B.T. Babbitt's "Best Soap" Factory
Posted on January 28, 2012, 8:20AM.
View of B.T. Babbitt's "best soap" factory buildings, New York City created by James A. Shearman between 1870 and 1880. Drawing : ink wash, graphite, crayon, and opaque white.
Drawing from elevated perspective shows a soap factory, roof tops, street activity, and 9th Avenue elevated railroad, looking northwest across the Hudson River to the New Jersey Palisades.
Tags: Buildings, Collections, Factory, Soap, New York City
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