different fabric. The boys are attired in jackets and ties, and two wear hats. The girls wear dresses, tights, boots and hats. Lower panel shows 7 men, a woman and a boy adorned in winter capes and jackets. The men and the boy wear striped or checkered pants, overcoats or capes, and sport top hats or caps. The woman wears a shirt waist and skirt with the ruching of her undershirt tied at her neck and a plumed hat secured by a strap under her chin. Behind her a man tries to reign in a horse. The boy holds a book opened to a sketch or an illustration. Many of the depicted men have mustaches and or sideburns. A steamboat is visible on the body of water in the background, not far from a factory building on the mountainous shoreline., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 73, Smithsonian Institution NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.3072]
Date: [1852]
Location: Smithsonian Institution | NMAH Home and Community Life Collection SI NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.3072]

Title: Williams anti-dyspeptic elixir. Prepared by Dr. James Williams, no. 4 South Seventh Street, 3 doors below Market St. Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement containing a vignette view captioned "Sine Labore Nihil" and ornate side border details. View shows a druggist working in his laboratory surrounded by equipment, including distilleries, a mortar and pestle, and mason jars. Border details depict floral and bird imagery, including a nest. Williams first produced the elixir in the late 1830s, then discontinued production until the late 1840s, Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Poor condition from transference., See Philadelphia Inquirer, November 7, 1849 for a testimonial advertisement for the elixir.
Date: [ca. 1858]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Poulson scrapbooks - vol. 10 [(10)2526.F.69]

Title: George J. Henkels. City cabinet warerooms, 173 Chesnut [sic] Street, Phila
Description: Advertisement showing an interior view of the showroom of the furniture store of premier cabinetmaker George J. Henkels. Three well-dressed couples peruse and sit on the several pieces of furniture on display. Furniture includes tables, armchairs, sofas, and breakfronts. Also shows, in the background, curtained entryways to other areas liined with furniture. Henkels, Philadelphia's premier cabinetmaker in quality and production, operated his business from 173, i.e. 509 Chestnut Street from 1850 to 1857., Date from Poulson inscription., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: 1853
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Poulson scrapbooks - vol.7 [(7)2526.F.159]

Title: Parham's sewing machine manufactory, George St. below Tenth, Philadelphia For the use of families, tailors, shoe & harness manufacturers &c. &c. Every machine warranted against all competition and for all kind of material
Description: Advertisement containing an exterior view of the four-story factory and "office" at 927 George, i.e., Sansom Street. A clerk stands next to a displayed sewing machine base on the small stoop to the entrance of the first-floor "office" and converses with approaching patrons, a couple. In the street, a laborer loads a horse-drawn wagon near a departing dray and a parked carriage. Also shows a sign reading "Entrance to Factory," views of adjacent buildings, and two drivers conversing near the parked carriage. Factory established at this address in 1858, the year the street name was changed to Sansom., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 545, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Civil war recruitment poster for federal guards printed on verso.
Date: [1858]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Industries [(2)1322.F.52]

Title: Washington Mills, Gloucester, N.J. near Philadelphia David S. Brown & Co. Nos. 38 and 40 South Front Street, and No. 29 Letitia Street, Philadelphia, selling agents for the following American cotton and woolen goods
Description: Advertisement for David S. Brown & Co. textile merchants containing a view of the several factory buildings of the Washington Manufacturing Company's cotton mills on the Delaware River. Shows heavy maritime traffic, including a steamboat, sailboats, schooners, and a long boat with a crew transporting a bale of cotton. Also shows a church on the property in the far right of the image. Advertising text printed below the image lists the variety of the "Brown Cottons - Woolens - Prints - Pantaloonery &c. - and Bleached Cottons" available at Brown's as selling agents for other suppliers. Suppliers include Bates Mills, Essex Mills, Lion Mills, Whittenton Mills, Climax Mills, and Hale Mills. Products include sheetlings, shirtlings, jeans, flannels, shawls, zephyr coating, and corset jeans. Brown served as both senior partner in Brown & Co., and president and manager of Washington Mills., Published in Colton's atlas of America, illustrating the physical and political geography of North and South America...Commercial edition with business cards of the prominent houses in Philadelphia. (New York: J.H. Colton and Company, 1856), page 76. (HSP O 458), Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 269, Gift of George S. Macmanus Co., HSP copy BC 35 W 317., FLP copy Castner 20:21. Trimmed and folded.
Date: [1856]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Industries [P.8694]

Title: Alfred Jenks & Son's machine works, Bridesburg
Description: Advertisement showing the busy industrial complex established circa 1819 by Alfred Jenks and enlarged in 1853 on the east side of Richmond Street between Franklin & Locust streets in Bridesburg. A horse-drawn flatbed truck enters the courtyard of the U-shaped complex containing several buildings that are surrounded by wood fencing. Within the yard, clusters of workers transport boxes and planks of wood by hand near an unhitched wagon surrounded by crates. A carriage with driver waits near a smaller building, landscaped with trees and attached to one of the large workshops. Outside the complex, a driver handles a four-horse team plodding to pull a truck loaded with two large machines as other factory workers transport planks, carry crates, mill about with their tools, drive a dray, and stand at a shed facing the street. Also shows two gentlemen talking to a worker in the middle of the roadway, a worker carrying a box near abandoned carts in an adjacent courtyard, and several working smokestacks on the roofs of the works., Illustration in Edwin T. Freedley's Philadelphia and its Manufactures (Philadelphia: Edward Young, 333 Walnut Street, 1858), opposite page 301., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 13.2, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Am 1858 Fre 67170.D., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Atwater Kent Museum: 40.79.3/2
Date: 1857
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W33.2 [Am 1858 Fre 67170.D.301a]

