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- Title
- J. M. Hafleigh & Co. Retail dry goods. No. 1012 & 1014 Chestnut St
- Description
- Advertisement showing an exterior view of the dry goods store built by contractor John Ketcham. Patrons enter and several pedestrians, including women with parasols, walk in front of the store. Large draped mounds are visible in the display windows. Also shows the proprietors name and address etched in the frieze above the entryway as well as an "H" on an arched tablet adorning the roof., Not in Wainwright, Philadelphia on Stone, POS 398, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Print Collection - Small - Stores & Factories - Box 55, Folder 5, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Streets - Chestnut - 10th-11th
- Date
- [ca. 1870]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Print Collection - Small - Stores & Factories - Box 55, Folder 5
- Title
- Music, blank books, and stationery store, of M. H. Traubel 323 Federal St. Camden N.J
- Description
- Advertisement for the stationery store of Traubel, who also operated a lithographic studio in Philadelphia. Contains a whimsical border comprised of female figures interspersed among cherubs, vines, and foliage. The women play instruments, including a harp, cello, and tambourine in addition to hold stationery. Border also includes a banner reading "Papeterie de Luxe Timber.", Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 64, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 61 T 693a
- Creator
- Traubel, M. H. (Morris H.), 1820-1897
- Date
- [ca. 1861]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 61 T 693a
- Title
- P.S. Duval & Son's lithographic establishment, s.w. corner of 5th & Minor sts. (near Chestnut.) Philadelphia
- Description
- Advertisement containing a view of a chemistry laboratory during the middle ages. Shows the chemist and his assistants performing experiments surrounded by flasks of chemical solutions, books, a cauldron, and a fish hanging from the ceiling. Scene surrounded by an ornate border containing flags, flowers, chemical packets, and equipment used in chemistry including flasks, mortars, and burners. Also contains advertising text lithographed on the verso announcing the employment by Duval & Son of James Queen as superintendent of their drawing department. Text also promotes the ability of the firm to "execute any style of work" including portraits, anatomical and engineer drawings, views of factories, show cards, bill heads, and circulars., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 121
- Creator
- P.S. Duval & Son
- Date
- [ca. 1861]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Advertisements - D [(2)5786.F.121a]
- Title
- Grand Union ball in honor of the recent brilliant victories achieved by the land and naval forces of the United States, at the Academy of Music, Tuesday evening, March 4, 1862
- Description
- Advertisement containing a gothic-style ornamental border surrounding text providing the date of the ball, names of sponsors, ticket information, and entertainment details. Border includes vignettes of cherubs; allegorical figures representing the arts including painting, sculpture, and music; a portrait of George Washington; a mythical scene; and a view. Scene shows a bare-chested woman on a horse being attacked by a tiger surrounded by symbols of industry, science, and the humanities. View shows a seventeenth-century landing party aboard a skiff. Sponsors include Alexander Henry, Commodore C.J. Pendegrast, and Capt. W.S. Ogden. Master of Ceremonies was M[iecislaw] Hlasko (a dancing and gymnastics teacher who offered drill classes at his physical institute) and music was under the direction of the Hassler Brothers., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 97, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies.
- Creator
- Weeber, L., lithographer
- Date
- [1862]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Advertisements - A [(2)5786.F.147a]
- Title
- E. Ketterlinus steam power letter press and lithographic printer, Arch and Fourth street, Philadelphia
- Description
- City directory advertisement containing gilt shading and a patriotic vignette for the studio established by Eugene Ketterlinus in 1842. Vignette depicts a female figure, Columbia, attired in a breast plate, crown, and cape leaning over a globe and standing on a block of stone. She holds a map which reads "North America," and an American flag, over the globe. In the background, locomotives travel over the landscape that also includes a railroad bridge spanning a river. Ketterlinus was one of the earliest Philadelphia lithographers to produce stock cards, and embossed and colored mercantile labels. The firm remained in business until the 1970s., Not in Wainwright., Published in Gopsill's Philadelphia city directory for 1870... (Philadelphia: Published by James Gopsill, 1870), opp. p. 854 (verso)., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 23/24, Advertisement for "Wm. Wilson & Son Manufacturers of Solid Silverware and Importers of Plate Ware s.w. cor. 5th & Cherry Sts. Philadelphia" on verso.
- Creator
- Ketterlinus, Eugene, d. 1886
- Date
- [1870]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Dir Phila 1870 (75) 16994.0.854b
- Title
- E. Ketterlinus, steam power letter-press and lithographic printing house, n.w. cor. Arch & 4th sts. Philadelphia Gilt, embossed and illuminated labels, for manufacturers, liquor dealers and perfumers. Show cards, filled up & blank for the trade. Ball tickets, programmes, &c. Banks furnished with lithographed check with government stamps
- Description
- City directory advertisement printed with gilt lettering for the studio established by Eugene Ketterlinus in 1842. Also contains an ornamental border around the text. Ketterlinus was one of the earliest Philadelphia lithographers to produce stock cards, and embossed and colored mercantile labels. The firm remained in business until the 1970s., Not in Wainwright., Published in Gopsill's Philadelphia city directory for 1870... (Philadelphia: Published by James Gopsill, 1870), opp. p. 854 (verso)., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 23, Advertisement for "Wm. Wilson & Son s.w. cor. 5th & Cherry Sts. Philadelphia,...." on verso.
- Creator
- Ketterlinus, Eugene, d. 1886
- Date
- [1870]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Dir Phila 1870 (82) 10840.O.854b
- Title
- [Geo. H. Vandike & Co., importer of wines & liquors], 630 Market St. Philada
- Description
- Advertisement, possibly from a circular or verso of tradecard, containing an exterior view of the four-story storefront. Gentlemen talk at the entrances of the building as laborers load a horse-drawn dray` and cart, parked in the street. First two numbers of address depicted in reverse on store. Also shows partial views of adjacent buildings., Not in Wainwright., Printer inferred from related tradecard. [P.9349.153f], Philadelphia on Stone, POS 295, Leonhardt operated from 114 S. 3rd Street 1867-1871.
- Date
- [ca. 1870]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.153i]
- Title
- Philadelphia Sketch Club
- Description
- Souvenir print, or possibly design for a membership certificate, for the professional artists' club founded in 1860. Contains an oval-framed depiction of a near nude, slightly draped cherubic boy, holding a scroll under one arm, and an artist's tongs in his other hand, as he leans on a bust of Minerva. Includes a silhouette of the boy and bust. Clasp-shaped adornments containing filigree details flank the oval. Clasps adorned with a sketchbook and paint palette that enclose a pencil and paintbrush, respectively., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 187, Stein & Jones established in 1859 was active under that name until the death of Stein in 1871.
