Item Info

Historic Street Address: Jefferson & Randolph Streets
Media Type: Chromolithographs
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:

Advertisement showing the U-shaped factory complex for "Chas. A. Smith. Barbers Supplies" established in 1866 at the southwest corner of Jefferson and North Randolph streets. The factory buildings are adorned with several windows, smokestacks, skylights, and signage including one reading "Barber's Furniture and Supplies." At the corner, a horse-drawn carriage is parked in front of the office entrance of the complex. In the left, several pedestrians walk along the side of the factory and horse-drawn wagons and carriages travel in the street. Wagons also travel through the passageway into, are parked within, and transport furniture away from the fenced courtyard to the complex. Also shows a few men walking, and the hood of a utility building marked "China Decorating," in the yard. Blocks of cityscape are visible in the background.

Notes:

Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Factories, etc.

Creation Year: ca. 1880
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.145017
Geocode Latitude:39.974107

Creator Name: Wells & Hope Co. - Printer
Wells & Hope Co. - Publisher