463694 Joseph Ripka\'s mills, Manayunk 21st Ward Philadelphia, printed by Wagner & M\'Guigan, 1856 (litho) by Rease, W. H. (19th century); 39 x 64 cm; Library Company of Philadelphia, PA, USA; (add.info.: Manufacturer of all description of plain and fancy cottonades for men & boy\'s clothing warehouse 32 So. Front St. Advertisement showing in the distance a compound of large mill buildings belonging to Joseph Ripka\'s textile manufacturing business, situated between the east bank of the Schuylkill River and the Manayunk Canal. Two men in top hats stand and converse in the foreground, while a man stands in a rowboat nearby. Buildings and trees dot the hilly landscape behind the mills. Ripka relocated to Manayunk in 1828, developing one of the largest textile businesses in the United States. During the Civil War, the shrinking Southern demand for cottonades caused Ripka to file for bankruptcy before the war\'s end and ... ); 穢 Library Company of Philadelphia ; Library Company of Philadelphia; American, out of copyright.