James S. Mason and Co., 108 North Front Street, challenge blacking, ink &c. manufactory, (October 1856) (4624354635), James Fuller Queen

Advertisement showing the five-story brick and granite building adorned with a sign reading "blacking" on its roof at 108, i. E. , 138-140 north front street. A patron opens the entrance door of the storefront as he peers at a large illustrated print on display in an adjacent window. Above the window adorned with the print (illustrated with a man, boy, and dog), a couple is visible in an open double-sided glass door on the second floor. In front of the building, a laborer unloads a horse-drawn dray as a family in winter attire approaches from a nearby corner. Also shows a hoist on the side of the storefront and partial views of neighboring buildings. Mason & co. Occupied the building following its completion in 1851 and tenanted the site until 1919. The building, built 1850-1851, was demolished in 1973.