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Photo, Print, Drawing T.I. Dyre, Jr., Bell & Brass Founder, Corner of Washington & Church Streets, Philadelphia. T. I. Dyre, Jr. bell & brass founder, corner of Washington & Church Streets, Philadelphia

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Title

  • T.I. Dyre, Jr., Bell & Brass Founder, Corner of Washington & Church Streets, Philadelphia.

Other Title

  • T. I. Dyre, Jr. bell & brass founder, corner of Washington & Church Streets, Philadelphia

Summary

  • William H. Rease, born in Pennsylvania circa 1818, was the most prolific lithographer of advertising prints in Philadelphia during the 1840s and 1850s. This advertisement shows the Dyre foundry complex in South Philadelphia, including the "Black Lead Crucible Manufactory," "Brass & Bell Foundry," an office-like building, and a workshop with a stack spewing smoke. A gentleman enters the office as a laborer pushes a wheelbarrow on the sidewalk toward an alley, out of which a drayman leads his horse-drawn vehicle transporting a large bell. In the street, a crowded "Gray's Ferry" double-decker omnibus travels alongside a dog which has spooked the horses, and a man attempts to jump aboard the rear. A couple standing by a corner store and the surrounding buildings are also shown. By 1855 Dyre had relocated his foundry to Front Street. Rease became active in his trade around 1844, and through the 1850s he mainly worked with printers Frederick Kuhl and Wagner & McGuigan in the production of advertising prints known for their portrayals of human details. Although Rease often collaborated with other lithographers, by 1850 he promoted in O'Brien's Business Directory his own establishment at 17 South Fifth Street, above Chestnut Street. In 1855 he relocated his establishment to the northeast corner of Fourth and Chestnut Streets (after a circa 1853-55 partnership with Francis Schell), where in addition to advertising prints he produced certificates, views, maps, and maritime prints.

Names

  • Rease, William H., circa 1818-1893 Artist.

Created / Published

  • Philadelphia : Printed by F. Kuhl, 1849-03.

Headings

  • -  United States of America--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
  • -  1849-03
  • -  Advertising
  • -  Brass founding
  • -  Cities and towns
  • -  Factories
  • -  Foundries
  • -  Horse-drawn omnibuses
  • -  Horse-drawn vehicles
  • -  Laborers
  • -  Lithographs
  • -  Smokestacks
  • -  Street scenes
  • -  Wagons

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "Digital catalog number: POS 735"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 print : lithograph ; 19 x 35 centimeters.
  • -  Reference extracted from World Digital Library: Rease, William H., Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary, Library Company of Philadelphia, http://www.lcpdigital.org External
  • -  Original resource at: The Library Company of Philadelphia.
  • -  Content in English.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • Philadelphia on Stone

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021670301

Online Format

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  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Rease, William H., Circa Artist. T.I. Dyre, Jr., Bell & Brass Founder, Corner of Washington & Church Streets, Philadelphia. Pennsylvania United States of America Philadelphia, 1849. Philadelphia: Printed by F. Kuhl, -03. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670301/.

APA citation style:

Rease, W. H. (1849) T.I. Dyre, Jr., Bell & Brass Founder, Corner of Washington & Church Streets, Philadelphia. Pennsylvania United States of America Philadelphia, 1849. Philadelphia: Printed by F. Kuhl, -03. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670301/.

MLA citation style:

Rease, William H., Circa Artist. T.I. Dyre, Jr., Bell & Brass Founder, Corner of Washington & Church Streets, Philadelphia. Philadelphia: Printed by F. Kuhl, -03. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021670301/>.