Image of a riverscape showing the textile mill factory buildings of Washington Mills on the waterfront in Gloucester City, New Jersey; sailboats, steamships, and long boat with rowing crew on the Delaware River in the foreground; with text advertising merchant David S. Brown and Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 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 76. "P.S. Duval & Co's lith. Phila."--text, top center under panoramic image. "David S. Brown & Co. / Nos. 38 and 40 South Front Street, and No. 29 Letitia Street, / Philadelphia, / Selling agents / For the Following / American Cotton and Woolen Goods / Brown Cottons. / Woolens. / Prints. / Pantaloonery, &c. / Bleached Cottons."--text, lower centered, individual companies listed under each type of goods. "From the Archives of / Manuel Kean / Please Credit: Kean Archives"--text, stamped in black ink on verso.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 47.31 x 72.39 cm (18 5/8 x 28 1/2 in.)
Advertising--Textiles Delaware River (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)--Pictorial works Gloucester City (N.J)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works Industrial buildings--Pictorial works Sailboats--Pictorial works Steamboats--Pictorial works Textile industry Washington Mills Lithographs--1850-1875. (gmgpc) Views. (gmgpc)
Place
Gloucester City (N.J.)
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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