- Date
- [ca. 1865]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.69]
- Title
- Prince & Co's world renowned authentic organs. Melodeons and harmoniums James Bellak, 279 & 281 South 5th Street, ab. Spruce, Philadelphia. Sole agent. Over 33,000 in use. Methode for the melodeon by James Bellak. Op. 1753. $1.50 net
- Description
- Advertisement containing a vignette of a Prince & Co. organ. The company founded by George A. Prince in 1846, was the leading manufacturer of reed organs in the United States from the 1850s until the 1870s., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, Stein & Jones established in 1859 was active under that name until the death of Stein in 1871., Bellak, a prominent member of the Philadelphia Jewish community, was a composer and music store proprietor known as a dealer of quality pianos.
- Date
- [ca. 1865]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.76]
- Title
- F. & L. Ladner's Northern Military Hall, nos. 528, 530 & 532 North Third Street, Philadelphia Concert saloon
- Description
- Advertisement showing the busy interior of the saloon and concert hall built 1857 on the 500 block of North Third Street. Men, women, and children patrons sit, drink, read, approach, and are served at several tables in front of a stage. In the foreground, men gather near two bars on each side of the saloon. The bar in the right of the image contains a soda fountain. Each is manned by bartenders and is stocked with bottles of liquor. A framed painting, a wall clock, and a large mirror decorate the areas. Several hanging and plotted plants adorn the balconies that are lined with windows. In the background, an actor and two actresses perform on the stage that is flanked by statuary and has a painted backdrop. Also contains a vignette, bordered by filigree, showing the exterior of the hall. View includes crowds of patrons entering the two entrances of the establishment. The Ladners operated the hall 1857-1881., Artist possibly Max or Morris Rosenthal., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 222, Stein & Jones established in 1859 was active under that name until the death of Stein in 1871.
- Date
- [ca. 1865]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Hotels, Inns & Taverns [P.9008]
- Title
- Savournin’s Celebrated Snow White Diamond for beautifying the complexion
- Description
- Diamond-shaped advertisement with ornamental border containing a vignette-size, waist-length portrait of a young lady stroking her hands through her long tresses., Leonhardt operated from 114 So. 3rd Street circa 1868-1871., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 202, Gift of Margaret Robinson.
- Date
- [ca. 1870]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.46]
- Title
- [Philadelphia Brewery]
- Description
- Advertisment showing the brewery marked as established "1861" and adjacent residences. Horse-drawn wagons loaded with barrels from the brewery depart the fence-lined, landscaped property from under an archway reading "Philadelphia Brewery" and travel in the street in the foreground. Also shows a couple walking on the sidewalk in front of one of the residences., Not in Wainwright., Title supplied by cataloger., Philadelphia on Stone, Trimmed, Library of Congress: DLC PP 2001: 068 [Philadelphia Brewery]
- Date
- [ca. 1870]
- Location
- Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC DLC PP 2001: 068 [Philadelphia Brewery]
- Title
- Schlichter & Zug, Proprietors. 929 Market Street, Philadelphia If you wish for perfect health use the National Bitters
- Description
- Advertisement showing a bust-length portrait of a beautiful young woman looking over her bare shoulder and holding an open book beside her face displaying the text "If you wish for perfect health use the National Bitters." She wers her hair in pincurls and tied back with a pearl hair clip. She also wears a pearl necklace and a pearl earring., Copyrighted by Schlichter & Zug., Manuscript note on recto: No. 611., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 204
- Date
- c1867
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Advertisements [8092.F]
- Title
- Thos. S. Dixon & Sons, 1324 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Manufacturers of low-down & elevated grates, furnaces, ranges, &c All our grates are made either low down or elevated & finished in each of the different styles
- Description
- Advertisement depicting nine types of fireplace grates for burning coal and wood. Includes Dixons' Low Down Grate (Polished ) (Plate 1); Dixon's Elevated Grate (Polished) (Plate 2); Dixon's Elevated Grated (Japanned) (Plate 3); Dixon's Low Down Grate (Japanned & Ornamented) (Plate 4); Dixon's Low Down Grate (Red Metal) (Plate 5); Dixon's Low Down Grate Dead Ground (with Japd square Plate) (Plate 6); Dixon's Wood Black Grate (Polished) (Plate 7); Dixon's Wood Back (Polished Front) (Plate 8); and Dixon's Low Down Grate (Polished in Mantel) (unnumbered). Some of the grates are depicted with coals or burning wood., Manuscript notes in lithographic ink printed on recto give the patent number (594-602) and date of deposit (August 17, 1867) for each of the grates., Manuscript note in lithographic ink on recto: Filed August 16, 1867 by Thos S. Dixon & Sons Proprs., Copyrighted by Thomas S. Dixon & Sons., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 253, Duplicate in the collections of the Print and Photograph Department of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
- Creator
- Boell, William
- Date
- c1867
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Advertisements [8097.F.1]
- Title
- Henry Simons. Wagon & U.S. national coach works. Philadelphia
- Description
- Advertisement with ornate border containing a series of vignettes displaying several types of wagons, coaches, and carts produced by the manufactory. Vignettes are captioned with details of the products uses and surround a central view of the exterior of the busy "Simons, Coleman & Co. National Wagon Works" factory and office at No. 1109 North Front Street. Vignettes depict: African American plantation workers transporting sugar cane to a barge by a "cane cart"; laborers and settlers hauling materials out West by "road wagon" and "catamaran"; an ambush of U.S. Army soldiers, baggage wagon, and ambulance by Native Americans; and a busy Philadelphia port scene with a disinterested constable overseeing the wharf congested with carts and wagons as docked Henry Simons's factory ships ready for departure. Also contains an allegorical scene with a Northern factory worker and his Southern patron extending each other their hands before the shadowy figure of a factory agent; a large American eagle clutching the American flag; promotional text; and a listing of the factory's several business locations and names of agents. The city's high quality blacksmithship and large local lumber supply made Philadelphia the primary national and international manufacturer of wagons immediately following the Civil War., Title from item., Date of publication supplied by Wainwright., Accessioned 1982., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 351, Lower left corner missing., Rease, a prominent mid-19th century Philadelphia trade card lithographer known to highlight details of human interest in his advertisements, partnered with Francis Schell in the 1850s, and eventually owned his own press until around 1872.
