Image of the four-story Morgan, Bush & Company building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the center of a textile price list; pedestrians and horse-drawn carts carrying supplies are visible in front of the storefront advertising dry goods; textiles in the price list include muslins, prints, ginghams, cambrics, corset jeans, denims, tickings, and shirting strips and checks. "Geddes Sons, Prs., 724 Chestnut St."--text, bottom center margin. "We call especial attention to a very large and com-plete assortment of / Dress Goods, Alpacas, Shawls, / Lace Points, Cloths, Cassimeres, Jeans, Cottonades, / Flannels, White Goods, Linen Goods, & Domestics. / And would respectfully solicit your orders, which will be filled / with promptness and care. / Yours respectfully, / May 19th 1870. Morgan, Bush & Co."--text, bottom center of image. "Simon Snyder"--text, handwritten in pencil, bottom right margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 engraving : uncolored ; overall 43.18 x 27.62 cm (17 x 10 7/8 in.)
Advertising--Textiles Dry-goods Philadelphia (Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works Storefronts--Pictorial works Morgan, Bush & Co Lithographs--1850-1875. (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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