Title: [Brown, Frederick & Kunkel, clothing warerooms, 41 North Third Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Unlettered proof of advertisement showing a North Third Street block of businesses (37-43) above Market Street. Includes (left to right) Sieger, Lamb & Co., dry goods (43); Brown, Frederick & Kunkel, men's and boys' wear and Irwin, Shultz & Peiper, merchants (41); S. Brock Jr., fancy dry goods and Iungerich & Smith, grocers (39); and Lloyd & Walmsley, trimmings (37). Storefronts are four to five stories and are built of stone. Gentlemen patrons enter and exit, including one descending an interior flight of stairs, most of the establishments. A crate rests outside and boxes are piled near the second-floor windows of Brown, Frederick, & Kunkel. Barrels crowd the first floor of Iungerich & Smith into which a laborer rolls a barrel as two line the sidewalk behind him. Outside of Lloyd & Walmsley, a gentleman inspects a large box and men sit on or address crates in front of Sieger, Lamb & Co. Drays, a wagon, and handcart, attended by their drivers, and loaded with goods, many with faint writing, are parked in front of, or depart, from each building. One drayman attempts to settle his horse. Also shows the storefront (without signage) at 45 North Third Street and partial views, with signage, of neighboring businesses, including J.W. Swain, umbrellas and parasols (35). Names of businesses spelled variantly on 41 North Third Street storefront., Title supplied by cataloger., Possibly by W.H. Rease., Date supplied by Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 65, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Date: [1855]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W34 [P.2033]

Title: Theodore M. Apple, guager & cooper, no. 2 & 4 Gray's Alley between Front & Second and Walnut & Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia Imitation brandy casks always on hand or made to order - Kegs of all sizes made of old stuff always on hand - Orders will receive prompt attention. Imitation stand-casks always on hand or made to order
Description: Advertisement containing a busy wharf scene on the Delaware River. Laborers fabricate and load numerous barrels onto a sailing ship while horse-drawn drays carrying barrels arrive on the scene. In the foreground, a man stands in one of two rowboats tied to the pier. His cohort unties his boat from the pier above. In the background, horse-drawn wagons arrive at a neighboring pier milling with activity. Also shows pairs and groups of men conducting business, a partial view of a loft house, and ships docked along the wharves and sailing in the river., Not in Wainwright, Philadelphia on Stone, POS 748, LCP AR [Annual Report] 1988 p. 42.
Date: [1858]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Industries [P.9225.1]

Title: Harrison's Musk Cologne. Musk extract. Musk soap. Apollos W. Harrison, Philadelphia, No. 10 South 7th Street The above is a true picture of a pair of musk deer, life-size, owned by me. They were obtained by a person of the Japan expedition, under Com. Perry, and are believed to be the only pair ever imported alive into this country. The male animal produces the musk perfume so celebrated in the perfumer's art
Description: Advertisement depicting Harrison's two musk deer "obtained by a person of the Japan Expedition, under Com. Perry." Shows the deer in a tropical setting., Copyrighted by A.W. Harrison., Manuscript note on verso: No. 331 - filed Oct. 30, 1857. Appollos W. Harrison, Propr., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 108
Date: c1857
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Advertisements [8093.F]

Title: Bennett's Tower Hall, clothing bazaar, no. 518 Market Street, bet[ween] 5th & 6th, Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement with a street scene showing "Bennett's Tower Hall Clothing Bazaar." Signage and a flag adorn the tower-shaped storefront in front of which two men converse and ladies approach. Also shows heavy street activity. Two horse-drawn omnibuses travel near an unusually-designed "Tower Hall Clothing Bazaar 518 Market St." wagon and a drayman stopping his dray of goods in front of the store. The "West Philadelphia" omnibus is filled with passengers and a lady departs from the rear of the "Hestonville Market Street Camden Ferry" vehicle. Also shows adjacent buildings. Established at this address in 1849, named Tower Hall in 1853, renumbered as 518 Market Street in 1856 (formerly 182 Market Street)., Not in Wainwright., Date from Poulson inscription on recto: Dec. 1858., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 37, Originally part of a Poulson scrapbook of illustrations of Philadelphia.
Date: [1858]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Business [P.2017]

Title: Keystone Marble Works. S. F. Jacoby & Co., Market St. betw. 20th & 21st Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement containing a montage of 5 views of the marble works established in 1855 at 2025 Market Street. Views are separated by borders comprised of filigree, mantles, and sculpture. Upper view shows the exterior of the three-story L-shaped factory.The factory is adorned with a balcony lined with statues, the roof figure of William Penn, and signage. Marble works, predominately monuments, fill the courtyard across from laborers working with a pile of marble slabs near a horse-drawn cart. Also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including a horse-drawn dray parked near the sidewalk and a couple on horseback, a horse-drawn carriage, a horse-drawn cart, and a laborer pushing a hand-cart in the street. Lower views show the "Cutting Room"; "Saw Room"; "Polishing Room"; and "Show Room." Interior views include laborers at work cutting, polishing, and transporting by hand slabs of marble under the presence of factory managers. Views also show an elegantly-attired couple reviewing mantelpieces in the showroom. Most of the laborers toil at work tables lining the walls. Also contains a vignette depicting the Philadelphia coat of arms., Published in Colton's atlas of America, illustrating the physical and political geography of North and South America... Commercial edition with business cards of prominent houses in Philadelphia. (New York: J.H. Colton and Company, 1856), page 53 1/2. (HSP O 458)., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 421, LCP AR [Annual Report] 1981, pg. 51., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc38 K44., Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Factories, etc.
Date: [1856]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W213 [P.8691]

