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Photo, Print, Drawing John C. Baker and Company, Wholesale Dealers and Importers of Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Paints and Dye Stuffs. Number 100, North Third Street, Philadelphia. John C. Baker & Co. wholesale dealers & importers of drugs, medicines, chemicals, paints & dye stuffs, No. 100, North Third St. Philadelphia

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Title

  • John C. Baker and Company, Wholesale Dealers and Importers of Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Paints and Dye Stuffs. Number 100, North Third Street, Philadelphia.

Other Title

  • John C. Baker & Co. wholesale dealers & importers of drugs, medicines, chemicals, paints & dye stuffs, No. 100, North Third St. Philadelphia

Summary

  • This advertising print from 1849 shows the five-story storefront, adorned with signage and an ornamental ironwork balcony, of the druggist located at 100 North Third Street, Philadelphia. A patron enters the establishment as a crate is hoisted in front of him. To the left, the window and second entrance of the building are open, and casks, jugs, bottles, and boxes line a wall of shelves and the floor. Additional inventory is visible near the upper windows. A clerk oversees the loading of a cart with boxes and barrels, while pedestrians pass by on the sidewalk. John Baker's business tenanted the site from 1849. The firm was one of the founding members of the Philadelphia Drug Exchange in 1861.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 F. Kuhl, 1849-08.

Headings

  • -  United States of America--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
  • -  1849-08
  • -  Advertising
  • -  Chemical industry
  • -  Cities and towns
  • -  Drugstores
  • -  Dye industry
  • -  Horses
  • -  Lithographs
  • -  Merchants
  • -  Pharmaceutical industry
  • -  Storefronts
  • -  Street scenes
  • -  Wagons

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "Digital catalog number: POS 408"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 print : lithograph ; 59 x 38 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

  • 2021670299

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Rease, William H., Circa Artist. John C. Baker and Company, Wholesale Dealers and Importers of Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Paints and Dye Stuffs. Number 100, North Third Street, Philadelphia. Pennsylvania United States of America Philadelphia, 1849. Philadelphia: Printed by F. Kuhl, -08. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670299/.

APA citation style:

Rease, W. H. (1849) John C. Baker and Company, Wholesale Dealers and Importers of Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Paints and Dye Stuffs. Number 100, North Third Street, Philadelphia. Pennsylvania United States of America Philadelphia, 1849. Philadelphia: Printed by F. Kuhl, -08. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670299/.

MLA citation style:

Rease, William H., Circa Artist. John C. Baker and Company, Wholesale Dealers and Importers of Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Paints and Dye Stuffs. Number 100, North Third Street, Philadelphia. Philadelphia: Printed by F. Kuhl, -08. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021670299/>.