Image of a facade of a three-story grocers' building with men unloading goods from a horse-drawn cart in an alley in an advertisement for Jordan and Brother wholesale grocers of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Date supplied by cataloger based on printer history; Wagner & McGuigan renamed their company in 1845 when partner Pinkerton left, and moved to a new building in 1847. "Printed by Wagner & McGuigan 100, Chesnut St. Phila."--text, bottom right margin. "Drawn on Stone by W.H. Rease, No 17, So. 5th. Phila."--text, bottom left margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 52.07 x 32.39 cm (20 1/2 x 12 3/4 in.)
Advertising--Food Grocers--Pictorial works Horse-drawn vehicles--Pictorial works Storefronts--Pictorial works Jordon & Brother Lithographs--1825-1850. (gmgpc) Views. (gmgpc)
Place
Philadelphia (Pa.)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Food Large Size The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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