Joseph Ripka’s Mills. Manayunk 21st ward Philadelphia manufacturer of all descriptions of plain & fancy cottonades for men and boy's clothing warehouse 32 So. Front St
Image of an eye-level view of the cotton textile factory and mill buildings of Joseph Ripka along the Schuylkill River bank in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; row boat with boater and two men in top hats pictured along riverbank in foreground. Date based on date provided for copy held by the Library Company according to the publication of image in Colton's Atlas of the World, illustrating the physical and political geography of North and South America ... Commercial edition with business cards of the prominent houses in Philadelphia. (New York: J.H. Colton and Company, 1856), page 77. "Lith. W.H. Rease N.E. Cor. 4th & Chesnut [sic] Sts. Pha."--text, bottom left margin. "Printed by Wagner & McGuigan"--text, bottom right margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 47.31 x 77.47 cm (18 5/8 x 30 1/2 in.)
Advertising--Textiles Cities and towns--Pictorial works Cotton textiles Industrial buildings--Pictorial works Philadelphia (Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works Rivers--Pictorial works Textile industry Joseph Ripka’s Mills Lithographs--1850-1875. (gmgpc) Views. (gmgpc)
Place
Philadelphia (Pa.)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Fashion Large Size The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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