Tradecard containing an exterior view of the saloon and concert hall built 1857 on the 500 block of North Third Street. Male patrons convene at and near the entry as pedestrians, including women, walk past the three-and one-half-story twin building with showcase windows. In the street, a horse-drawn carriage is parked and a "Richmond & Navy Yard/Second & Third St." street car travels. Also shows partial views of adjacent businesses, including a tobacconist. The Ladners operated the hall 1857-1881., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 221, See related advertisement print **BW - Hotels, Inns & Taverns [P.9008], 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.9349.153o]
Tradecard with text embellished with flourishes. Kunzman & Hall partnered in 1866. Possibly a partnership between George Kunzman and (Henry or James?) Hall., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 50
Creator
Kunzman & Hall
Date
[ca. 1866]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.149j]
Tradecard containing a view of the three-and-one-half story beer hall and restaurant adorned with signage reading "G. Hartung Hotel." A patron enters the establishment as a man, probably the proprietor, stands near the entrance. A laborer emerges from the cellar holding a keg. Kegs and a case of liquor bottles line the sidewalk near a horse-drawn dray situated in the street for loading. Hartung established his business on Race Street in 1860 and remained proprietor until his death in 1879, after which his wife Susannah assumed operations., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 323, Weiss operated from 600 Chestnut Street in the early 1860s., See Philadelphia Inquirer, October 25, 1879 for Hartung's obituary.
Date
[ca. 1862]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.143b]
Tradecard containing a vignette of the "Continental Hotel, Philadelphia" at 824-838 Chestnut Street. View also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn carriages, an omnibus, and a man on horseback. Mayer, Strouse & Baum, was active 1861-1863. The hotel was built 1860 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 462, Stein & Jones established in 1859 was active under that name until the death of Stein in 1871.
Date
[ca. 1862]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.140g]
Tradecard containing an exterior view of the five-story "leaf tobacco segars" store adorned in signage. Two gentlemen convene at the entry while a laborer loads crates onto a large horse-drawn wagon with a driver at the reigns. Crates marked "Leaf Tobacco" and "Segars" line the sidewalk near the wagon. Also contains partial views of adjacent businesses, including signage reading "...are" and "...ghaus." Image surrounded by a decorative border. The tobacconist firm Stern, Jonas, & Co., comprised of partners Meno Stern, Julius Jonas, and Gustav Isaac, was active in 1864., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, See related unillustrated tradecard for firm. [P.9349.147i], Stein & Jones established in 1859 was active under that name until the death of Stein in 1871.
Date
[ca. 1864]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.147r]
Tradecard with ornamental lettering, floral details, and a banner. Moras operated from the address 1860-1866. Moras, a German-born lithographer established his own firm in 1853 from which he retired in 1890. The firm continued to operate until the late 1890s., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 28
Creator
Moras, Ferdinand, 1821-1908
Date
[ca. 1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.151p]
Tradecard illustrated with two female allegorical figures representing Prosperity (left) and Art (right). Figure of Abundance wears a Roman-style gown, with one breast exposed, and rests one hand on a cornucopia filled with fruits and grains. She leans toward the direction of Art who wears netting in her hair and a draped gown. She holds a paint brush in one hand and a palette in the other. She looks toward Abundance. Grass, twigs, and bushes surround the figures. Boell, a French-born lithographer, worked in New York 1854-1858 before relocating to Philadelphia, where he was active until the 1880s. He operated from 311 Walnut Street circa 1859-circa 1865., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 107, Forms part of Specimens Album [P.9349].
Creator
Boell, William
Date
[ca. 1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.151s]
Trade card by Blood & Chew with text describing the divisions and the route for a soldiers' and sailors' parade on Friday, October 2d, 1868. Includes two woodcuts, one depicting a Civil War soldier with a bayonet, and the other a sailor, both attired in uniforms., Not in Wainwright., Advertising text running the length of the card on the right side reads "neat lithographing and wood engraving," and on the left, "all varieties of plain & ornamental printing.", Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 81
Date
1868
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Trade cards - B [(1)1322.F.185]
Tradecard, probably issued during the Civil War, containing an exterior view of the lithographic establishment of Ketterlinus at the northwest corner of Fourth and Arch streets. Other pictorial details include an American flag flying from a flag pole beside the building, a banner, and scrolls., Not in Wainwright., Variant reproduced in Jay Last's The color explosion: Nineteenth century American lithography (Santa Ana, Ca.: Hillcrest Press, 2005), p. 108., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 21, Ketterlinus established his own firm in 1842 and relocated to Fourth and Arch streets in 1856.
Creator
Ketterlinus, Eugene, d. 1886
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.142f]
