Image of the four-story facade of the wine and liquor store of Solomon Tobias at 68 North Third Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, showing barrels on the sidewalk out front advertising "S. Tobias No. 68 Importer & Dealer in Wines, Liquors, Cordials, and Syrups"; with portions of the storefront signs for the neighboring businesses presumably of dry goods merchant Charles Schott; and the drugstore of Scattergood & Whitall. Date based on handwritten annotation. "Drawn on Stone by Wm. H. Rease, No. 17 1/2 S. 5th St."--text, bottom left margin. "Wagner & McGuigan's lith. Press"--text, bottom right margin. "North Third St. : Dec 1845 : Third St."--text, handwritten ink annotations on bottom area of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 37.94 x 25.24 cm (14 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Advertising--Beverages Advertising--Wine Commercial streets--Pictorial works Philadelphia (Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works Storefronts--Pictorial works Wine industry Annotations Tobias, Solomon Lithographs--1825-1850. (gmgpc) Views. (gmgpc)
Place
Philadelphia (Pa.)
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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