- Creator
- Rease, W. H., artist
- Date
- [ca. 1865]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W174 [P.2143]
- Title
- Concentrated leaven or bread powders
- Description
- Advertisement for baking powder depicting an African American woman cook, portrayed as a racist caricature, displaying her oversized bread to a white woman. In the right, the African American woman, attired in a yellow kerchief, hoop earrings, a red dress with the sleeves rolled up, a white apron, white stockings with red stripes, and yellow shoes, holds a shovel in her left hand and points to the bread with her right hand. The gargantuan bread in the pan rests on a table covered in a white tablecloth alongside other pans of baked goods. Behind the table, the brown-haired, white woman, attired in a white dress with blue stripes with lace at the neck and sleeves, holds her hands up in shock over the over-proved bread. Underneath the table, the cook’s young daughter, attired in a short-sleeved yellow dress, sits on a rug and makes bubbles with a bowl and stick to play with a cat. Image also includes an oven and a metal basin., Not in Wainwright, Title from item., Date from content., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 40, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of engravings relating to Philadelphia. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
- Date
- [ca. 1860]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Advertisements [(7)1322.F.441b]
- Title
- Leadbeater's renowned stove polish
- Description
- Racist advertisement for Leadbeater & Co.’s stove polish depicting a white woman and an African American woman polishing stoves. In the left, the brown-haired white woman, attired in a blue ruffled dress, white gloves, a necklace, and bracelets, stands holding a bottle of Leadbeater’s stove polish in her left hand, which she brushes onto a heating stove. In the right, an African American woman domestic, attired in a yellow head kerchief, gold hoop earrings, a red collared shirt with the sleeves rolled to her elbows, and a green skirt with black stripes, kneels as she brushes polish on the cooking stove. She turns her head to see her reflection on the stove in the left. Also visible in the image are a framed portrait, landscape, and still life, and a green sideboard with white plates and a cup. Leadbeater & Company, was a one year partnership between Philadelphia stove polish merchants, F.C. Leadbeater and D.L. Wells, at 920 Market Street., Title and date from manuscript note written on recto: Leadbeater's Renowned Stove Polish; Feb. 1861., Not in Wainwright, Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 134, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of engravings relating to Philadelphia. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
- Date
- [February 1861]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Advertisements [(7)1322.F.441a]
- Title
- Charles Oakford & Sons, No. 834 & 836 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. 1866. Wholesale and retail dealers and manufacturers of hats, caps & furs Our stock of hats is complete in every department including a large assortment of wool hats at all prices. We invite attention to style no. 1, a sundown for ladies and children, made of mackinaw straw celebrated for its durability. This popular sun hat supercedes the old style shaker hood and bids fair to be fashionable for seasons to come thereby avoiding an accumulation of old stock. The prices per dozen for trimmed and untrimmed range from $6 to $60. We are ready to receive and fill orders for all kinds of hats which we guarantee to sell at lower prices for cash than any other house in the country. We are constantly receiving the newest styles and our manufactory facilities are such as enable us to compete with any other establishment. March 1866. Please put this up in a conspicuous place
- Description
- Advertisement with ornamental lettering depicting a display of 12 numbered men's and women's hats. The women's hats (1-4, 7, 10) are adorned with feathers, ribbons, and other embellishments, except for the "sundown." Hats are displayed on a hat rack and three stands at its base. Oakford established his business in 1827 and located to 104 Chestnut in 1843 where he began his wholesale trade in 1850. He operated from the address until 1852 when he relocated to 624 Chestnut Street. In 1860 he moved his business to the Continental Hotel., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 25
- Date
- March 1866
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Advertisements [P.9465]
- Title
- Pencoyd Iron Works
- Description
- Advertisement showing the rolling iron mill established by Algernon and Percival Roberts in 1852 below Manayunk on the west bank of the Schuylkill. A stone wall encloses part of the complex. Mill contains several buildings, including one marked "Pencoyd Iron Works. Iron Bridges & Railroad Axles. A. & P. Roberts, office, 410 Walnut St." In the foreground, a canal boat is pulled by a horse along the river. Men row a boat nearby. A large hill of fenced pasture lands rises in the background. The iron works joined the U.S. Steel Company in 1900 and was renamed the American Bridge Company., Inscribed on recto: Re - This Pencoyd Ironworks has grown since 1850 until it is fully 2 miles long - very valuable to the local historians. 12 x 15 - very rare., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 549, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 38 R 235, Lower right corner missing.
- Creator
- Rease, W. H.
- Date
- [ca. 1863]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 38 R 235
- Title
- Penn Steam Engine & Boiler Works foot of Palmer Street Kensington Philadelphia Neafie & Levy, engineers, machinists, boiler makers, black smiths & founders. Manufacturers of high & low pressure marine & stationery engines, boilers of all descriptions, propellers, iron boats, water tanks, heavy & light forgings, iron & brass castings, coppersmithing, pattern making, & an extensive assortment of all patterns of all kinds on hand. Having extensive wharf & dockroom are always prepared to build and repair engines & steamers at the shortest notice. Every facility offered for lifting heavy & light weights. Jacob G. Neafie. John P. Levy
- Description
- Advertisement showing several marine vessels docked in front of the engine & boiler works complex at the busy river front. Complex contains several buildings, including a "boiler works," "steam works," an "office," "ship house," and "smith shop." One of the buildings contains a weather vane adorned by the figure of William Penn. Teams of several horses haul materials on trucks past the boiler and steam works. Laborers, including men attending to a massive pipe in a yard lined with steam engines and other machinery, work on the docks, piers, and boats at the complex. Docked vessels include the tug boat "Columbia," paddleboats, barges, a sailboat, and other tugs. Also contains a vignette of a paddleboat and a sailing ship on each side of the title. The firm established as Reaney, Neafie & Levy in 1844, specialized in iron boats and engines, and later steam fire engines. Reaney left the partnership to start his own shipyard in 1859. Neafie & Levy remained in operation until 1907., Philadelphia on Stone, Atwater Kent Museum: 41.31.1/2
- Creator
- Rease, W.H
- Date
- [ca. 1861]
- Location
- Atwater Kent Museum | Print Department AKM AKM 41.31.1/2
- Title
- From the Paris mantilla cloak and fur emporium. 920 Chestnut Street, Philada J. W. Proctor & Co
- Description
- Advertisement label showing an exterior view of the clothing store. Several cloaks are displayed in the storefront windows. A female clerk helps a customer at the entrance. Pedestrian traffic, predominately women wearing cloaks, pass on the sidewalk. Proctor relocated his store from 708 to 902 Chestnut Street in 1862., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 287, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Print Collection - Small - Stores & Factories - Box 55, Folder 7, LCP holds engraved copy of advertisement. [Ph Pr - 8x10 - Businesses (7)1322.F.453i].
