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Works of Eaton, Cole & Burnham Co., Bridgeport, Conn. / Wils. Porter, del., '81. ; Charles Hart, lith., 26 Vesey St., NY.

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Print shows large factory complex with "Eaton, Cole & Burnham Company, Depot, 58 John St., New York, brass, steam, gas, and water goods, gray and malleable iron fittings, tools, etc." on one building. N.Y. N.H. H&RR Central Railroad and ship at dock in foreground; and Long Island Sound in background.

Alois Senefelder, the inventor of lithography, introduced the subject of colored lithography in 1818. Printers in other countries, such as France and England, were also started producing color prints. The first American chromolithograph—a portrait of Reverend F. W. P. Greenwood—was created by William Sharp in 1840. Chromolithographs became so popular in American culture that the era has been labeled as "chromo civilization". During the Victorian times, chromolithographs populated children's and fine arts publications, as well as advertising art, in trade cards, labels, and posters. They were also used for advertisements, popular prints, and medical or scientific books.

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factories connecticut bridgeport chromolithographs works eaton cole burnham burnham co conn wils porter charles hart charles hart vesey vesey st lithographs new york prints new york streets 19th century popular graphic arts william a porter william a william arnold porter ultra high resolution high resolution guilded age industrial history factory shipyard library of congress
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01/01/1881
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Porter, William A. (William Arnold), 1844-1909, artist
Hart, Charles, lithographer
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Chromolithographs

Chromolithograph is printed by multiple applications of lithographic stones, each using a different color ink.
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Bridgeport ,  41.16704, -73.20483
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factories connecticut bridgeport chromolithographs works eaton cole burnham burnham co conn wils porter charles hart charles hart vesey vesey st lithographs new york prints new york streets 19th century popular graphic arts william a porter william a william arnold porter ultra high resolution high resolution guilded age industrial history factory shipyard library of congress