Title: Eagle Hotel, No. 139 North 3rd. Street Philadelphia Allmond & Stem. Proprietors
Description: Advertisement showing the multi-storied hotel at 139, i.e., 227-229 North Third Street. Guests sit, stand, and converse on the second floor balcony protected by an awning printed with the names of the owners. Others stand under the balcony and near the "Private Entrance" to which a lady approaches. Dogs walk near an omnibus parked in front of the hotel. Also shows the adjacent businesses of Worman & Ely, merchants, and Eckel & Robinson, "Brooms, Cedar & Willow Ware" (137 North Third Street). Merchandise, including a hobby horse, brooms, pram, basin, and baskets, lines the sidewalk and is visible in the windows and doorways of Eckel & Robinson. Two men also converse near one of that store's entrances. The hotel's post-consolidation address became 227 North Third Street in 1857., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 196, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W102 [P.2040]

Title: Dr. Hoofland's celebrated German bitters and balsamic cordial. Prepared by Dr. C. M. Jackson, 418 Arch St., Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement containing a decorative border surrounding an exterior view of the patent medicine shop operated by C. M. Jackson. The four-story building, adjacent a walled courtyard, contains an "1855" date marker; lettering on the roof spelling "C.M. Jackson;" and advertising text on the side of the building reading "Dr. Hoofland's German Bitters and Balsamic Cordial." Pedestrians walk and converse on the sidewalk and a horse-drawn carriage passes in the street. Arch shaped border contains filigree, architectural elements, bust sculptures, and advertising text. Text reads "German Bitters For The Cure Of Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia & c." and "Balsamic Cordial For The Cure Of Coughs Colds & c." Jackson began marketing the bitters, named after the German physician Christoph Wilhem Hoofland (Hufeland), in the United States about 1848. Jackson operated from 418 Arch Street 1858-1859., Date from Poulson inscription on recto: Jany 1859, Philadelphia on Stone, POS 188, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Date: [January 1859]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W99 [P.2144]

Title: Combined letter box and lamp post. Patented March 9, 1858, by Albert Potts, Philadelphia The main object of this improvement is to afford increased postal facilities for the deposit of mailable matter by attaching the boxes to lamp posts at short intervals; the convenience of the light from the lamp is a desideratum the advantages of which are evident. The letter box may be constituted of wrought or cast iron of any design required, and adapted to the shaft of any lamp post; it is warranted to be water, thief, and fire proof. For particulars address the patentee as above
Description: Advertisement showing a woman placing a letter in the combined letter box and lamp post patented by iron importer Albert Potts. The box is marked "Philada. P.O. U.S.M. Letter Box, G.G. Westcott" and the woman wears a bonnet and coat. In the shadowy background, a newsboy runs nearby, a couple approaches on the sidewalk, and the office of Potts & Roberts, i.e., Albert Potts and A.C. Roberts, at the northeast corner of Third and Willow streets, is visible. The street names are posted on the "Potts & Roberts" office and neighboring buildings are partially in view., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 147, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Date: [1858]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W76 [P.2037]

Title: Louis L. Peck manufacturer & dealer in burning fluid varnishes, pine oil, virgin & sp[iri]ts of turpentine absolute, apothecaries, deodorized and fluid alcohol, of a superior quality linseed oil, white lead, lamps of every description, German & English bronzes, Dutch metal, sand paper, &c Hecker's farina, family flour, & Hope Mills pure ground spices. Flour & farina store, 101 S. Front St. Varnish Store, 15 Dock Street. Lamp, pine oil & fluid store, 3 & 5 N. Eighth St. Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement showing the busy street corner at Front and Walnut streets near the Delaware River with a view of the building containing the oil manufactory, and the flour and farina store. The scene is depicted within a lithographed tromp l'oeil wood frame containing an inset of an exterior view of Peck's Works at Dock Street. Delivery wagons and drays traverse the business-lined streets, including one for Peck's driven by an African American man. Pedestrians walk the sidewalks and cross the intersection, and a white boy rolls a hoop past a white woman peddler sewing by her food stand. Visible in the background are the busy Walnut Street Ferry wharf and Smith and Windmill Islands in the Delaware River. Louis L. Peck's varnish business operated from around 1848 until 1855., Title from item., Date supplied by Wainwright., Printed below the image: Orders for the City, Country, or Shipping put up, with Care and Despatch, at the lowest market prices., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 444, Reproduced in Edwin Wolf's Quarter of a millennium (Philadelphia: The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1981, rev. 1990), p. 177., LCP exhibition catalogue: Made in America #79., Lithograph reproduced on the cover of Nicholas B. Wainwright's Philadelphia in the romantic age of lithography (Philadelphia: The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1958). Proof of cover in the Library Company's collections (W222.1)., Accessioned 1982., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Wagner & M'Guigan, was an early successful experimenter in chromolithography, winning a silver medal at the 1844 Franklin Institute exhibition.
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W222 [P.2134]