- Date
- [ca. 1862]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Print Collection - Small - Stores & Factories - Box 55, Folder 7
- Title
- Ficken & Williams, steam sugar refiners, Crown, Willow and Fifth streets
- Description
- Advertisement containing a view of the refinery complex in Northern Liberties. View surrounded by an ornamental border. Includes the office building adorned with signage. Horse-drawn wagons travel and are parked in front of the buildings. A man on horseback passes coal bins lining the side of the multi-storied processing plant of the complex. Also shows smokestacks and a tank. Advertising text flanking the view promotes "Double Loaf," two types of "A Crushed" "Patent Cut Loaf," "Chip Crushed," "Pulverized," "Lozenge do." and "Granulated" in addition to "A" "B" and "C" coffee and "X Yellow" and "Yellows.", Not in Wainwright, Published in Edwin T. Freedley’s Philadelphia and its manufactures : a handbook of the great manufactories and representative mercantile houses of Philadelphia in 1867 (Philadelphia: E. Young, 1867), opp. p. 472., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 246, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Print Collection - Small - Stores & Factories, Box 57, Folder 6
- Date
- [1867]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Print Collection - Small - Stores & Factories, Box 57, Folder 6
- Title
- Jacob Haehnlen's steam power lithographic & letter press printing rooms Goldsmith's Hall, opposite rear of Post Office, Library St. Philadelphia
- Description
- Advertisement showing the exterior of the six-story brownstone and print shop owned by lithographer Haehnlen at 420 Library Street. Signage advertising the "lithographic establishment" adorns the doorway, front, and side of "Goldsmith's Hall." Building also adorned with large display windows and an eagle above the entranceway. View includes street and pedestrian traffic. Pedestrians walk on the sidewalk, stand in doorways, and enter the shop. In the street, horse-drawn wagons and drays, including one hauling crates marked "J.H.," pass in the street near a man pushing a hand-cart loaded with crates. Shop included salesrooms and offices, a machine shop, a drying room, lithographic presses, and card, handbill, and pamphlet printing presses. Haehnlen established his own studio at Goldsmith's Hall in 1866 and operated his business from all but the first floor. He sold his shop to the firm Lehman & Bolton in 1870. Building destroyed by fire on December 20, 1882., Not in Wainwright., Published in Philadelphia southern steamship manufacturers and mercantile register (Philadelphia: M'Laughlin Brothers, 1866) [LCP Am 1866 Phi Sou Mai, 62062.O]. Accompanying page of text references the relocation of the shop and advertises "Orders received for Furniture Labels for Druggists, on Glass; also, Show Cards of all descriptions, on Glass executed to order., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 48, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Prints - Stores & Factories - Box 57, Folder 2, Accompanying page of text
- Creator
- Haehnlen, Jacob, b. 1824
- Date
- [1866]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania | Print Department | HSP at LCP HSP Prints - Stores & Factories - Box 57, Folder 2
- Title
- Merrick & Sons iron founders, boiler makers & machinists. Washington Ave. & Fifth Street, Philadelphia Established 1836. Manufacturers of marine steam engines, light houses, sugar machinery & gas works, nasmyth & condie steam hammers. Machinery of all kinds. Aspinwall & Woolseys sugar draining centrifugals. See Agents for Rillieux Sugar Boiling Apparatus
- Description
- Civil war-era advertisement containing seven titled views promoting the manufactory (orginally established in 1836 as a foundry for castings) on the 400 block of Washington Avenue. Central view shows the "Front View" of the foundry. Soldiers march in front of the "Southwark Foundry" building that is adorned with signage advertising "Merrick & Sons Engineers & Machinests." An omnibus stops near the foundry to allow the passing of troops who are greeted by a small group of women. In the foreground, a six-horse team truck transports a large pipe, as behind it, a truck without a load follows. A family waits to cross the street because of the trucks. Also shows a rail truck loaded with barrels and large cylinders parked in front of the loading bay of the factory. Across the street men inspect large pipes on blocks in the left of the image. Scenes above the central view show "Steamer Keystone State at Reed St. Wharf"; a rowboat of men in the waters in front of the "U.S. Steamers Ironsides (Armored) Mississippi & Tuscaroroa off Fortress Monroe"; a man leading an 8-horse team pulling a "Bedplate for Monongahela" past a workshop., Views at the bottom of the print show the "Interior of the Boiler Shop" with laborers working around a large crane and elevated walkways as they hammer large metal forms; the "Steamer Quaker City off 'Sombrero Key.' Light House" tilting in rough waters; and the "Interior of the 'Old Foundry' " with workers at their tasks around a large crane and surrounded by machine parts. Merrick & Sons, a premier iron foundry, constructed almost all the machinery for U.S. Navy steamers during the war, as well as the New Ironsides, the first U.S. armor-clad war vessel. The firm was also the exclusive maker of the N. Rillieux patent sugar boiler apparatus and Nasmyth steam hammers., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 477, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 35 M 551, Lower right corner missing.
- Creator
- Rease, W. H.
