O.N. Thacher, Hat, Cap & Fur Ware-House Wholesale & retail / on stone by Jas. Queen. ; P.S. Duval, Lith. Phil. – Vintage Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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O.N. Thacher, Hat, Cap & Fur Ware-House Wholesale & retail / on stone by Jas. Queen. ; P.S. Duval, Lith. Phil. comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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O.N. Thacher, Hat, Cap & Fur Ware-House Wholesale & retail / on stone by Jas. Queen. ; P.S. Duval, Lith. Phil.
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A trade advertisement from Philadelphia, this lithograph with hand-applied watercolor shows the wholesale and retail hat, cap and fur warehouse of O.N. Thacher, with the image itself serving as the shop's sales pitch. The print was drawn on stone by James Queen and issued by the Philadelphia firm of P.S. Duval around 1840, when color lithography was a fashionable and fairly costly way for businesses to advertise. The subject headings point to the trade's raw materials as well: beaver and other pelts, which were central to American hatmaking in these decades and were prepared and sold in shops like this one.
| Created / published | Philadelphia : P.S. Duval, Lith., ca. 1840. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph with watercolor. |
| Genre | Advertisements 1830-1850.Lithographs Color 1830-1850. |
| Notes | Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Hat industry--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1830-1850. Hats--1830-1850. Stores & shops--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1830-1850. Beavers--1830-1850. Hides & skins--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1830-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,811 × 4,658 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220229 |
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