Title: C.J. Fell & Brother, 64 Sth. Front St. Philadelphia Manufacture and have for sale: Chocolate. Homeopathic. Fell & Bros. extra. Clay & Cos. extra. Courtland no.1. W. Oakland & Co. no. 1. Albert no. 1. Nagle no. 1. Sweet Spanish. Vanilla sweet. Cocoa. Prepared. Soluble. Cracked. Cocoa paste. Cocoa shells. Broma. Mustard, superfine, fine, English brown, Clay & Co. Pepper, pure ground, no. 1 ground, superior ground, pure ground, ground African cayenne, pure ground American cayenne. Ginger, pure & no. 1 Calcutta & African, whole & ground Jamaica. Pure & No. 1 ground cinnamon, allspice, cloves. Pure ground nutmegs, mace. Pure rice flour, hominy, grits, barley, baking pwds., starch polish, salaratus
Description: Advertisement containing a view of the Fell & Brother's factory near Wilmington, Delaware and vignettes of eight varieties of spice plants including, cinnamon, pepper, cloves, mustard, nutmeg, ginger, allspice and cocoa. Other pictorial elements depict a female figure, holding a plant, flanked by American flags and a shield bordering the factory view, as well as scroll and floral embellishments. The types of spices and other products manufactured by the company are listed along the right and left borders. Plant vignettes identified and described in "Guide" on verso. Jonathan Fell purchased the spice-grinding factory near Wilmington in 1828., Published in Colton's atlas of America, illustrating the physical and political geography of North and South America...Commercial edition with business cards of the prominent houses in Philadelphia. (New York: J.H. Colton and Company, 1856), page 25 1/2. (HSP O 458), "Guide to the C.J. Fell & Bro. Card" and outline of recto on verso. Verso also contains a view of the C.J. Fell & Brother store at 64, i.e., 120 S. Front Street. A patron enters the store while clerks haul boxes and a horse-drawn wagon is parked in the street., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 74, LCP AR [Annual Report] 1981, pg. 51., See LCP exhibition catalogue: Philadelphia ReVisions #34.
Date: [1856]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Advertisements [P.8693]

Title: Wm. F. Scheible, No. 49 South 3rd St. ab. Chestnut, Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement for Scheible's various business and manufacturing enterprises. Image includes an elaborate border of scroll work and flowers that contains a montage of pictorial elements that include a train, an encampment of tents, an awning, a man in uniform holding a flag, children, and a seal press. Border surrounds text that reads "Manufacturer of awnings, verandas, tents & bags. American & foreign flags & signal birgies, pennants, streamers & c. Manufacturer of seal presses & rail road baggage checks. Stencil cutting, die sinking, engraving and emboss printing. Orders for lithographic work promptly attended to.", Not in Wainwright., Date from Poulson inscription on recto: Jany. 1859., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 117
Date: [January 1859]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Advertisements [P.8729.14]

Title: G[ustavus] Bergner's Lager Beer Saloon & Depot, 239 Dock Street, below Third St., Philadelphia Vocal & instrumental entertainments every evening
Description: Advertisement containing an exterior view of the multi-storied saloon opened in 1858. Patrons walk up from the basement entrance, past a keg on display, and are visible on a side stoop of steps of the "Bergners Lager Beer Saloon" building. In the street, ominbuses travel, a driver leads a four-horse team truck loaded with goods, and pedestrians walk. Also shows surrounding buildings. Bergner, also a brewer, remained at the location until 1869., Date from manuscript note on verso: Dec. 1859., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 290, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
Date: [1859]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Business [(7)1322.F.443d]

Title: A. Hawley & Co., perfumers and chemists, no. 39 North Fourth Street, above Arch, Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement with ornate floral border including two female figures and two centaurs surrounding a central text panel listing a large variety of products manufactured by the firm. Products include perfumes; soaps; toothpastes; cosmetics; lotions; extracts; hair oil and dyes., Published in Colton's atlas of America, illustrating the physical and political geography of North and South America...Commercial edition with business cards of the prominent houses in Philadelphia. (New York: J.H. Colton and Company, 1856), page 45 1/2. (HSP O 458), Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 2
Date: [1856]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Advertisements [P.8945]

Title: Fire, marine and inland insurance by the Great Western Insurance & Trust Company, office in company's building, 403, Walnut, corner of Fourth Street, Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement depicting the exterior of the company's four-story building. Pedestrians, including a woman, a couple, a mother and child, walk on the sidewalks. A peddler, his baskets at his feet, is addressed by a man at the corner of the building at which two men converse at the entrance. Also shows a man standing by a street lamp at the opposite corner and three dogs playing in the street. Company was instituted in 1856, and was located at this address until 1860, after which the company ceases to appear in city directories., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 252, Trimmed.
Date: [ca. 1858]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Businesses - Great [6483.F]

Title: Magee, Kneass & Co. Philadelphia Saddlery, ware-house no. 6 Magazine Street, New-Orleans, manufactory, no. 18 Decatur St., Philadelphia Quilted & plain, English, French and Spanish saddles in great variety, bridles, fillings & martingales, medical & plain bags, coach, gig, dearbourn, stage and waggen harnes [sic], & blind bridles, riding & driving whips of every description. Morroco, sheep & hogskins patent upper & skirting leather, lining & top hides, saddlers & coachmakers tools, coach lace, fringe & tufts, plated, brass & steel stirrups, bits & spurs and all other saddlery.- Carey ploughs kings make, wheelbarrows, trucks, agricultural & farming utensils generally
Description: Advertisement containing the firm's logo, "Golden Horse Head" (a horse with bridle, bit and reins) surrounded and above images and text advertising a variety of saddles, whips, and trunks. Also includes a plow and hobby horse., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 140
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Advertisements [P.8729.22]