- Date
- [ca. 1863]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 35 M 551
- Title
- Andrew Wurfflein manufacturer & importer of guns, rifles & pistols, no. 208 North Second St. 5 doors above Race. Philadelphia Repairing in all its various branches
- Description
- Advertisement showing the exterior of the storefront containing a display window and a large model rifle above the entrance. An American flag projects from the muzzle of the model that is attached to the building by ropes. Patrons holding rifles and attired in hunting gear depart from the store as other patrons sit and stand near the open cellar doors of the establishment. A dog flanks the hunters and a boy walks ahead with two other dogs on leashes. Rifles, hunting bags, and guns adorn the display window. Street activity includes an African American laborer pushing a handcart of rifles and a boy carrying a wrapped rifle over his shoulder. Also shows neighboring buildings. Wurfflein's son, Andrew assumed the business circa 1871 and operated it until 1915., Printed on lower sides: Wholesale; Retail., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 21, Atwater Kent Museum: 54.3.3/2
- Date
- [ca. 1861]
- Location
- Atwater Kent Museum | Print Department AKM AKM 54.3.3/2
- Title
- Continental Hotel, corner of Chestnut & Ninth St. Philadelphia J. B. Kingsley & Co., proprietor
- Description
- Advertisement showing heavy pedestrian and street activity in front of the large, prominent hotel built 1860 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr. at 824-838 Chestnut Street. A group of men gathers at the entrance of the hotel. Several pedestrians walk and peruse shop windows on the block in front of the building. Street traffic includes promenading couples, a woman walking a dog, a delivery boy, a First City Troop officer, carriages, an omnibus, and men on horseback. Also shows adjacent buildings and the brick wall across the street adorned with an arched window below a sign indicating "Chestnut St." (site of the Shippen-Burd residence, demolished circa 1862). Trees stand in front of and behind the wall., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 157, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 32 C 762
- Date
- [ca. 1860]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania | Print Department HSP Bc 32 C 762
- Title
- F. Moras’ Lithographic Establishment, Philadelphia. 610 Jayne Street
- Description
- Trade card for Moras, a German-born lithographer who established his own firm in 1853 from which he retired in 1890. The firm continued to operate until the late 1890s. Contains two vignettes separated and bordered by Gothic details, vinery, and scrolls. Vignettes show a lithographer and a lithograph printing room. Lithographic artist uses a hand rest and draws on stone from a sketch displayed on his sketch table. Printing room scene shows printers at work, including rolling ink on stones on hand-presses, checking proof prints, and moving stones. Also shows lithographic stones resting against a support column and the rooms adorned with wall lamps., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 29, Library of Congress: DLC/PP-1997:105 Queen Prints - 23 (AA size) F. Moras
- Creator
- Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1870]
- Location
- Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC DLC/PP-1997:105 Queen Prints - 23 (AA size) F. Moras
- Title
- Jacob Haehnlen's lithographic & steam powered letter press printing rooms
- Description
- Proof print of advertisement containing an ornate border surrounding a central view of the exterior of the six-story brownstone and print shop owned by lithographer Haehnlen at 420 Library Street. Signage advertising the "lithographic establishment" adorns the doorway, front, and side of "Goldsmith’s Hall." Building also adorned with large display windows and an eagle above the entranceway. View includes street and pedestrian traffic. Pedestrians walk on the sidewalk, stand in doorways, and enter the shop. In the street, horse-drawn wagons and drays, including one hauling crates marked "J.H.," pass in the street near a man pushing a hand-cart loaded with crates. Shop included salesrooms and offices, a machine shop, a drying room, lithographic presses, and card, handbill, and pamphlet printing presses. Border composed of cards containing ornate letters spelling Haehnlen's name and examples of his genres of work, including portraiture, industrial views, and machine imagery. Haehnlen established his own studio at Goldsmith’s Hall in 1866 and operated his business from all but the first floor. He sold his shop to the firm Lehman & Bolton in 1870. Building destroyed by fire on December 20, 1882., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 46
- Creator
- Haehnlen, Jacob, b. 1824
- Date
- [ca. 1867]
- Location
- Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PGA - Haehnlen--Jacob (A size) [P&P]
- Title
- Hoopes & Townsend. Manufacturers. Buttonwood Street, below Broad Philadelphia, Pa
- Description
- Advertisement utilizing a trompe l'oeil motif to promote the bolt works manufactory at 1330 Buttonwood Street. Shows, from the perspective of looking down, a variety of several types of nuts and bolts, including a "bridge bolt" laid out on a flat surface. Hoopes & Townsend was founded by Barton and Edward Hoopes and S. Sharpless Townsend in 1849 in Wilmington, Delaware. The factory relocated to the Philadelphia address in 1852., Date from manuscript note on recto: No 1097. Filed Nov. 30 1868. Hoopes & Townsend., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 111, Library of Congress: PGA - Easton--Hoopes & Townsend, manufacturers... (C size) [P&P], Easton was a Philadelphia civil engineer and printer of lithographs.
- Date
- [1868]
- Location
- Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PGA - Easton--Hoopes & Townsend, manufacturers...
- Title
- [Medley of Soaps]. Manufactured by McKeone, Van Haagen & Co. Philada. & N. York
- Description
- Advertisement showing a medley of "family and fancy" soaps, most not in wrappers, of different shapes (rectangular, oval, and square), sizes, and colors (brown, yellow, pink, and white). Scents and makes of soap include detersive soap, almond soap; "Brown Windsor," musk soap, honey & glycerin, elder flower, and "Oriental Shaving Soap." McKeone, Van Haagen & Co. was founded in 1854., Not in Wainwright., Copyrighted by McKeone, Van Haagen & Co., Copyright date from manuscript note on recto: #55. Filed January 27, 1865 by McKeone, Van Haagen & Co., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 147, Library of Congress: PAGA, Rosenthal, Medley of Soaps (B size) McKeone
- Date
- cJanuary 27, 1865
- Location
- Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PAGA, Rosenthal, Medley of Soaps (B size) McKeone
- Title
- Ficken & Williams, steam sugar refiners, Crown, Willow and Fifth streets, Philadelphia Office 416. Crown Street Philada. Office. 119 So. Front St. Philada. Office 80 Wall Street New York
- Description
- Advertisement showing a busy street scene with a view of the refinery complex in Northern Liberties. Includes the office building adorned with signage "Ficken & Williams Steam Sugar Refinery" attached to the large multi-storied processing plant of several connected buildings marked at the corner "Crown St." and "William St." Smoke stacks and a large American flag adorn the facility. Two men converse at the doorway of the office across from a horse-drawn carriage parked in the street that is congested with refinery traffic. Several drays, some loaded with barrels, and a cart loaded with coal travel to and from the refinery. Factory employees also load a dray with barrels, sit on a barrel, converse, and emerge from a building entrance. Other street traffic includes two boys crossing the intersection, a woman and girl on promenade, dogs, and a driver leading a team of mules hauling freight cars of coal. Also shows pedestrian traffic, including three men convened in conversation, on the sidewalks around the factory., pdcp00036, Not in Wainwright, Reduced variant published in Edwin T. Freedley’s Philadelphia and its manufactures : a handbook of the great manufactories and representative mercantile houses of Philadelphia in 1867 (Philadelphia: E. Young, 1867), opp. p. 472., Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Oversize Philadelphiana - Factories and Foundries (A-M)
