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Title Philadelphia & New York Pekin Tea Company
Reference LCP463744
Library Bridgeman Art Library
Date Jul 1847
Author / Creator Rease, W H
Description Advertisement showing the three-and-a-half-story "Northern Depot of the Philadelphia & New York Pekin Tea Company" (located on the N.W. corner of Callowhill and Sixth Streets, Philadelphia) heavily adorned with lettering on the 600 block of Callowhill Street. Through the open entrances, clerks are visible standing at counters in front of shelves of boxes of tea. Within the large display windows, men and women Chinese figurines flank additional merchandise displays. A female and male patron pass stacked boxes of tea displayed near the entrances as they proceed into the storefront.
Document Type Advertisement
Theme(s) Trade and Commerce; Employment and Labour; Advertising and Consumption
Keywords advert, business, customers, commodity, merchandise, shop, social life, tea, trade
Countries USA
Places Philadelphia
Company Philadelphia & New York Pekin Tea Company
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The advertisement is located at the Library Company of Philadelphia, PA, USA.

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