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Warnick & Leibrandt's Philadelphia Stove Works and Hollow-Ware Foundry. First...

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 two views of the stove...

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Bennett & Company, Tower Hall Clothing Bazaar, Number 182 Market Street,...

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 tower-shaped...

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Philadadelphia & New York Pekin Tea Company, North West Corner of Callowhill...

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 Philadelphia store...

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Neall & Matthews, Iron Founders and Machinists, Bush Hill Iron Works

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 Bush Hill Iron...

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Philadelphia Horse & Carriage Bazaar, Southeast Corner of Ninth and George...

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 a view of Alfred M....

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W.P. Hacker, Importer and Wholesale Dealer in China, Glass, Queensware &...

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 building tenanted...

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P. R. Schuyler, Furnishing Undertaker, Philadelphia. Northeast Corner of...

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 a funeral procession...

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Price and Harper's Steam Saw Mill, Fancy Chair Manufactory, and Lumber Yard,...

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 four-story brick...

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Rowley, Ashburner and Company's Oil, Alcohol, Fluid and Pine Oil Works....

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 Kensington Screw...

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Penn Steam Engine and Boiler Works. Foot of Palmer Street, Kensington,...

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 vessels docked in front...

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A View of Point Airy Opposite South Street, Philadelphia

Louis (or Lewis) Haugg was born in 1827 in Germany, immigrated to the United States in 1847, and worked as a lithographic artist and printer in Philadelphia circa 1855−1900. This advertisement shows...

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Conflagration of the Steam Boat New Jersey on the Delaware River Opposite...

George G. Heiss was a mid-19th century Philadelphia lithographer, who specialized in views of fire-fighting equipment. This lithograph shows, in the distance under the winter night sky, clouds of...

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Cornelius & Baker, 181 Cherry Street, Philadelphia. Manufacturers of Lamps,...

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 multi-story factory...

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William W. Clark, Drug and Chemical Warehouse, 16 North Fifth Street,...

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 premises of William...

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Cornelius & Baker, Manufacturers of Lamps, Chandeliers, Gas Fixtures, Et...

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...

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The Crown of Histories

Shown here is volume one of the two-volume Taj al-Tawarikh (The crown of histories), which is the autobiography of 'Abd al-Raḥmān Khān, ruler of Afghanistan between 1880 and 1901. After long years in...

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McNeely & Company, Manufacturers of Morocco, Buckskin & Chamois, White...

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 McNeeley...

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Harrison Brothers' White Lead Works and Chemical Laboratory, Philadelphia

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 a bird's eye view of...

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Rockhill & Wilson, Tailors & Clothiers of Men & Boys Wear, Numbers 205 & 207...

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 wide, spacious...

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The Mirror of Orrery

Aiana-e Jahan Numa (The mirror of orrery) is a prose work of fables in Persian, which are relevant to both religious and worldly affairs. An orrery is a model representing the movements of heavenly...

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