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Title: The Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit Co. 316-318 and 320 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Advertisement showing an exterior view of the building built 1873-5 after the designs of Furness & Hewitt. Several pedestrians stroll on the sidewalk, including a man with a cane, and patrons enter the safe deposit company. In the right of the image, shows the gates open to the alley leading to Carpenter's Hall, visible in the background. Also contains the names of six officers of the bank, including President Thomas Cochran, printed below the title. The Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit Company, established in 1872, provided safe storage for securities, currency, jewelry, silver plate, and other valuables., Manuscript note on recto: Complt. of John C. Browne. Nov. 19, 1886., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 102, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 3 G 914, Burk & McFetridge operated from 304 and later 306-308 Chestnut Street.
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 3 G 914

Title: Peter Schemm & Son. Brewery, 25th & Poplar sts. Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement showing an exterior view of the brewery complex operated as Peter Schemm & Son 1887-1908 that was originally built in 1855 and expanded between 1885 and 1887. The depicted red brick buildings include the brew house, storerooms, office building, and carriage house. The roofs are adorned with a cupola, smoke stacks, an American flag, and a weather vane. One building also contains a date marker (1885). Pedestrians, including boys in baseball uniforms and a family, walk in front of the brewery. Workers convene near the entrance and handle horses at and depart with drays and wagons at driveways and cartways of the complex. A laborer pushes a handcart past several large barrels lining the sidewalk near an idle truck and a man on horseback riding in the street. A Schemm delivery wagon loaded with barrels drives past the brewery on Poplar Street across from street cars approaching and departing from the adjacent block, West College Avenue. At the opposite corner, pedestrians walk past a curved brick wall behind which a tree stands and a couple in the street wave to a male passenger at the front of the approaching street car. Neighboring buildings are visible in the background. Also contains an inset titled “City Office, 238 Race St.” showing a patron entering the building with signage advertising “Office of Schemm’s Brewery” and “C.A. Widmayer.” Barrels are piled on the sidewalk across from a man talking to another man in a militia uniform. Pictorial elements in the upper right and lower left include a full beer mug, a Schemm’s Standard Lager beer bottle, twigs of barley and hops, and a banner reading “Lager Beer” (right) and a beer cask marked “P. Schemm & Son Brewers” (left)., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 171, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 31 S 323
Creator: Mueller, A. M. J., artist
Date: [ca. 1887]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania | Print Department | HSP at LCP HSP Bc 31 S 323

Title: Liverpool & London & Globe Ins Co. 331-333-335-337 Walnut St. Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement showing an exterior view of the building for the insurance company that established a branch in Philadelphia in 1851. Also shows patrons exiting and entering the building; walking on the sidewalk; and a horse-drawn carriage passing in the street. The insurance company, organized in Great Britain in 1836, established a branch in the United States in 1848., Manuscript note on recto: Complt. of John C. Browne. Nov. 19, 1886., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 137, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 3 L 785
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 3 L 785

Title: Edward Stern & Co., printer and lithographer. 125 & 127 N. Seventh St. Philadelphia. Bookmarker
Description: Bookmark advertisement for the Philadelphia printing firm containing a floral design. Design shows a stemmed rose. Verso contains advertising text for the "bookmarker" and price information for lots of 500, 1000, and 5000. Text promotes the "advertising medium" as valuable in addition to their usefulness will "insure their being preserved." The firm was established by brothers Edward, Harry F., and Simon in 1871., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 27, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Tradecard Collection - S - Stern bookmarker
Creator: Edward Stern & Co.
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Tradecard Collection - S - Stern bookmarker, Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Tradecard Collection - S - Stern bookmarker - verso

Title: Edward Stern & Co., printer and lithographer. 125 & 127 N. Seventh St. Philadelphia. Bookmarker
Description: Bookmark advertisement for the Philadelphia printing firm containing a floral design. Design shows a stemmed rose. Verso contains advertising text for the "bookmarker" and price information for lots of 500, 1000, and 5000. Text promotes the "advertising medium" as valuable in addition to their usefulness will "insure their being preserved." The firm was established by brothers Edward, Harry F., and Simon in 1871., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 27, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Tradecard Collection - S - Stern bookmarker
Creator: Edward Stern & Co.
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Tradecard Collection - S - Stern bookmarker, Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Tradecard Collection - S - Stern bookmarker - verso

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