Image of a view of the storefront of Horniman's Tea Warehouse in London, England, showing workers loading boxes of tea onto a horse-drawn cart; Chinese architectural frame around the view with a dragon and Chinese men and women in balconies dressed in traditional ethnic costume. Date supplied by cataloger based on company history; Horniman's moved to London in 1852. "Horniman's Wholesale Tea Warehouses. / Wormwood St. / City / London."--text, center of image. "These warehouses, as enlarged, contain 12,000 feet / of flooring & are exclusively used for / Horniman & Cos. stock of duty paid teas."--text, bottom center of image. "Secured in Packets, & Sold by / Agents in One Thousand Towns."--text, bottom center margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 56.52 x 42.23 cm (22 1/4 x 16 5/8 in.)
Advertising--Beverages Advertising--Tea Chinese--Pictorial works Distilleries--Pictorial works Ethnic costume--Pictorial works Industrial buildings--Pictorial works London (England)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works Storefronts--Pictorial works Tea trade Horniman’s Tea Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc) Views. (gmgpc)
Place
London (England)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Beverages Large Size The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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