Title: Hood & Noblitt. No. 121 Nth. 10th St above Race, Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement showing the three-story factory and showroom with large first floor entryway for the ornamental iron works business. Signage covers the building advertising “Cemetery Lots Enclosed. Hood & Noblitt City Iron Railing Manufactory & Ornamental Iron Works” and “Hood & Noblitt 121 Iron Railing Manufactory. Fire Proof Doors…in General." Railings and ornamental works, including chairs, tables, and benches, are visible outside and within the entrance that is flanked by matching dog sculptures on pedestals. Interior stairs are also visible. Employees work on iron pieces near the windows of the upper floor that are adorned with a decorative railing. Also shows employees, both in top hats, and one in shirt sleeves, loading railing unto a horse-drawn factory cart parked in the street. The cart is labeled “Iron Railing Manufactory 121 Nth. Tenth.” Hood & Noblitt worked in a partnership 1851-1852., Date supplied by Wainwright., pdcc00022, Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 26:13
Date: [1852]
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Castner 26:13

Title: Waverly bowling saloon. No. 169 & 171 Chestnut Street, above Fifth, Philadelphia. Nine splendid alleys on one floor N. B. The bar is stocked with the finest quality of brandies, wines, liqueurs and segars._ Oysters and all the other delicacies in season, served up at the shortest notice. J. J. Galusha & Co
Description: Advertisement showing the interior of the saloon and bowling alley operated on the 400 block of Chestnut Street by Galusha circa 1854. Several men, many in top hats, sit, drink, read, and are served at four tables in front of the bowling lanes, two of which are in use. Also shows two men, standing and engaged in conversation in the center of the room. In the left of the image, two men drink at the bar that is manned by a bartender. Large framed pictures adorn the wall and pin boys sit at the backs of the lanes. Also includes a decorative border containing a trellis covered in a grapevine; a banner labeled Waverly Saloon; and bowling pins., Trimmed., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 823, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 07 B 787, LCP exhibit catalogue: Made in America, entry #74
Date: [ca. 1854]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 07 B 787

Title: Charles Oakford United States steam leuring model hat manufactory Hats, caps, & furs wholesale and retail. 104, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement showing the interior of the wholesale and finishing department (est. 1850) of the manufactory for the hat business established in 1827. Oakford stands with a business client in the center of the room across from his steam powered leuring lathe and several male employees at work. The laborers stand and form hats at their stations, which line two-thirds of the room. The stations include a drawer as well as a cubby for pieces under construction. Toward the back of the room, another employee stacks hats on a table across from shelves lined with them. In the foreground, a boy packs the merchandise into a box marked "From C. Oakford 104 Chestnut St. Phila." View also includes a wall clock and a shovel lying near the oven of the steam lathe. Leuring lathes turn hats to impart a sheen to the fur fibers and create a polished look., Philadelphia on Stone, Atwater Kent Museum: 46.57.5.2
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Atwater Kent Museum | Print Department AKM AKM 46.57.5.2

Title: [Bennet's Tower Hall Clothing Bazaar, 518]
Description: Quirky advertisement showing heavy street traffic in front of the clothing store, designed as a medieval tower, at 518 Market Street. Patrons and pedestrians gather near the entrance of the store across from a saddled horse and a dray loaded with crates parked in front of the building. Other street traffic includes a stopped "Hestonville, Market Street, Cambridge Ferry" omnibus from which a lady departs from the rear while a chariot-like horse-drawn vehicle advertising "Tower Hall Clothing Bazaar Market Street" passes her. The unique vehicle is followed by an ornately painted "West Philadelphia" street car crowded with passengers, including men seated on the roof beside the driver. Also shows neighboring buildings. Joseph M. Bennett opened his clothier establishment in 1849, which he named Tower Hall in 1853., Title supplied by Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, Atwater Kent Museum: 88.98.393/2, Trimmed. Varnished.
Date: [ca. 1859]
Location: Atwater Kent Museum | Print Department AKM AKM 88.98.393/2

Title: Kimball & Gorton Philadelphia R. R. Car Manufactory, 21st. & Hamilton streets Philadelphia Manufactory of every description of rail road passenger and freight cars of any design or dimension required
Description: Advertisement showing a City Passenger R.R. car and passenger railroad car built by the firm. The street car is depicted with a galloping horse team, driver, several passengers, and conductor and travels past the "P.S. Duval & Son lithographers." studio at the corner of Fifth and Minor streets. Richard Kimball and Lorenzo D. Gorton partnered 1851-1861., Philadelphia on Stone, Atwater Kent Museum: 44.87.173/2, LOC DLC/PP-1997:105 Queen prints and drawings (C size) - 55 prints Kimball & Gorton. Copy hand-colored.
Date: [ca. 1857]
Location: Atwater Kent Museum | Print Department AKM AKM 44.87.173/2, Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC DLC/PP-1997:105 Queen prints and drawings (C size) - 55 prints Kimball & Gorton

