03291nkm a22004213i 4500 22137541 20250607110332.2 cr ||||||||||| 210708s1847 xx nnn |o ineng 22137541 0 ibc orignew u ncip 20 y-gencatlg LCAP batch update 2025-06-02-04:00: LCAPM-999 2021670275 (WDL)09349 DLC eng DLC eng 664 974 P. Maison's Biscuit Bakery, 134 North Front Street, Philadelphia. Philadelphia : Lithography of Wagner & McGuigan, 1847-04. 1 online resource. still image sti rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Title devised, in English, by Library staff. "Digital catalog number: POS 536"--Note extracted from World Digital Library. Original resource extent: 1 print : lithograph ; 30 x 24 centimeters. William H. Rease, born in Pennsylvania circa 1818, was the most prolific lithographer of advertising prints in Philadelphia during the 1840s and 1850s. This advertisement shows the busy three-story bakery at 134 (later 214) North Front Street. Banners attached to the building swing out to awning posts to proclaim "P. Maison's Bakery 134." Another "Bakery" sign extends over the adjacent alley between the business and the neighboring building. A gentleman, possibly the proprietor, stands at the entrance of the building as laborers transport and stack barrels at the open entryway and upper receiving windows. In front of the store, a "P. Maison Biscuit Bakery" wagon is loaded with barrels next to a dray that is also laden with goods. At the side of the building, a driver atop a horse-drawn cart loaded with barrels confers with a colleague leaning from an upper window. Rease became active in his trade around 1844, and through the 1850s he mainly worked with printers Frederick Kuhl and Wagner & McGuigan in the production of advertising prints known for their portrayals of human details. Although Rease often collaborated with other lithographers, by 1850 he promoted in O'Brien's Business Directory his own establishment at 17 South Fifth Street, above Chestnut Street. In 1855 he relocated his establishment to the northeast corner of Fourth and Chestnut Streets (after a circa 1853-55 partnership with Francis Schell), where in addition to advertising prints he produced certificates, views, maps, and maritime prints. 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. 1847-04 Bakeries Barrels Carriages and carts Factories Horse-drawn vehicles Laborers Lithographs Merchants Storefronts Stores and shops Street scenes Wagons Rease, William H., circa 1818-1893 Artist. United States of America Pennsylvania Philadelphia gdcwdl wdl_09349 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.wdl/wdl.9349 wdl/wdlpartner/wdllcphilly s-Online Electronic Resource