463590 Charles Oakford & Sons model hat store nos 826 & 828, Chestnut Street, Continental Hotel. Philadelphia, printed by P.S. Duval & Son, c.1860 (litho) by Ibbotson & Queen (fl.1860); 39 x 60 cm; Library Company of Philadelphia, PA, USA; (add.info.: Hats, caps and furs, wholesale and retail. Advertisement showing the ornately furnished interior of the hat store established by Oakford in 1827. Fitting tables adorned with lavish free standing light fixtures in front of glass display cases filled with men\'s hats line the sides of the room. In the foreground, Oakford assists a patron seated at one of the tables on top of which a number of hats lie. Behind the men, a clerk pulls a hat from one of the cases. In the background, in front of another fitting table on which hats sit, a clerk and gentleman patron stand and discuss hats in their ... ); 穢 Library Company of Philadelphia ; American, out of copyright.