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Winter scene in Philadelphia - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congress
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Print shows a street scene in winter in front of the "Russian Heater Works" at the intersection of "Filbert" and "Twelfth" streets in Philadelphia; includes many pedestrians on the street, the "Twelfth Street Passenger Railway", and horse-drawn sleighs.
Inscribed in ink on bottom: Winter scene in Philadelphia Filbert Street Twelfth Street.
Includes print-registration marks at top and bottom and both sides.
There are two prints on one sheet, on one side is "Winter scene in Philadelphia" and on the other side is "Packard, Paine & Perry, Camden, N.J."
Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).
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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