04164nkm a22004573i 4500 22137664 20250607110332.6 cr ||||||||||| 210708s1856 xx nnn |o ineng 22137664 0 ibc orignew u ncip 20 y-gencatlg LCAP batch update 2025-06-02-04:00: LCAPM-999 2021670394 (WDL)09470 DLC eng DLC eng 670 974 Cornelius & Baker, Manufacturers of Lamps, Chandeliers, Gas Fixtures, Et cetera. Columbia Avenue & Fifth Street, Philadelphia. Cornelius & Baker, manufacturers of lamps, chandeliers, gas fixtures, etc. Manufactories: No. 181 Cherry St & Columbia Avenue & 5th St, Philadelphia. Store, 176 Chestnut Street. Philadelphia : Printed by Wagner & McGuigan, 1856. 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 163"--Note extracted from World Digital Library. Original resource extent: 1 print : lithograph, tinted with two stones ; 30 x 58 centimeters. Reference extracted from World Digital Library: Grissom, Carol A., The Zinc Statuettes of Cornelius and Baker (Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 2012).|Grissom, Carol A., Zinc Sculpture in America, 1850-1950 (Newark: University of Delaware Press, 2009).|Rease, William H., Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary, Library Company of Philadelphia, http://www.lcpdigital.org. 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 large Cornelius and Baker industrial building occupying most of the 500 block of Columbia Avenue. Near one of the entries, a man holds a horse hitched to a sulky as an omnibus is about to round the corner. In the foreground, passengers board the Germantown Road North Fifth Street omnibus, as a man on horseback approaches. Christian Cornelius, a Dutch immigrant silversmith, founded his lighting business in 1827, which became Cornelius, Baker, and Company in 1835. By the 1850s, it operated the factory illustrated here, another on Cherry Street, and a store at 176 Chestnut Street. The firm initially made brass lighting fixtures but later also made zinc fixtures and sculptures, some of which were installed in the United States Capitol. The business was succeeded by Cornelius and Sons and Baker, Arnold and Company in 1869. 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. 1856 Advertising Carriages and carts Cities and towns Factories Gas light fixtures industry Horse-drawn vehicles Horseback riding Laborers Lithographs Merchants Street scenes Wagons Rease, William H., circa 1818-1893 Artist. United States of America Pennsylvania Philadelphia Philadelphia on Stone gdcwdl wdl_09470 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.wdl/wdl.9470 wdl/wdlpartner/wdllcphilly s-Online Electronic Resource