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Photo, Print, Drawing Jordan and Brother, Wholesale Grocers. Number 121 North Third Street, Philadelphia.

About this Item

Title

  • Jordan and Brother, Wholesale Grocers. Number 121 North Third Street, Philadelphia.

Summary

  • This advertising print from 1846 shows the establishment of Jordan & Brother, wholesale grocers, located at 121 (now 209) North Third Street, Philadelphia. A worker carries a sack through the front door, while another descends the stairs to the basement from a cellar door opening on to the sidewalk in front of the building. In a side alley are seen a horse-drawn cart and a man holding the horse. As would befit a wholesale establishment, the building is plain, without the signs and display windows used to attract the retail customer. A fire-insurance marker is visible on the main building. There are partial views of neighboring buildings, including Conrad & Roberts hardware store. The print is by William H. Rease, the most prolific lithographer of advertising prints in Philadelphia during the 1840s and 1850s. Born in Pennsylvania circa 1818, Rease became active in his trade around 1844. Through the 1850s he mainly worked with printers Frederick Kuhl and Wagner & McGuigan in the production of advertising prints known for their portrayals of human details. Although Rease often collaborated with other lithographers, a listing in O'Brien's Business Directory indicates that by 1850 he had founded his own establishment at 17 South Fifth Street, north of Chestnut Street. After a partnership with Francis Schell that lasted from about 1853 to 1855, in 1855 he relocated his shop to the northeast corner of Fourth and Chestnut Streets, where, in addition to advertising prints, he produced certificates, views, maps, and maritime prints.

Names

  • Rease, William H., circa 1818-1893 Artist.

Created / Published

  • Philadelphia : Printed by Wagner & McGuigan, [1846-12 to 1850]

Headings

  • -  United States of America--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
  • -  1846-12 to 1850
  • -  Advertising
  • -  Cities and towns
  • -  Clerks
  • -  Grocery stores
  • -  Horses
  • -  Laborers
  • -  Lithographs
  • -  Merchants
  • -  Storefronts
  • -  Street scenes
  • -  Wagons

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "Digital catalog number: POS 414"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 print : lithograph ; 52 x 33 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: The Library Company of Philadelphia.
  • -  Content in English.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • Philadelphia on Stone

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021670248

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Rease, William H., Circa Artist. Jordan and Brother, Wholesale Grocers. Number 121 North Third Street, Philadelphia. Pennsylvania United States of America Philadelphia, 1846. [Philadelphia: Printed by Wagner & McGuigan, -12 to 1850] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670248/.

APA citation style:

Rease, W. H. (1846) Jordan and Brother, Wholesale Grocers. Number 121 North Third Street, Philadelphia. Pennsylvania United States of America Philadelphia, 1846. [Philadelphia: Printed by Wagner & McGuigan, -12 to 1850] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670248/.

MLA citation style:

Rease, William H., Circa Artist. Jordan and Brother, Wholesale Grocers. Number 121 North Third Street, Philadelphia. [Philadelphia: Printed by Wagner & McGuigan, -12 to 1850] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021670248/>.