Title: Fashions for spring and summer 1854 by S. A. & A. F. Ward, no. 100 Chesnut [sic] Street Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Fashion advertisement containing two paneled scenes of 16 elegantly attired men, women, and children in outdoor settings. Upper panel shows six men, two women, and two boys socializing on a verandah. The men and boys wear patterned, light, and dark pants and jackets, bow ties or a cravat, and wear and hold top hats and canes. The women wear plain and ruffled hoop skirts, with one also attired in a bonnet and holding a parasol. Lower panel shows five men and a woman standing near a river lined by a stone gate monument, farmhouse, and mansion house. Includes a woman in a riding habit (part of a couple) standing next to a horse across from a man in a coat and tails. Four of the men wear patterned pants, long coats, and hold or wear hats. One also wears a plaid vest. Many of the depicted men wear mustaches. Key numbered 1-10 and 11-16 printed below the figures., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 77, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 642 W 263c 1854
Date: [ca. 1853]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 642 W 263c 1854

Title: Fashions. Fall & winter. 1851-2. By S. A. Ward & A. F. Ward, no. 62 Walnut St. Philadelphia
Description: Fashion advertisement containing two panelled scenes of 21 elegantly attired men, women, and children in a parlor and outdoor setting. Scenes surrounded by a border designed as tree branches rising from tree stumps on which axes lay. Upper panel shows the parlor scene with 7 men, 2 women, a boy and a girl socializing. Most of the men wear suits, including two attired in striped pants, and the host wears an evening suit with white bow tie and tails. Four of the men wear or hold a top hat and a couple, arriving from the door, is attired in a suit and riding habit. The other woman, the hostess, at the center of the scene, flanked by her children, wears an evening dress with plunging neckline. Her two sons are attired in a hat, cape, tunic, and stockings and in a cap, jacket, and striped pants. Furnishings include a large display mirror, sofas, and drapery. Lower panel shows 10 men in front of a militia campsite near the coastline. Most of the men wear striped or checkered pants and overcoats or capes. All of the men wear top hats or caps and four of the men wear militia uniforms. Background includes a cannon, tents, and sailing ships. Many of the depicted men have mustaches and or sideburns. Key numbered 1-11 and 12-21 printed below the figures., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 72, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 642 W 263
Date: [ca. 1851]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 642 W 263

Title: Fashions for fall and winter 1853-4 by S. A. & A. F. Ward, no. 62 Walnut St. Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Fashion advertisement containing two panelled scenes of 19 elegantly attired men, women, and children in a parlor and outdoor setting. Upper panel shows the parlor scene with 7 men, 1 women, a boy and a girl socializing. To the left, two men attired in suits with striped pants, stand near a piano and cushioned chair. One holds a top hat and cane. In the center, a man wearing a patterned vest, and with a woman and a young girl in riding habits, stands near a cushioned arm chair. To the right, two men in suits with garishly printed pants, accessorized by top hats and canes stand. One talks to a man in an evening jacket with tails and a white tie. The man in evening attire leans again a table with his hand on the shoulder of a young boy attired in a long coat and pants who holds a ball in his hand. Lower panel shows 9 men and a woman in front of a riverbank and temple-style building in the background. Most of the men wear plaid and patterned pants, overcoats, cloaks, caps or top hats. One man holds an umbrella and a cigar. Also includes two men in hunting attire accompanied by a dog. The men carry gun powder pouches and one wears knee-high boots and the other holds a dead bird. The woman, in the center of the image, wears a riding habit and is seated side-saddle on a horse. Many of the depicted men have mustache, sideburns, or a beard. Key numbered 1-9 and 10-19 printed below the figures., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 75, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 642 W 263a
Date: [ca. 1853]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 642 W 263a

Title: W.W. Knight Son & Co. 509, Commerce St. between 5th. & 6th & Market and Arch Sts. Formerly 619, Market St. Philadelphia Skates of all kinds for sale here. Also in cases of 50 & 100 pairs, assd. from 25 c. to 1.50 & 50 c. to $2.50. Skate straps of all kinds constantly on hand. Fine cast steel skates. Maleable iron do. American skates, German & English skates. Also a full assortment of American, English & German hardware
Description: Display card containing a skating scene, possibly on the Schuylkill River. Shows dozens of persons in winter attire skating, as well as men pushing women in chairs with blades, and a man pulling a boy on a sled. Also shows a female peddler with her basket, a man fallen on the ice, and another adjusting his skates in the foreground across from a skating boy. In the background, a single span bridge spans the river near hill sides from which the top of an observation tower rises., Copyrighted by W.W. Knight & Son, & Co., Philadelphia on Stone, Library of Congress: DLC/PP-1997:105 Queen - 9 prints/10 drawings/1 photo (A size) W.W. Knight
Date: c1860
Location: Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC DLC/PP-1997:105 Queen - 9 prints/10 drawings/1 photo (A size) W.W. Knight

Title: [Shankland's American fashions]
Description: Fashion advertisement containing two panelled scenes of 27 elegantly attired men, women, and children in a parlor and outdoor setting. Upper panel shows the outdoor scene. Eight men, four boys, and a woman socialize. Most of the men wear suits with plain pants, long coats, bow ties or a cravat and wear top hats and hold canes. One man wears a hunting ouffit and holds a rifle. The boys wear pants and jackets, one in a smock-like style. Most also wear or hold caps. The woman wears a riding outfit. Many of the figures are shown from the back. Lower panel shows an indoor scene. Eight men, four boys, one woman and one girl socialize. Most of the men wear suits with plain pants, long coat or a cape, bow ties or a cravat, top hats and hold canes. One man wears a bed robe and the boys wear suits. The woman wears a bonnet, a cape-like coat with trim, and a full skirt. The girl wears a cape and pantaloons. Two of the men are seated on chairs. All the men wear muttonchops and/or mustaches. Key numbered 1-13 and 14-27 printed below the panels., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 210, Library of Congress: PAGA 7, no. 1498e (E size) Fashions 1849
Date: [c1849]
Location: Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PAGA 7, no. 1498e (E size) Fashions 1849

