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Photo, Print, Drawing William Newell's Grocery Store. Number 3 South Water Street, Philadelphia.

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Title

  • William Newell's Grocery Store. Number 3 South Water Street, Philadelphia.

Summary

  • This advertising print from 1846 shows a four-story building that houses a grocery and is adorned with the sign, "William Newell. Store. 1793." There are four open entrances; inside, gentlemen are visible conversing and checking a list. They stand among piles of sacks, with some near a rope hoist. In the street, laborers load and unload a conestoga wagon and horse-drawn dray parked in front of the building. Labeled crates and barrels line the sidewalk. Goods include indigo, starch, tea, sugar, honey, molasses, madeira, madder and tobacco. Newell operated the business from this address between 1828 and 1848. The lithograph was created by Alfred M. Hoffy, who was born circa 1790 in England and immigrated to the United States in the mid-1830s; the printer was Peter S. Duval, one of the most prominent lithographers and printers of his day.

Names

  • Hoffy, Alfred M., born circa 1790 Artist.

Created / Published

  • Philadelphia : P.S. Duval, 1846-12.

Headings

  • -  United States of America--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
  • -  1846-12
  • -  Advertising
  • -  Barrels
  • -  Cities and towns
  • -  Grocery stores
  • -  Horse-drawn vehicles
  • -  Horses
  • -  Laborers
  • -  Lithographs
  • -  Merchants
  • -  Storefronts
  • -  Stores and shops
  • -  Street scenes
  • -  Wagons

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "Digital catalog number: POS 839"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 print : lithograph on blue paper ; 20 x 18 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

  • 2021670241

Online Format

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  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Hoffy, Alfred M., Born Circa 1790 Artist. William Newell's Grocery Store. Number 3 South Water Street, Philadelphia. Philadelphia United States of America Pennsylvania, 1846. Philadelphia: P.S. Duval, -12. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670241/.

APA citation style:

Hoffy, A. M. (1846) William Newell's Grocery Store. Number 3 South Water Street, Philadelphia. Philadelphia United States of America Pennsylvania, 1846. Philadelphia: P.S. Duval, -12. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670241/.

MLA citation style:

Hoffy, Alfred M., Born Circa 1790 Artist. William Newell's Grocery Store. Number 3 South Water Street, Philadelphia. Philadelphia: P.S. Duval, -12. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021670241/>.