The Winterthur Library

The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, DE 19735

302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

Creator: Allgaier, John

Title: Business records

Dates: [ca. 1870-ca. 1889]

Call No.: Col. 225

Acc. No.: 81x104

Quantity: 282 items (2 boxes)

Location: 15 L 5

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

John Allgaier was a carriage manufacturer at the corner of Fifth and Buttonwood Sts. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. According to his trade card, he built "all the latest styles of” a wide assortment of different kinds of carriages.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

The collection consists of 38 hand-colored drawings of carriage models on stiff board; pencil sketches of the carriages on tracing paper; over 50 photographic reproductions of the sketches mounted for promotional use; 19 photos of actual carriages; an ad from Adolphus Muller that shows specimens of lithographic prints and photoplate engravings for use in catalogs, circulars, pamphlets, leaflets, and cards; circulars from other firms; advertising materials from glass suppliers; and Allgaier's trade card featuring an illustration of Agricultural Hall at the Centennial Exposition. In some cases drawings of carriage models, albumen prints, and sketches correspond. Styles represented include landau, landaulets, Clarences, caliches, coaches, couplets, coupes, hearses, rockaways, barouches or britts, Victorias or cabriolets, wagonettes, dog carts, phaetons, etc. Some of the designs are numbered, suggesting some uniformity among carriage makers.

ORGANIZATION

The items are arranged in accession number order. Index to names and occupations is found after the list of folders.

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

The materials are in English and German.

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

Collection is open to the public. Copyright restrictions may apply.

PROVENANCE

Purchased from Sykes and Flanders.

ACCESS POINTS

Topics:

Carriage and wagon making.

Carriage industry.

Hearses (Vehicles) - Pictorial works.

Carriages and carts - Pictorial works.

Carriage manufacturers and dealers - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.

Drawings.

Albumen prints.

Photoprints.

Sketches.

Trade cards.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

Location: 15 L 5

[see also name and occupation index, found after the list of folders]

Folder 1: Trade card for John Allgaier, from Centennial Exhibition

(acc. no. 81x104.1)

Folder 2: Hand-colored drawings of various kinds of carriages

(acc. no. 81x104.2-.20)

Folder 3: Hand-colored drawings of various kinds of carriages

(acc. no. 81x104.21-.40)

Folder 4: Photographic reproductions of drawings of carriages; some marked as being by A. Kientzle, a Philadelphia photographer

(acc. no. 81x104.41-.59)

Folder 5: Photographic reproductions of drawings of carriages

(acc. no. 81x104.60-.77)

Folder 6: Photographic reproductions of drawings of carriages

(acc. no. 81x104.78-.93)

Folder 7: Photographs of actual carriages and hearses, mostly taken in front of a blank sheet, but several taken beside a brick building; some photos marked as being taken by A. W. Snyder, a Philadelphia photographer

(acc. no. 81x104.94-.103)

Folder 8: Drawings of carriages and hearses

(acc. no. 81x104.104-.137)

Folder 9: Drawings of carriages and hearses

(acc. no. 81x104.138-.149)

Box 2:

Folder 10: Drawings of carriages, and some details of support structures

(acc. no. 81x104.150-.166)

Folder 11: Tracings of carriages, including a cart and a sleigh

(acc. no. 81x104.167-.209)

Folder 12: Tracings of carriages (one of which is topped with a crown) and a hearse

(acc. no. 81x104.210-.256)

Folder 13: Miscellaneous items, including:

drawings and pictures of carriages, hearses (including some made by Nuffer & Lippe of New York), and carriage support structures;

ads for rubber carriage steps, glass for carriages, band saws, carriages made by Wm. P. Sargent & Co. (Boston), and an ad for Adolphus Muller, Carriage Draftsman (New York);

trade card for John A. Magee, glass manufacturer in Philadelphia;

an iron price list,

(acc. no. 81x104.257-.268, .273-.280)

Folder 14: Two photos of carriage lamps, a drawing of a carriage seat, a picture of a wagon

(acc. no. 81x104.269-.272)

Folder 15: Wood sample (side of a box)

(acc. no. 81x104.281)

Folder 16: piece of paper, with shadow watermark of an eagle and the words United States of America

(acc. no. 81x104.282)

Name index to acc. 81x104.1-.282

Allgaier, J., Jr. .257

Allgaier, John .1

Battell (of Egleston, Battell & Co.) .277

Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia .1

Citti, L.F., & Co. .1

Coach Makers' Magazine .267

Egleston, Battell & Co. .277

Egleston Bros. & Co. .277

Girard College .268

Gorton (of Gorton, Kimball & Co.) .268

International Exhibition .1

[Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876]

Kientzle, A. .47-.48, .56, .58-39

Kimball & Gorton .268

Lindsey (of Smith & Lindsey) .276

Lippe (of Nuffer & Lippe) .264

Magee, John A. .275

Muller, Adolphus .265

Ness Bros. .201

Nuffer & Lippe .264

Richards, Thorne & Co. .279-280

Rubber Step Manufacturing Co. .278

Sargent, Wm. P., & Co. .266

Saunier .260-262

Smith and Lindsey .276

Snyder, A. W. .100-101

Thorne (of Richards, Thorne & Co.) .279-280

Ocppation Index:

Artist .47-.48, .56, .58-.59

Board .281

Carriage maker, carriage making [no number listed]

Designer .257

Draftsman .265

Engineer .279-.280

Engraver [no number listed]

Glass Manufacturer .275

Glass Works .276

Lithographer .1

Machinist .279-.280

photo plate engraving company [no number listed]

photographer .47-.48, .56, .58-.59, .100-.101

wagon .273

watermark .282