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Photo, Print, Drawing Lewis Fatman and Company. Steam Paste Blacking, Steam Friction Matches Manufactory. Back of Number 412 Coates Street, Philadelphia.

About this Item

Title

  • Lewis Fatman and Company. Steam Paste Blacking, Steam Friction Matches Manufactory. Back of Number 412 Coates Street, Philadelphia.

Summary

  • This lithograph from circa 1847 is an advertisement showing the adjoined three- and two-story manufactory buildings for the polish and match business owned by Lewis Fatman, located on the 1000 block of Coates Street (i.e., Fairmount Avenue) in Philadelphia. The buildings are covered in signage advertising the business. Laborers, including one carrying a stack on his shoulder, are visible at a few windows and at an entrance. In the foreground, a gentleman walks. Near some crates and barrels, a boy plays with a hoop on the sidewalk. In the street, a drayman transports planks of wood, and a laborer loads crates on to a dray. The wagon parked near the corner is labeled "Fatman and Co.'s Matches & Blacking." Fatman operated a factory from this location circa 1844--48, in addition to a second factory on North Front Street.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1847-12.

Headings

  • -  United States of America--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
  • -  1847-12
  • -  Advertising
  • -  Carriages and carts
  • -  Cities and towns
  • -  Factories
  • -  Horse-drawn vehicles
  • -  Industrial facilities
  • -  Lithographs
  • -  Manufacturers
  • -  Match industry
  • -  Polishes industry
  • -  Street scenes

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "Digital catalog number: POS 436"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 print : lithograph ; 26 x 34 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

  • 2021670411

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Lewis Fatman and Company. Steam Paste Blacking, Steam Friction Matches Manufactory. Back of Number 412 Coates Street, Philadelphia. Pennsylvania United States of America Philadelphia, 1847. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, -12] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670411/.

APA citation style:

(1847) Lewis Fatman and Company. Steam Paste Blacking, Steam Friction Matches Manufactory. Back of Number 412 Coates Street, Philadelphia. Pennsylvania United States of America Philadelphia, 1847. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, -12] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670411/.

MLA citation style:

Lewis Fatman and Company. Steam Paste Blacking, Steam Friction Matches Manufactory. Back of Number 412 Coates Street, Philadelphia. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, -12] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021670411/>.