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Catasauqua, Pa. 1873.
Artist
Thaddeus M. Fowler
(American, 1842 - 1922)
Artist
Oakley H. Bailey
(American, 1843 - 1947)
Printer
American Oleograph Co.
(American)
Publisher
Fowler and Bailey
(American)
Portfolio/SeriesO'Connor/Yeager Collection
Date1873
MediumLithograph with hand coloring
DimensionsSheet: 15 3/8 x 20 7/8 in. (39.1 x 53 cm)
Credit LinePartial gift and purchase from John C. O'Connor and Ralph M. Yeager
Object number86.417
Collections
ClassificationsWork on Paper
Object NameLithograph
DepartmentPermanent Collection
CultureNorth American
NationalityAmerican
On View
Not on viewCentury
- Nineteenth
Markingsbottom right corner: Collector's Mark, Circle Y in pencil; verso, bottom left corner: "(?) (?) Walnut"
Inscribedbottom center margin: Drawn & Pub. by Fowler & Bailey. Catasauqua, Pa. 1873.; bottom left margin: C.H. Vogt. Lith. Milwaukee. ; bottom right margin: AM. Oleograph Co. Print. ; legend, bottom left: References: 1. High School, 2. Grammar School Front St., 3. [Grammar School] Bridge [St.], 4. Secondary & Primary School, 5. Town Hall; Churches: 6. Reformed, 7. Ger. Lutheran, 8. [Ger.] Methodist, 9. Eng. [Methodist], 10. Presbyterian First, 11. [Presbyterian] Second, 12. Catholic English, 13. [Catholic] German, 14. Baptist ; legend, bottom right: References: 15. Nat. Bank of Catasauqua, 16. Crane Iron Co., 17. [Crane Iron Co.] office, 18. Catasauqua Mfg. Co., 19. [Catasauqua] Office, 20. Cat. Steam Saw & Planing Mills, 21. Lehigh Fire Brick Co., 22. Union Foundry & Mache Co., 23. Springvale Foundry & Mache. Shop, Dans & Son, 24. Cat Mills Berger & Younger, 25. Moyer & Kohler Lumber Yard, 26. Kreutzer & Kostenberger [Lager Beer Brewers], 27. Christian & Stockburgers (Lager Beer Brewers)
Exhibition HistoryFrom Your Town to Ours: Pennsylvania Prints from the O'Connor-Yeager Collection Revisted, Palmer Museum of Art, June 4 - August 11, 2013ProvenanceRalph M. Yeager and John C. O'ConnorPublished ReferencesReps, J. W., Views and Viewmakers of Urban America, Columbia, 1984, p. 466, no. 3356.