Illustrated Cincinnati; A Pictorial Hand-Book of the Queen City, Comprising Its Architecture, Manufacture, Trade; Its Social, Literary, Scientific, and Charitable Institutions; Its Churches, Schools and Colleges; And All Other Principal Points of Interest (Paperback)


This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1875 Excerpt: ...The new building of the old established firm of P. H. Lawson & Co. is situated at Mos. 188 and 190 Main Street. The house was established in 1817. Its dealings are in the importing and sale of Metals, including Tin Plate, Copper, Zinc, Galvanized Sheet Iron, Smooth Finish Common and Charcoal Sheet Iron, Block Tin, Lead, Wire, Antimony, plain and retinned, Stamped Ware, Japanned Tin Ware, House Furnishing Goods, and Tinners' Tools and Machines. The building, which has just been finished, is of the most modern and elegant style, plain, solid, and unostentatious. The absence of the usual superfluity of signs and lettering adds a beauty to this building that should be imitated. The front on Main Street is 30 feet and the depth 160 feet. The height, including the basement, is 75 feet. The interior is fitted up for the special requirements of the business, the leading apparent feature observable through the establishment being order and system for every class and department. The offices and sample room are luxuriously arranged apartments, replete with every convenience. The members of the firm are F. H. Lawson and Wm. G. Coffin. The wholesale and retail Clock warehouse of A. D. Smith & Co. is situated at No. 184 and 186 Main Street, and was established in the year 1844. The building, which is one of the most conspicuous on this great business street, has been known for many years as the "Gothic Arcade," and is, including the basement, four stories in height, with a frontage of 25 feet and a depth of 200. The stock of goods includes Clocks of every shape, style, size, and quality now known in this country or in Europe, and embraces the Lilliputian Alarm, as well as the ponderous Regulator. Among the standard goods the following are the most promi...

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1875 Excerpt: ...The new building of the old established firm of P. H. Lawson & Co. is situated at Mos. 188 and 190 Main Street. The house was established in 1817. Its dealings are in the importing and sale of Metals, including Tin Plate, Copper, Zinc, Galvanized Sheet Iron, Smooth Finish Common and Charcoal Sheet Iron, Block Tin, Lead, Wire, Antimony, plain and retinned, Stamped Ware, Japanned Tin Ware, House Furnishing Goods, and Tinners' Tools and Machines. The building, which has just been finished, is of the most modern and elegant style, plain, solid, and unostentatious. The absence of the usual superfluity of signs and lettering adds a beauty to this building that should be imitated. The front on Main Street is 30 feet and the depth 160 feet. The height, including the basement, is 75 feet. The interior is fitted up for the special requirements of the business, the leading apparent feature observable through the establishment being order and system for every class and department. The offices and sample room are luxuriously arranged apartments, replete with every convenience. The members of the firm are F. H. Lawson and Wm. G. Coffin. The wholesale and retail Clock warehouse of A. D. Smith & Co. is situated at No. 184 and 186 Main Street, and was established in the year 1844. The building, which is one of the most conspicuous on this great business street, has been known for many years as the "Gothic Arcade," and is, including the basement, four stories in height, with a frontage of 25 feet and a depth of 200. The stock of goods includes Clocks of every shape, style, size, and quality now known in this country or in Europe, and embraces the Lilliputian Alarm, as well as the ponderous Regulator. Among the standard goods the following are the most promi...

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United States

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May 2012

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May 2012

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246 x 189 x 4mm (L x W x T)

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Paperback - Trade

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82

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978-1-231-73553-4

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9781231735534

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1-231-73553-8



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