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Photo, Print, Drawing Porteus' Works. Pine Oil Camphine Distilled by Steam. Number 581, North Front Street. Philadelphia. Porteus' works. Pine oil camphine distilled by steam. No. 581 North Front Street. Philadelphia

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Title

  • Porteus' Works. Pine Oil Camphine Distilled by Steam. Number 581, North Front Street. Philadelphia.

Other Title

  • Porteus' works. Pine oil camphine distilled by steam. No. 581 North Front Street. Philadelphia

Summary

  • This advertisement for the J.A. Porteus Chemical Works in Philadelphia depicts aspects of industry in mid-19th century America. The illustration at the top shows a view of the works, located at 581 North Front Street. Laborers load a horse-drawn wagon and a dray with barrels that are lined along the building. A couple walks past the factory, which is comprised of gable-roofed brick buildings of various heights. The illustration below is a cross-section view of an enormous distilling machine used in making the firm's products, which included turpentine and varnish. A worker attends a barrel in which distilled liquid drains, while two men converse near the steam pump of the apparatus. Camphine, a processed oil of turpentine that was used for burning in lamps and as a solvent in varnishes, figures prominently in the advertisement. Porteus operated the factory on this site in 1846--54. The print is by James Fuller Queen, a prominent Philadelphia artist, lithographer, and pioneer chromolithographer, who produced many prints and views of the city.

Names

  • Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886 Artist.

Created / Published

  • Philadelphia : Lithography of Wagner & M'Guigan, 1850.

Headings

  • -  United States of America--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
  • -  1850
  • -  Advertising
  • -  Barrels
  • -  Distillation apparatus
  • -  Factories
  • -  Horse-drawn vehicles
  • -  Laborers
  • -  Lithographs
  • -  Pine oil
  • -  Turpentine industry and trade
  • -  Varnish industry
  • -  Wagons

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "Digital catalog number: POS 616"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 print : lithograph, tinted with two stones ; 45 x 34 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

  • 2021670307

Online Format

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Chicago citation style:

Queen, James Fuller, 1820 Or 21-1886 Artist. Porteus' Works. Pine Oil Camphine Distilled by Steam. Number 581, North Front Street. Philadelphia. Pennsylvania United States of America Philadelphia, 1850. Philadelphia: Lithography of Wagner & M'Guigan. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670307/.

APA citation style:

Queen, J. F. (1850) Porteus' Works. Pine Oil Camphine Distilled by Steam. Number 581, North Front Street. Philadelphia. Pennsylvania United States of America Philadelphia, 1850. Philadelphia: Lithography of Wagner & M'Guigan. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670307/.

MLA citation style:

Queen, James Fuller, 1820 Or 21-1886 Artist. Porteus' Works. Pine Oil Camphine Distilled by Steam. Number 581, North Front Street. Philadelphia. Philadelphia: Lithography of Wagner & M'Guigan. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021670307/>.