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Photo, Print, Drawing Edward Banister's Carpet Warehouse and Stephen Foulk's Cheap Carpet and Floor Oil Cloth Warehouse. Edward Banister carpet warehouse. Stephen Foulk's cheap carpet & floor oil cloth warehouse

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Title

  • Edward Banister's Carpet Warehouse and Stephen Foulk's Cheap Carpet and Floor Oil Cloth Warehouse.

Other Title

  • Edward Banister carpet warehouse. Stephen Foulk's cheap carpet & floor oil cloth warehouse

Summary

  • This advertising print from 1847 shows the five-story storefront of the carpet warehouse of Edward Banister, located at 269 Market Street (Seventh and Market Streets) in Philadelphia. A sign on the front of the building reads: "Stephen Foulk's Cheap Carpet & Floor Oil Cloth Warehouse. Carpetings." Foulk presumably shared this building with Banister. Patrons enter through the doorways, passing rolled carpets on display. In front of the store, rolled carpets rest on crates. A boy is seen leaning on a street lamp at the corner. A partially visible horse-drawn wagon is parked in the street. Pedestrians walk on Seventh Street past the side of the building and under awnings that are printed with illegible text. This print also includes a dog, a partial view of the adjacent business, and a horse-drawn carriage traveling in the street. Banister operated from this location from 1845 to 1852. It is not known who drew, lithographed, and published this print.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1847-04.

Headings

  • -  United States of America--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
  • -  1847-04
  • -  Advertising
  • -  Carriages and carts
  • -  Cities and towns
  • -  Floor coverings
  • -  Horse-drawn vehicles
  • -  Horses
  • -  Merchants
  • -  Rug and carpet industry
  • -  Rugs
  • -  Storefronts
  • -  Stores and shops
  • -  Street scenes

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "Digital catalog number: POS 203"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 print : lithograph ; 15 x 17 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

  • 2021670409

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Edward Banister's Carpet Warehouse and Stephen Foulk's Cheap Carpet and Floor Oil Cloth Warehouse. Pennsylvania United States of America Philadelphia, 1847. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, -04] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670409/.

APA citation style:

(1847) Edward Banister's Carpet Warehouse and Stephen Foulk's Cheap Carpet and Floor Oil Cloth Warehouse. Pennsylvania United States of America Philadelphia, 1847. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, -04] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670409/.

MLA citation style:

Edward Banister's Carpet Warehouse and Stephen Foulk's Cheap Carpet and Floor Oil Cloth Warehouse. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, -04] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021670409/>.