Photo, Print, Drawing James S. Mason and Company, 108 North Front Street, Challenge Blacking, Ink, Etcetera, Manufactory. James S. Mason and Co., 108 North Front Street, Challenge Blacking, Ink &c, Manufactory
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Title
- James S. Mason and Company, 108 North Front Street, Challenge Blacking, Ink, Etcetera, Manufactory.
Other Title
- James S. Mason and Co., 108 North Front Street, Challenge Blacking, Ink &c, Manufactory
Summary
- This print is an advertisement for James S. Mason & Co., a manufacturer of ink and blacking located on North Front Street in Philadelphia. The illustration shows a five-story brick and granite building adorned with a large sign reading "Blacking" (a 19th-century term for shoe and boot polish) on its roof. A patron opens the entrance door of the storefront as he peers at a large illustrated print on display in an adjacent window. On the second floor, above the window adorned with the print, a couple is visible in an open double-sided glass doorway. In front of the building, a laborer unloads a horse-drawn dray as a family approaches from a nearby corner. Also seen are a hoist on the side of the storefront and partial views of neighboring buildings. James S. Mason & Co. occupied the building from its completion in 1851 until 1919. The building was demolished in 1973. The work is by James Fuller Queen, a Philadelphia lithographer and pioneer chromolithographer known for his attention to detail.
Names
- Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886 Artist.
Created / Published
- Philadelphia : Lithography of P.S. Duval & Company, [1852 to 1856-10]
Headings
- - United States of America--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
- - 1852 to 1856
- - Advertising
- - Chromolithographs
- - Horse-drawn vehicles
- - Ink industry
- - Laborers
- - Storefronts
- - Stores and shops
- - Wagons
Notes
- - Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
- - "Digital catalog number: POS 404"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
- - Original resource extent: 1 print : chromolithograph ; 35 x 26 centimeters.
- - 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
- 2021670391
Online Format
- compressed data
- image