Details
Contributor The World Post Card Co., publisher.
Title Philadelphia. William Penn House, Fairmount Park. [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia : The World Post Card Co
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1900
Date [ca. 1900]
Physical Description 1 print : colored halftone photomechanical ; sheet 14 x 9 cm (5.5 x 3.5 in.) (postcard format)
Description Postcard depicting exterior view of the house, also known as the Letitia Street House, built for merchant Thomas Chalkley in 1713 to 1715. Shows the two-and-a-half-story house with a gabled roof and dormer; green shuttered windows on the façade; and a sign above the front door that reads, “William Penn.” The front doors and windows are open. In the left, ivy grows up the wall. Four young girls and one boy, some with baskets on their laps, sit on a bench beside the house and look toward the viewer. Numerous trees stand on the property around the house. Image is also pasted with glitter that decorates the grounds, as well as the border of the house, like garland. In the 19th century, the house was misidentified as being built by William Penn in 1682 and given to his daughter Letitia. The building served as a tavern for many years before being moved from Second and Chestnut Streets to Fairmount Park (3401 West Girard Avenue) in 1883.
Notes Title from item.
Date inferred from content.
Also known as the Letitia Street House.
Manuscript note written in lower right on recto: Mother.
Gift of David Doret, 2019.
Subject Chalkley, Thomas, 1675-1741 -- Homes and haunts.
Penn, Letitia -- Homes and haunts.
Penn, William, 1644-1718 -- Homes and haunts.
Boys -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Girls -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Girard Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- West -- 3401.
Genre Halftone photomechanical prints -- Colored -- 1890-1900.
Postcards -- 1890-1900.
Printer The World Post Card Co., publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Doret and Mitchell Collection – Ephemera [P.2019.64.31]
Accession number P.2019.64.31