Image of a barrel and bottle room with machinery and a man operating it inside a stone arched doorway that frames the scene; bottles and barrels of cream ale, mineral water, syrup, and stock ale rest on a stone ledge that forms the bottom of the image frame advertising for Moses Fairbanks and Company in Boston, Massachusetts. Date supplied by cataloger based on printer history; Crosby operated at the 159 Dorchester address in 1873-1874. "Chas. H. Crosby & Co. Lith. 159 Dorchester Av. So. Boston."--text, bottom center margin. "D. Drummond, del"--artist's signature on stone, bottom left of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 50.64 x 39.05 cm (19 15/16 x 15 3/8 in.)
Advertising--Beverages Advertising--Carbonated beverages Advertising--Soft drinks Bottling Industrial buildings--Pictorial works Mineral water industry Soft drinks--Pictorial works Moses Fairbanks and Co Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
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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