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Title
Jordan & Brother, wholesale grocers, No. 121, North Third Street, Philadelphia
Creator
Rease, W. H., artist
Wagner & M’Guigan, printer
Contributor
Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued
1845
1846
1847
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information
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Description
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.)
Identifier
priJLC_FOOD_000674
399975
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/3824
Language
English
Subject
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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