- Date
- [ca. 1867]
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Oversize Philadelphiana - Factories and Foundries (A-M)
- Title
- M. H. Traubel lithographic establishment, 409 Chestnut St. above 4th Philadelphia [circular]
- Description
- Circular containing patriotic vignettes above paragraphs of advertising text in addition to bank note specimens for the lithographic studio that began operating at 409 Chestnut in 1858. Central vignette shows the figure of Liberty, one breast exposed, holding a shield and a liberty staff beside a fache and eagle. Surrounding vignettes show sailing vessels, the figure of Justice surrounded by symbols of patriotism and trade, and an allegorical scene with three women posed around an anchor with one, seated, and clinging to the legs of another who stands in a forceful stance. Specimens include female figures and the Traubel imprint. Figures depicted as a romanticized peasant woman, the figure of Justice, and a Native American princess, possibly Columbia. Businesses represented include Freed, Ward, & Freed, Commission Merchants, No. 811 Market Street and Bank of the Northern Liberties. Traubel began work as a lithographer in Philadelphia in the early 1850s and worked solely and in partnerships., Not in Wainwright., Text: Permit me to call your attention to the annexed Specimens of Notes, Drafts, Checks, etc. and to my Lithographic Establishment in general where I am prepared to execute all Orders of Commercial & Pictorial Works of which a large variety of Specimens can at any time be examined at my office. I have always on hand a variety of Blank Drafts, Notes, Checks & Bills of Exchange bound in small books or on sheets where names of Firms can be inserted at a very short Notice, at moderate prices. Manufacturers Tickets & Sample Cards, Perfumery, Drug and all other Kinds of Labels & Showcards furnished to order in Chromo or in black. Having been in this business in Europe and this country for a number of years and being therefore well experienced in all branches of this Art. I can guarantee all Orders entrusted to my Care to be executed in a most superior Style., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 118, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: HSP Society Print Collection - Posters & Broadsides - Advertisements - Print Trade & Allied Business Folder - Traubel
- Creator
- Traubel, M. H. (Morris H.), 1820-1897
- Date
- [ca. 1863]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Society Print Collection - Posters & Broadsides - Advertisements - Print Trade & Allied Business Folder - Traubel
- Title
- A. Fiot publisher of music, importer of musical merchandize [sic]. Wholesale & retail, No. 196 Chestnut Street Philadelphia Piano, harps, guitars, violins, flutes, brass instruments, Italian strings &c&c
- Description
- Advertisement containing a whimsical view surrounded by an ornamental border to promote the music store of Augustus Fiot. View shows cherubs playing and surrounded by instruments, including a cello, harp, trumpet, flute, guitar, and organ. Scene also includes sheet music resting on the floor and propped on a stand. The ornamental border includes a vignette, cherubs playing instruments (harp, cymbals, trumpet, flute), vinery, and floral details. Vignette shows a woman at a piano and a boy playing the flute at a recital in front of a small audience. Fiot began to publish music in 1835 with partner Leopold Meignan. The partnership operated until 1839. Fiot continued to operate a music store until 1855., Date from manuscript note on recto., pdcj00001, Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 1, Free Library of Philadelphia: Jackson Collection of Early Lithographs - J 60
- Creator
- Dacre, Henry, b. ca. 1820, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1850]
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP FLP Jackson Collection of Early Lithographs - J 60
- Title
- P.S. Duval, Son & Co. Designers & lithographer Philadelphia Portraits & all subjects of fine arts executed in chromo
- Description
- Frontispiece advertisement containing a Western-themed scene set within a mirror-shaped panel with Victorian details. Scene shows a canyon valley in which miners prepare to depart from their log cabin base. The men sit on logs and a wagon loaded with small crates, carry picks, and engage in discussion. In the background, miners pick at rocks near a waterfall emptying into a stream within the valley. The oval-shape image is bordered by the figure of a Native American man holding a gun and a pipe, and an African American man holding a hoe, smoking a pipe, and seated next to a plant on the base of the panel. Floral details and an American flag adorn the upper frame of the oval. The Duval firm operated under the name P.S. Duval & Son or P.S Duval, Son & Co. circa 1857-circa 1879., Not in Wainwright., Published in Edwin Freedley's Philadelphia and its manufactures: a hand-Book of the great manufactories and representative mercantile houses of Philadelphia, in 1867 (Philadelphia: Edward Young & Co., 1867(Philadelphia: Edward Young & Co., 1867), frontispiece., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 71
- Creator
- P.S. Duval & Son
- Date
- [1867]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1867 Free 55213.O.frontispiece
- Title
- Jacob Haehnlen's lithographic & steam powered letter press printing rooms Nos. 125 & 127 Sth. Third Street, opposite Girard Bank, Philadelphia
- Description
- Advertisement calendar for 1865 containing an ornamental border and promotional text, including types of prints issued by the press. Prints includes show cards; wine, liquor, perfumers, and manufacturers labels; checks; notes; drafts; cards; circular receipts; and bonds. Promotional text advertises samples of work "always on hand" and "every kind & style of lithographic letter press printing executed promptly at fair prices." In 1866, Haehnlen established his own studio at Goldsmith's Hall., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 43, Gift of David Doret.
- Creator
- Haehnlen, Jacob, b. 1824
- Date
- 1865
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Advertisements - H [P.2003.41.4]
- Title
- [Advertisement calendar for printer]
- Description
- Advertisement calendar for 1858 containing classical figures, patriotic imagery, and scenes of a printer's establishment. Imagery includes the allegorical figures for art, music, prosperity, commerce, and time; the American eagle, shield, and flag; birds; cherubs; water sprites; and floral ornamentations. Scenes show artisans at work at lithographic and printing presses, a woman colorist, an artist at his drawing table, and a printer choosing typeface. Other pictorial elements depict symbols of art, trade, and industry, including a palette, globe, and bust. Filigree borders several of the images., Not in Wainwright., Name of possible printer from manuscript note on verso., Inset cut in upper portion of print., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 3, Originally part of Charles A. Poulson's scrapbooks of illustrations of Philadelphia.
- Date
- [1858]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Advertisements - C [(2)1525.F.3]
- Title
- Hall & Carpenter. Tin plate & metals. 709 Market St. Philadelphia
- Description
- Advertisement calendar for 1873 promoting the tin plate firm founded in 1867 by Augustus R. Hall and George W. Carpenter. Products advertised include spelter, antimony, pig copper, pig lead, pig tin, sheet iron, sheet zinc, sheet copper, bolt copper, rivets and brass, copper, iron, and steel wire. Contains filigree accents. Firm continued after the death of Carpenter in 1883., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 104, Gift of Helen Beitler.