Title: Dr. Roby's Brazilian Hair Curling Liquid. This preparation will cause the hair to curl beautifully, and is warranted not to injure it in the least. Prepared only by Storrs & Co. No. 21, North Sixth Street Philadelphia. For sale here
Description: Advertisment showing a waist-length, profile view of a woman with dark, loose-curled hair, draped in a cloth, and looking into a mirror. She also wears an arm band., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 58, Library of Congress: DLC PP 2001: 068 Dr. Roby
Date: c1860
Location: Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC DLC PP 2001: 068 Dr. Roby

Title: Shankland's American Fashions for the Spring & Summer of 1853, 100 Chesnut [sic] Street Philadelphia
Description: Fashion advertisement containing two panels of 24 elegantly attired men, women, and children in a parlor and outdoor setting. Upper panel shows the parlor scene. Three men in suits, two with top hats and one in a wide-brimmed hat converse near a framed painting. In the center, in front of a draped window, two young boys, one attired in a sack-style jacket, converse and stand near three men attired in suits, one with his back turned. Two of the men wear top hats. To the left, a heavy-set man in a top hat and suit converses with two other gentlemen, one leaning on a stand with a potted plant, in top hats and suits. Lower panel shows an outdoor setting at a lakeside with seven men, two boys, and a woman. Most of the men wear suits, including jackets with tails, top hats, and bow ties. One man wears a wide-brimmed hat. Another man wears a hunting outfit accessorized with a wide-brimmed hat, bag and rifle. The boys, wear suits, one also has a cap, and hold apples. The woman wears a two-piece riding outfit of a fitted jacket, full skirt, and wide-brimmed hat. Many of the men's pants contain patterns, with a number adorned with horizontal stripe designs below the knee and most wear facial hair of mustaches, and/or mutton chops. Other furnishings include carpeting. Figures numbered 1-11, upper panel and 12-24, lower panel., Not in Wainwright., Copyrighted by John R. Shankland., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 215, Library of Congress: PAGA 7, no. 1514e (E size) Fashions Spring Summer 1853, LOC copy uncolored.
Date: c1853
Location: Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PAGA 7, no. 1514e (E size) Fashions Spring Summer 1853

Title: Paris, New York & Philadelphia fashions, for spring & summer 1855. Published and sold by F. Mahan, no. 211 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Description: Fashion advertisement containing two paneled scenes of 22 elegantly attired men, women, and children in a parlor and outdoor setting. Upper panel shows the parlor scene. Eight men, a woman, and two boys socialize in clusters of three and four. The men and boys predominately wear suits, and the woman wears a ruffled layered dress with full skirt and as well as a bonnet. The other male figures wear a bed jacket and cap (man) and a dress with sash over bloomers (boy). A large vanity and two chairs furnish the room decorated with framed paintings, carpet, drapery, and wallpaper. Lower panel shows the outdoor scene set before an oceanside. Eight men, including "His Excellency A. Johnson" and "L. Hyneman Proprietor of Masonic Mirror," two boys, and a woman descend upon and stand on the stone pier. Six of the men wear suits, including overcoats. The two other men wear a riding outfit and a hunting outfit, including a rifle. The boys, one in pantaloons playing with a hoop and the other in pants, also were jackets. The woman wears a riding outfit. Most of the men are clean-shaven and all the men in the outdoor scene wear or hold hats., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 162, Library of Congress: LOC DLC/PP-1997:105 Queen prints and drawings (C size) - 55 prints Fashions Spring Summer 1855
Date: c1855
Location: Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC DLC/PP-1997:105 Queen prints and drawings (C size) - 55 prints Fashions Spring Summer 1855

Title: Philadelphia, Paris & New-York fashions, for spring & summer 1854
Description: Fashion advertisement containing two panelled scenes of 20 elegantly attired men, women, and children in a parlor and outdoor setting. Upper panel shows the parlor scene. Eight men, a woman, and a boy socialize in clusters of three and four. The men and boy wear suits, many with paisley-patterned pants, and the woman wears a patterned dress with full skirt and tassels as well as a bonnet. A large mirror on a stand, several chairs, and chaise lounges furnish the room decorated with carpet, drapery, and wallpaper. Lower panel shows the outdoor scene set before "The New Masonic Temple, Chestnut St., Phila." Six men, including clothing store proprietor Francis Mahan, two girls , a boy, and a woman stand on the street block. Four of the men wear suits, including one with an overcoat. Another man, with a girl in a skirt and bloomers standing at his side, wears a hunting oufit and holds a rifle. The woman comprises part of a couple attired in riding outfits who are flanked by a boy dressed in a suit, a girl wearing a skirt and bloomers, and the man with the overcoat. Most of the men wear mutton chops, including three with mustaches., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 546, LOC copy uncolored., Library of Congress: PGA - Duval--Paris, New York & Philadelphia fashions (D size) [P&P] Fashions Spring Summer 1854
Date: c1854
Location: Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PGA - Duval--Paris, New York & Philadelphia fashions (D size) [P&P] Fashions Spring Summer 1854

