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Cornelius & Baker manufacturers of lamps, chandeliers, gas fixtures, &c

Description: Image of an eye-level street view of the Cornelius and Baker factory building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with horse-drawn carriages on cobblestone streets.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1856
Call number: priJLC_HHD_000607
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the household goods prints were transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2012.

Cornelius & Baker, 181 Cherry Street Philadelphia : manufacturers of lamps gas fixtures &c

Visual Materials

Image of an eye-level street view of the Cornelius and Baker factory building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with horse-drawn carriages on cobblestone streets.

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Shoe factory of V.K. & A.H. Jones

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Image of an eye-level view of a seven story footwear factory in Lynn, Massachusetts, on a street corner showing horse-drawn carts and carriages along the street.

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Thos. White & Co. : Manufacturers and wholesale dealers in straw goods, silk bonnets, french flowers and millinery goods, no. 41 South Second Street, Philadelphia

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Image of an eye-level view of the Thos. White & Co. five-story building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with storefront showing a bustling street with horse-drawn carts and carriages out front; men, women, and children of various walks of life are part of the street scene, including delivery boys, equestrians, parents, couples, and laborers.

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The New Dry Goods Establishment of Strawbridge & Clothier. Corner of Eighth and Market Streets, Philadelphia, PA

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Image of an eye-level view of the dry goods establishment on a city block corner showing a busy Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, street scene with horse-drawn trolleys and carriages; men, women, and children in current fashions visible in foreground and along the city block.

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A view of Fairmount and the water-works : showing the bridge previous to its destruction by fire. Taken from the veranda of Hardings Hotel, Schuylkill

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Image of an eye-level street view of the Fairmount Water Works and Upper Ferry Bridge as seen from the veranda of Harding's Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with well-dressed men and women on the porch watching horse-drawn carriages cross the covered bridge over the Schuylkill River, and the waterworks buildings and hillside in the distance.

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The Howe Machine Co’s factory, Bridgeport, Ct

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Image of an eye-level view of the Howe Machine Company's sewing machine factory in Bridgeport, Connecticut, from across the water showing a sailboat and an Elias Howe Jr. steamboat ferry, horse-drawn carriages, and an American flag in foreground; coin with profile of Elias Howe, Jr. pictured at bottom center.

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Cornelius & Baker manufacturers of lamps, chandeliers, gas fixtures, &c

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