- Date
- 1873
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Advertisements - H [P.2002.67.72]
- Title
- Stein & Jones, steam power printers & lithographers, no. 321 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
- Description
- Advertisement calendar for 1865 containing patriotic and seasonal vignettes, scenes, and allegorical figures framing a calendar. Upper corners contain an autumnal and winter scene. Autumnal scene shows a farmer at his plow with farmhands reaping wheat in the background and a yard of farm animals in the foreground. Winter scene shows individuals skating on a pond as a sled passes by, near a couple talking to a soldier under the gaze of two dogs. Dwellings and a train also comprise the landscape of the scenes. Lower corners contain the the breast-bearing female allegorical figures of Spring and Summer. Spring holds a sprig of flowers and Summer holds a basket of fruit. Patriotic imagery includes a battle scene, and the figure of Columbia surrounded by flags and soldiers, including an injured private, and another passing a laurel wreath to a fellow compatriot. Other vignettes show an artist working at a drawing table, and a lithographic printer rolling ink on a stone. The firm, established in 1859, was active under the name Stein & Jones, until the death of Stein in 1871 and its reestablishment as Jones & Potsdamer., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 91, See also variant uncolored proof with registration marks pasted on page 92. [P.9349.92]. Includes patriotic instead of seasonal female allegorcial figures and a vignette showing Abraham Lincoln and General Grant.
- Creator
- Stein & Jones
- Date
- [ca. 1864]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.274]
- Title
- Jacob Haehnlen's lithographic and steam power letter press printing rooms. Goldsmith's Hall, Library Street, opposite post office, Philadelphia. 1867-1868 All kinds of commercial & fancy printing executed promptly. Keep in stock the largest & most varied assortment of wine, liquor, druggists, perfumery & fancy labels and show cards in the United States. Several styles of pharmacy & physicians labels kept on hand of the latest publications, importer, dealer & manufacturer of fancy paper, ornaments, sachets &c. All kinds of materials for printers & lithographers
- Description
- Advertisement calendar for 1867 and 1868 containing a filigree border surrounding a view of the exterior of the six-story brownstone and print shop owned by lithographer Haehnlen at 420 Library Street. Signage advertising the "lithographic establishment" adorns the doorway, front, and side of "Goldsmith's Hall." Building also adorned with large display windows and an American flag. View includes street and pedestrian traffic. Pedestrians walk and stand on the sidewalk. Horse-drawn wagons and drays pass in the street. Shop included salesrooms and offices, a machine shop, a drying room, lithographic presses, and card, handbill, and pamphlet printing presses. Haehnlen established his own studio at Goldsmith's Hall in 1866 and operated his business from all but the first floor. He sold his shop to the firm Lehman & Bolton in 1873. Building destroyed by fire on December 20, 1882., Not in Wainwright., Manuscript note on recto: Manuscript note on recto: Gold Smith Hall erected by L.J. Dreer 1851., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 44, Smithsonian Institution NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.3090]
- Date
- [1866]
- Location
- Smithsonian Institution | NMAH Home and Community Life Collection SI NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.3090]
- Title
- Atlantic Petroleum Storage Company for refined oil. Empire stores for crude oil Warehouse: Point Breeze. Office: 115 Walnut Street} Philadelphia
- Description
- Advertisement containing a view of the company's oil storage facilities at Point Breeze on the Schuylkill River, a plan of the grounds by Hexamer, and text describing the facilities. View depicts sailing ships docked at the wharves adjoining the "refined" and "crude" oil warehouses. Horse-drawn carriages travel on River Road toward the wharves. Individuals mill along the banks and on the wharves. The "Garden Farm" is visible in the background. Hexamer plan contains 7 numbered buildings, including the oil warehouses, crude oil wharf, and office in addition to cooper shops, crude oil tanks, and the railroad. Also identifies the surrounding plots of land including, the Garden Farm, Empire Stores for Crude Oil, Farmland of the Atlantic Petroleum Storage Co., and B.J. Crew's Atlantic Petroleum Refinery. Advertising text promotes the experience and care of the "those having charge of the business" and the erection of "large and commodious" warehouses and docks. It describes the warehouses and docks of the "Crude and Refined Oil Departments," including their length, capacity, and construction. Text also describes the safety of the property from fire due to the separation of the warehouses, tanks and docks in addition to the beneficial proximity of the warehouses to the Pennsylvania Central, and Philadelphia and Erie railroads in allowing a direct connection to the oil regions of the West as well as preventing the loss and destruction of oil from leaks and the sun., Also contains a list of the company's board of directors and officers for 1866. Philadelphia members include James A. Wright, Wm. G. Warden, and Clement A. Griscom. Atlantic was founded by Charles Lockhart and William Warden in 1866 and renamed Atlantic Refining in 1870. The firm was purchased by John D. Rockerfeller in 1874 for incorporation into Standard Oil., Not in Wainwright., Digitized for AMD: Global Commodities., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 31, Reproduced and described in Edwin Wolf 2nd and Marie Lena Korey, eds. Quarter of a Millennium (Philadelphia: The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1981) entry #178., Free Library of Philadelphia: Oversize Philadelphiana - Refineries, Oil, Possibly Wainwright 295.
