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Photo, Print, Drawing B. Lieber, Importer of Brandies, Wines, Gins, Brown-Stout, Scotch Ale, Absinthe, Cigars, Et cetera. Manufacturer of Punch Essence, Cordials, Lemon Syrup, Raspberry, Lavender, Rose, Blackberry and Wild-Cherry. Brandies, Bitters, Et cetera. Number 121 North Fourth Street, Philadelphia. B. Lieber, importer of brandies, wines, gins, brown-stout, scotch ale, absinthe, segars, &c. and manufacturer of punch essence, cordials, lemon syrup, raspberry, lavender, rose, blackberry and wild-cherry. Brandies, bitters &c. No. 121 North Fourth Street between Vine & Callowhill Streets Philadelphia

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Title

  • B. Lieber, Importer of Brandies, Wines, Gins, Brown-Stout, Scotch Ale, Absinthe, Cigars, Et cetera. Manufacturer of Punch Essence, Cordials, Lemon Syrup, Raspberry, Lavender, Rose, Blackberry and Wild-Cherry. Brandies, Bitters, Et cetera. Number 121 North Fourth Street, Philadelphia.

Other Title

  • B. Lieber, importer of brandies, wines, gins, brown-stout, scotch ale, absinthe, segars, &c. and manufacturer of punch essence, cordials, lemon syrup, raspberry, lavender, rose, blackberry and wild-cherry. Brandies, bitters &c. No. 121 North Fourth Street between Vine & Callowhill Streets Philadelphia

Summary

  • This advertising print from 1849 shows the four-story storefront of the establishment of B. Lieber, liquor importer, located on the 300 block of North Fourth Street (between Vine and Callowhill streets) in Philadelphia. Bottles, small boxes, and broadside advertisements, predominantly for French cordials and bitters, fill the display window, and a large model cask with advertising text and stacks of labeled boxes flank the open entrance. Box labels include "Ysla de Cuba," "Assorted Cordials," "Glorias," and "Habano." A clerk confers with a patron within the store, seen through the entryway. A laborer enters the cellar with a barrel. Other barrels, labeled "Madeira No. 1" and "Port," line the sidewalk. In the street, a drayman departs to deliver a cask of "J. Hennesy [sic] & Co. Cognac." This print also includes a tall post with a weather vane at the top; the weather vane is designed as an American Indian figure. Partial views of adjacent buildings are shown next to the storefront.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1849-04.

Headings

  • -  United States of America--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
  • -  1849-04
  • -  Advertising
  • -  Alcoholic beverage industry
  • -  Alcoholic beverages
  • -  Barrels
  • -  Beer
  • -  Cities and towns
  • -  Horse-drawn vehicles
  • -  Laborers
  • -  Liquor stores
  • -  Liquors
  • -  Merchants
  • -  Storefronts
  • -  Stores and shops
  • -  Street scenes
  • -  Wagons
  • -  Weather vanes
  • -  Wine

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "Digital catalog number: POS 32"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 print : lithograph ; 48 x 29 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

  • 2021670407

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

B. Lieber, Importer of Brandies, Wines, Gins, Brown-Stout, Scotch Ale, Absinthe, Cigars, Et cetera. Manufacturer of Punch Essence, Cordials, Lemon Syrup, Raspberry, Lavender, Rose, Blackberry and Wild-Cherry. Brandies, Bitters, Et cetera. Number 121 North Fourth Street, Philadelphia. Pennsylvania United States of America Philadelphia, 1849. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, -04] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670407/.

APA citation style:

(1849) B. Lieber, Importer of Brandies, Wines, Gins, Brown-Stout, Scotch Ale, Absinthe, Cigars, Et cetera. Manufacturer of Punch Essence, Cordials, Lemon Syrup, Raspberry, Lavender, Rose, Blackberry and Wild-Cherry. Brandies, Bitters, Et cetera. Number 121 North Fourth Street, Philadelphia. Pennsylvania United States of America Philadelphia, 1849. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, -04] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670407/.

MLA citation style:

B. Lieber, Importer of Brandies, Wines, Gins, Brown-Stout, Scotch Ale, Absinthe, Cigars, Et cetera. Manufacturer of Punch Essence, Cordials, Lemon Syrup, Raspberry, Lavender, Rose, Blackberry and Wild-Cherry. Brandies, Bitters, Et cetera. Number 121 North Fourth Street, Philadelphia. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, -04] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021670407/>.