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Detail, McElroy’s Philadelphia City Directory, 1860. The first two items below, obviously not advertisements, are added for general interest.

Faris, The Romance of Old Philadelphia 198-99 Child pallbearers Faris 1773 199_0245 (2) — 1773, from Faris, The Romance of Old Philadelphia, 1918, pp. 198-99

BB Quaker mourning customs 1808 Scharf+Westcott 1261_0467 — 1808, from Scharf and Westcott, History of Philadelphia . . . , 1884, p. 1261

Wm Coupland Livery Stb 43 5S 1835 — Desilver’s Philadelphia Directory and Stranger’s Guide, 1835-36

American Enterprise: Burley’s United States Centennial Gazetteer and Guide, 1876

American Enterprise: Burley’s United States Centennial Gazetteer and Guide, 1876

Morgue Magee's IIlustrated Guide of Phila and the Centennial 1876 186_0232 — Magee’s Centennial Guide of Philadelphia, 1876

Chas J Cohen, mourning paper 617 Mkt Boyds BusDir 1890 1150 — Boyd’s Business Directory, 1890

Memorial Card Co, 706 Chs Boyds BusDir 1890 1133 — Boyd’s Business Directory, 1890

Tioga coach+cab+carriage stables 17n+Tioga ab Boyds BusDir 1890 1109 — Boyd’s Business Directory, 1890

Boyd’s Blue Book, 1890-91

American Carriage Directory, 1891

Berkowitz Bros, Hebrew Memorial Calendars 6+Oxf Keystone Red Book 1939 classif 45 — Keystone Red Book, 1939

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