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Photo, Print, Drawing Rockhill & Wilson, Tailors & Clothiers of Men & Boys Wear, Numbers 205 & 207 Chestnut Street & 28 South 6th Street. Rockhill & Wilson, tailors & clothiers of men & boys wear, Nos. 205 & 207 Chestnut St. & 28 South 6th Street

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Title

  • Rockhill & Wilson, Tailors & Clothiers of Men & Boys Wear, Numbers 205 & 207 Chestnut Street & 28 South 6th Street.

Other Title

  • Rockhill & Wilson, tailors & clothiers of men & boys wear, Nos. 205 & 207 Chestnut St. & 28 South 6th Street

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 wide, spacious interior of the clothing store tenanted by Daniel H. Rockhill and Franklin S. Wilson at 205-7 (later 603-5) Chestnut Street. Clerks and patrons organize and sort through goods displayed in piles on tables throughout the ornately decorated store, which is adorned by pilasters, rounded pediments, rosettes, and flowery chandeliers and light fixtures. Two clerks assist patrons in the foreground; one speaks with a woman and a young boy, and the other helps two gentlemen. Rockhill & Wilson moved their business from 111 (later 321) Chestnut Street to this location in 1857 and operated here until 1882. They also had premises at 28 South Sixth 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 Wagner & McGuigan, 1857.

Headings

  • -  United States of America--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
  • -  1857
  • -  Advertising
  • -  Cities and towns
  • -  Clothing and dress
  • -  Clothing stores
  • -  Lithographs
  • -  Merchants
  • -  Stores and shops
  • -  Tailor shops

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "Digital catalog number: POS 658"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 print : lithograph, tinted with two stones ; 34 x 63 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

  • 2021670431

Online Format

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  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Rease, William H., Circa Artist. Rockhill & Wilson, Tailors & Clothiers of Men & Boys Wear, Numbers 205 & 207 Chestnut Street & 28 South 6th Street. Pennsylvania United States of America Philadelphia, 1857. Philadelphia: Printed by Wagner & McGuigan. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670431/.

APA citation style:

Rease, W. H. (1857) Rockhill & Wilson, Tailors & Clothiers of Men & Boys Wear, Numbers 205 & 207 Chestnut Street & 28 South 6th Street. Pennsylvania United States of America Philadelphia, 1857. Philadelphia: Printed by Wagner & McGuigan. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670431/.

MLA citation style:

Rease, William H., Circa Artist. Rockhill & Wilson, Tailors & Clothiers of Men & Boys Wear, Numbers 205 & 207 Chestnut Street & 28 South 6th Street. Philadelphia: Printed by Wagner & McGuigan. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021670431/>.