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Photo, Print, Drawing Charles Oakford and Sons Model Hat Store. Hats, Caps and Furs, Wholesale and Retail. Numbers 826 and 828, Chestnut Street, Continental Hotel, Philadelphia. Charles Oakford & Sons model hat store nos 826 & 828, Chestnut Street, Continental Hotel. Philadelphia. Hats, caps & furs, wholesale & retail

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Title

  • Charles Oakford and Sons Model Hat Store. Hats, Caps and Furs, Wholesale and Retail. Numbers 826 and 828, Chestnut Street, Continental Hotel, Philadelphia.

Other Title

  • Charles Oakford & Sons model hat store nos 826 & 828, Chestnut Street, Continental Hotel. Philadelphia. Hats, caps & furs, wholesale & retail

Summary

  • This advertisement from around 1860 shows the ornately furnished interior of the hat store established by Charles Oakford in Philadelphia in 1827. On each side of the long room are fitting tables with lavish freestanding light fixtures. Both sides of the room are lined with glass display cases filled with hats for men. In the foreground, Oakford assists a patron seated at one of the tables. On the table are a number of hats. Behind the men, a clerk pulls a hat from one of the cases. In the background, in front of another fitting table, a clerk and a gentleman patron stand and discuss the hats they hold in their hands. A third patron watches the exchange from across the aisle. In the rear of the store, arches extend, labeled "Charles Oakford & Sons"; "Gent's Furnishing Goods"; and "Wholesale Department." The floor is tiled and the ceiling has minimal molding. Oakford admitted his sons to the firm in 1856 and relocated his business to the Continental Hotel in 1860.

Names

  • Ibbotson and Queen Artist.

Created / Published

  • Philadelphia : P.S. Duval & Son Lithography, 1860.

Headings

  • -  United States of America--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
  • -  1860
  • -  Advertising
  • -  Architectural decorations and ornaments
  • -  Cities and towns
  • -  Clerks
  • -  Fur trade
  • -  Hat industry
  • -  Hats
  • -  Lithographs
  • -  Merchants
  • -  Showrooms
  • -  Stores and shops

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "Digital catalog number: POS 106"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 print : lithograph, tinted with one stone ; 39 x 60 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

  • 2021670423

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Ibbotson And Queen Artist. Charles Oakford and Sons Model Hat Store. Hats, Caps and Furs, Wholesale and Retail. Numbers 826 and 828, Chestnut Street, Continental Hotel, Philadelphia. Pennsylvania United States of America Philadelphia, 1860. Philadelphia: P.S. Duval & Son Lithography. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670423/.

APA citation style:

Ibbotson And Queen Artist. (1860) Charles Oakford and Sons Model Hat Store. Hats, Caps and Furs, Wholesale and Retail. Numbers 826 and 828, Chestnut Street, Continental Hotel, Philadelphia. Pennsylvania United States of America Philadelphia, 1860. Philadelphia: P.S. Duval & Son Lithography. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670423/.

MLA citation style:

Ibbotson And Queen Artist. Charles Oakford and Sons Model Hat Store. Hats, Caps and Furs, Wholesale and Retail. Numbers 826 and 828, Chestnut Street, Continental Hotel, Philadelphia. Philadelphia: P.S. Duval & Son Lithography. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021670423/>.