- Date
- [1866]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW-Industries [P.2145]
- Title
- Philadelphia, Paris & New-York fashions, for spring & summer 1861. Published and sold by F. Mahan, no. 720, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
- Description
- Fashion print containing two rows of full-length models displaying men's and women's indoor and outdoor clothing. Top row features figures posed against a domestic interior showing patterned wallpaper and carpeting. Two female figures in the center of the row display dresses with large hoops. Bottom row features figures dressed in outdoor clothing including a couple dressed in riding habit, the Prince of Wales, and Union Major Robert Anderson, commander at Fort Sumter, posed in front of a view of Fort Sumter., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 182, Gift of David Doret., LCP copy uncolored., Philadelphia on Stone
- Creator
- Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
- Date
- c1861
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Fashion [P.2002.61.3]
- Title
- Jacob Haehnlen's steam power lithographic & letterpress printing rooms Jacob Hahenlen's lithographic & steam power letter press printing rooms, Goldsmith's Hall, opposite Post Office, Library Street, Philadelphia
- Description
- Book advertisement containing an ornate border surrounding vignette views of the exterior of "Jacob Haehnlen's Lithographic Establishment" and a trompe l'oeil display of overlapping cards with advertising text and types of prints available from the firm. View shows the six-story brownstone and print shop, "Goldmsith Hall," owned by lithographer Haehnlen at 420 Library Street. Signage advertising "J. Haehnlen's Steam Power Printing Rooms" and "J. Haehnlen's Lithographic Rooms" adorn the side of the building in addition to large display windows and an eagle above the entranceway. Also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including a horse-drawn carriage, dray, and cart traveling in the street. Printing sample vignette includes the lithographer's tradecard atop cards advertising tickets; bills of lading; wine, liquor, perfumers, physician's and druggist's labels; "Borders & Titles for Photographic Albums"; diplomas, "Certificates Stock and Deposit;" letter heads; bonds; blanks; show cards; plans; circular cards; checks, notes, and drafts. Haehnlen established his own studio at Goldsmith's Hall in 1866 and operated his business from all but the first floor. The shop included salesrooms and offices, a machine shop, a drying room, lithographic presses, and card, handbill, and pamphlet printing presses. He sold his shop to the firm Lehman & Bolton in 1870. Building destroyed by fire on December 20, 1882., Not in Wainwright., Advertising text for printing rooms printed on verso including promotion "Manufacturer & Importer of Transfer Pictures for Coach and Car Builders.", Published in Edwin Freedley's Philadelphia and its manufactures: a hand-Book of the great manufactories and representative mercantile houses of Philadelphia, in 1867(Philadelphia: Edward Young & Co., 1867), opp. p. 546., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 47
- Creator
- Haehnlen, Jacob, b. 1824
- Date
- [1867]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1867 Free 55213.O.546a
- Title
- Philadelphia, Paris & New-York fashions, for spring & summer of 1864. Published and sold by F. Mahan, no. 911, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
- Description
- Fashion print containing two rows of full-length models displaying men's and women's indoor and outdoor clothing. Top row features figures posed against a domestic interior featuring a large window overlooking a country landscape and patterned carpeting and drapes. Two female figures in the center of the row display dresses with large hoops. Bottom row features figures dressed in outdoor clothing including two Union generals, Brig. Gen. Henry Morris Naglee and Maj. Gen. Nathanial Prentiss Banks, in military uniforms and two sportsmen carrying hunting rifles posed in front of a military camp., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 185, LCP AR [Annual Report] 1991, pgs. 48-49.
- Creator
- Haugg, Louis, 1827-1903, artist
- Date
- c1864
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Fashion [P.9366.1]
- Title
- Philadelphia, Paris & New York fashions, for spring & summer of 1865, published and sold by F. Mahan, no. 911, Chestnut Street Philadelphia
- Description
- Fashion print featuring twenty full-length models in two rows displaying men's and women's indoor and outdoor clothing. Primarily depicts men's fashions but includes three female figures and two children. Top row features figures posed against a domestic interior featuring a large window overlooking a country landscape and patterned carpeting and drapes. Bottom row features figures dressed in outdoor clothing including two Union generals, Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas and Maj. Gen. Philip Henry Sheridan, in military uniforms and a sportsman carrying a hunting rifles posed in front of a military camp., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 184, LCP AR [Annual Report] 1991, pgs. 48-49.
- Creator
- Haugg, Louis, 1827-1903, artist
- Date
- c1865
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Fashion [P.9366.2]
- Title
- Philadelphia Paris & New York fashions for spring & summer of 1867, published and sold by F. Mahan, no. 911, Chestnut Street Philadelphia
- Description
- Fashion print featuring twenty full-length models in two rows displaying men's and women's indoor and outdoor clothing. Primarily depicts men's fashions but includes three female figures and two children. Top row features figures posed against a domestic interior featuring a large window overlooking a country landscape and patterned carpeting and drapes. Bottom row features figures dressed in outdoor clothing including Senator Simon Cameron and Union General John Adams Dix posed against wall with a rural landscape in the background., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 186, LCP AR [Annual Report] 1991, pgs. 48-49.
- Creator
- Haugg, Louis, 1827-1903, artist
- Date
- c1867
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Fashion [P.9366.3]
- Title
- City of Philadelphia, 1867 Presented by Gould & Co
- Description
- Advertisement souvenir print distributed by the Philadelphia furniture dealers containing a montage of 3 panoramas, 3 views, and 2 allegorical vignettes. Panoramas show schematic views of Philadelphia, and the views show Independence Hall, 1867 and Gould & Company's Union Depots located at N.E. cor. 9th & Market Sts. and at 37 & 39 N. Second Street. Panoramic views predominately show the Eastern, Western, and Central portions of the city from across the Schuylkill and Delaware rivers. Major landmarks are visually highlighted and identified by text below the images. Includes (lower view) the U.S. Mint, Market St. Bridge, Academy of Music, St. Mark's Church, Academy of Natural Science, Pennsylvania College, New Chestnut St. Bridge, Deaf & Dumb Asylum, Naval Asylum, Alms House, County Prison, Insane Asylum, Nth. Pennsylvania Bridge, Woodland Cemetery, U.S. Arsenal, Gray's Ferry Bridge, Navy Yard, Pennsylvania Hospital, and League Island; (center view) Laurel Hill Cemetery, Fairmount Park, Girard College, Fairmount & Water Works, Wire Bridge, Eastern Penitentiary, House of Refuge, Blind Asylum, [Central] High School, Cathedral (Sts. Peter & Paul), 7th Presbyterian Church, Gas Works, and Philadelphia Library (Library Company); (upper view) Merchant's Exchange, Girard Bank, Custom House, Smith's Island, Post Office, State House, Continental Hotel, Penn Cottage, Girard Hotel, Christ Church, Masonic Hall, Penn Treaty Monument, Petty's Island, Reading Coal Depot, and Port Richmond. Panoramas also contain maritime traffic., Vignettes show an allegorical view of "Peace" represented by a social gathering with food, drink, and music in a parlor and one of "War" represented by a marine battle. "Union Depot" vignettes show the busy storefronts. Merchandise lines the sidewalks of the businesses in which patrons enter, and in front of which heavy street and pedestrian traffic passes. Traffic includes horse and hand-drawn carts loaded with crates and furniture. Also shows the Market Street depot covered in advertising text. Independence Hall view contains heavy street traffic. Horse-drawn carts, carriages, delivery wagons, and omnibuses congest the street aside laborers pushing hand-carts, people on horseback, and pedestrians crossing the street. Pedestrians also walk in front of Independence Hall. American flags adorn the storefronts and Independence Hall. Other pictorial elements include the allegorical figure of peace, a cannon surrounded by other instruments of war, and borders comprised of vinery and filigree., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 138, Free Library of Philadelphia: Oversize Philadelphiana - Views
- Creator
- Rease & Kurtz
- Date
- [1867]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Views [P.8970.28]