Advertising card containing a romantic genre scene bordering captioned views of the Chestnut Street warerooms of the manufactory established in 1855. View captioned "Warerooms: 1119 Chestnut St.” shows part of the front façade of the 4-story storefront marked “Blasius & Sons Piano Manufacturers.” Patrons and pedestrians mill in front of the business. View captioned “Warerooms: 1101 & 1103 Chestnut St.” shows the multiple-story storefront marked “Blasius & Sons Manufacturer of the Blasius Pianos.” Several pedestrians walk in front of the large display windows and patrons enter the building. A horse-drawn carriage is parked in the street. In the left of the print, the genre scene set during the medieval period shows a troubadour serenading a lady from below her window., Not in Wainwright., pdcp00005, Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 23, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana – Streets – Chestnut - 11th-12th
Creator
Hoover, Joseph
Date
[ca. 1885]
Location
Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Philadelphiana - Streets - Chestnut - 11th-12th