Title: West Philadelphia Manufacturing Cos. starch & farina works Corner of Chestnut & Bridgewater Sts
Description: Advertisement showing the bustling industrial starch and farina works at the corner of Chestnut and Bridgewater Streets (ie. Chestnut and Thirtieth Streets) looking northeast toward the Schuylkill River. Laborers direct horse-drawn drays and wagons to and from factory buildings and railroad cars. Scene includes a man on horseback riding toward the factory buildings, a laborer standing in the foreground near the tracks, smoke rising from several chimneys in the complex, the Market Street Bridge crossing the Schuylkill River in the distance, and the outline of Philadelphia Gas Works gasholders immediately east of the bridge., Published in Edwin T. Freedley's Philadelphia and its manufactures: a handbook exhibiting the development, variety, and statistics of the manufacturing industry in Philadelphia in 1857 (Philadelphia: Edward Young, 333 Walnut Street, 1859 [c1858]), opposite page 460., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 826.2, Atwater Kent Museum: 88.98.74, Free Library of Philadelphia: 917.481 F87, Artist's study for print held in the collections of the Library of Congress. [DLC-PP-1997-105-Prints-StarchWorks]
Date: 1859
Location: Atwater Kent Museum | Print Department AKM AKM 88.98.74

Title: Bridesburg Machine Works. Alfred Jenks & Son, manufacturers of cotton and wool carding spinning and weaving machinery, shafting and millgearing, Bridesburg post office Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement showing the busy industrial complex established circa 1819 by Alfred Jenks and enlarged in 1853 on the east side of Richmond Street between Franklin & Locust streets in Bridesburg. A horse-drawn flatbed truck enters the courtyard of the U-shaped complex containing several buildings that are surrounded by wood fencing. Within the yard, clusters of workers transport boxes and planks of wood by hand near an unhitched wagon surrounded by crates. A carriage with driver waits near a smaller building, landscaped with trees and attached to one of the large workshops. Outside the complex, a driver handles a four-horse team plodding to pull a truck loaded with two large machines as other factory workers transport planks, carry crates, mill about with their tools, drive a dray, and stand at a shed facing the street. Also shows two gentlemen talking to a worker in the middle of the roadway, a worker carrying a box near abandoned carts in an adjacent courtyard, and several working smokestacks on the roofs of the works. Six vignettes of different types of textile machinery illustrate the side borders. Includes a single breaker card, loom, cotton card, railway drawing head, and ring frame thostle., Published in Colton's atlas of America, illustrating the physical and political geography of North and South America... Commercial edition with business cards of prominent houses in Philadelphia. (New York: J.H. Colton and Company, 1856), page 79. (HSP O 458)., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 13.1, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc35 B851., Free Library of Philadelphia: Oversize Philadelphiana - Factories and Foundries (A-M)., Reduced variant printed in 1857 by Frederick Bourquin & Co. published in Edwin T. Freedley's Philadelphia and its manufacturers ... in 1857 (Philadelphia, 1859), p. 301.
Creator: Beaulieu, Emile F., artist
Date: [1856]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W33.1 [P.2020]

Title: T. Sinclair & Co. lithographers Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement for the Philadelphia lithographic firm containing an ornate stone monument adorned with allegorical figures, and historical and work scenes. The central scene in the recess of the monument shows the anecdotal story of the "The Discovery of Lithography 1796 by Aloys [sic] Senefelder." Depicts Senefelder in his study, absent of paper, writing a laundry list with a grease pencil on lime stone to record his mother's laundry list as she stands behind him with her laundry basket. Books lay on the floor and on a bookshelf on the wall above rulers and a level. The allegorical figures of Commerce and Art stand near columns on each side of the arched recess. Above the arch sits the figure of Lithography. She holds an ink roller and a lithographic stone. A cherub draws on the stone opposite another cherub with a portfolio. Scene, on the pedestal of the monument, show a lithographic artist drawing on a stone and a lithographic printer rolling ink on a stone at his press. The monument also contains sculpture, gargoyles, ornamental bas-reliefs, and pendants. Flowering vines surround the edges of the monument. The firm operated under the name T. Sinclair & Co. ca. 1854-ca. 1859., Inscribed on verso: Presented by Esther [Sersel?] Aug. 23, 1957., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 92, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 38 S 616
Creator: Bigot, Alphonse, ca. 1828-1872 or 3, artist
Date: [ca. 1858]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 38 S 616

Title: Harrison's Handkerchief Extracts Apollos W. Harrison No. 10 South 7th Street Philadelphia
Description: Beautiful, elaborate advertisement for the Philadelphia perfumer and ink manufacturer showing a ballroom scene set within a monument designed as a stage surrounded by floral ornaments. Shows couples attired in evening wear introducing themselves, conversing, and dancing in the ballroom. Two women hold fans. Chandelier lampposts and red drapery frame the scene. Two archways showing vistas to outdoor sceneries of trees and urns of greenery flank the monument. Loose, bundled, and cornucopias of flowers, encase the monument. Also contains two poles entwined with banners on the outer sides. Banners are inscribed with the names of scented flowers, including camellia, lilac, magnolia, tea rose, sweet clover, patchouli, and musk. Harrison began operating his perfumery circa 1853 and by the late 1850s employed over 80 employees, including 25 traveling agents., Copyrighted by A. W. Harrison., Not in Wainwright., Printed above title: Upper Ten., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 107, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 641 H 245
Creator: Bigot, Alphonse, ca. 1828-1872 or 3, artist
Date: c1854
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 641 H 245

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