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Photo, Print, Drawing Frederick Fisher, Upholstery, Cheap Bedding and Feather Warehouse. Number 31.

About this Item

Title

  • Frederick Fisher, Upholstery, Cheap Bedding and Feather Warehouse. Number 31.

Summary

  • This lithograph from 1846 is an advertising proof for an upholstery business operated by Frederick Fisher at the northeast corner of Eighth and Zane streets in Philadelphia. Shown here is the two-and-one-half story warehouse; it has numerous windows and is adorned with signage. Patrons are seen entering through one doorway, passing a sign advertising, "Beds Hair Mattresses Cushions Feathers Moss Ticking Cotts [sic] Cattail." Bedding and bed posts are visible in or hanging out of most of the warehouse windows. A stuffed swan standing among pillows is visible in one of the lower windows. Bed posts and bags labeled "Feathers" lean against the building. Mattresses and bed cushions are displayed on racks on the sidewalk. The scene also includes a fire hydrant and a boy walking past the warehouse. Fisher operated an upholstery business between 1839 and 1853; he operated from this location at the corner of Eighth and Zane streets in 1844--48.

Created / Published

  • Philadelphia : [publisher not identified], 1846-08.

Headings

  • -  United States of America--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
  • -  1846-08
  • -  Advertising
  • -  Bedding
  • -  Bedding industry
  • -  Cities and towns
  • -  Commerce
  • -  Feathers
  • -  Lithographs
  • -  Mattresses
  • -  Merchants
  • -  Storefronts
  • -  Stores and shops
  • -  Street scenes
  • -  Swans
  • -  Upholstery trade

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "Digital catalog number: POS 220"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 print : lithograph ; 38 x 54 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

  • 2021670237

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Frederick Fisher, Upholstery, Cheap Bedding and Feather Warehouse. Number 31. Pennsylvania United States of America Philadelphia, 1846. [Philadelphia: Publisher Not Identified, -08] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670237/.

APA citation style:

(1846) Frederick Fisher, Upholstery, Cheap Bedding and Feather Warehouse. Number 31. Pennsylvania United States of America Philadelphia, 1846. [Philadelphia: Publisher Not Identified, -08] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670237/.

MLA citation style:

Frederick Fisher, Upholstery, Cheap Bedding and Feather Warehouse. Number 31. [Philadelphia: Publisher Not Identified, -08] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021670237/>.