Hood & Noblitt. No. 121 Nth. 10th St above Race, Philadelphia [graphic].
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Item Info
Media Type: Lithographs
Source: Print and Picture Collection
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Advertisement showing the three-story factory and showroom with large first floor entryway for the ornamental iron works business. Signage covers the building advertising 'Cemetery Lots Enclosed. Hood & Noblitt City Iron Railing Manufactory & Ornamental Iron Works" and "Hood & Noblitt 121 Iron Railing Manufactory. Fire Proof Doors...in General." Railings and ornamental works, including chairs, tables, and benches, are visible outside and within the entrance that is flanked by matching dog sculptures on pedestals. Interior stairs are also visible. Employees work on iron pieces near the windows of the upper floor that are adorned with a decorative railing. Also shows employees, both in top hats, and one in shirt sleeves, loading railing unto a horse-drawn factory cart parked in the street. The cart is labeled "Iron Railing Manufactory 121 Nth. Tenth." Hood & Noblitt worked in a partnership 1851-1852.
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Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 26:13
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Hood & Noblitt.
Creation Year: ca. 1852
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.155906
Geocode Latitude:39.954108
Creator Name: Wagner & M'Guigan - Printer
Wagner & M'Guigan - Publisher