| Creator |
Bailey, Vernon Howe, 1874-1953, artist. |
| Contributor |
Trumbauer, Horace, 1868-1938, architect. |
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Peabody & Stearns, architect. |
| Title |
[Drawings of early 20th-century metropolitan and industrial Philadelphia] [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1918-1922 |
| Date |
[ca. 1918-ca. 1922] |
| Physical Description |
5 drawings: pencil; 51 x 65 cm (20 x 25.5 in.) or smaller. |
| Description |
Collection of pencil drawings published in Section III of Historic Philadelphia (Philadelphia: The Public Ledger Company,
1922). Depicts Colkenny, the Elizabethan-style estate of Acme Tea founder Thomas P. Hunter (built 1909 after the designs of
Horace Trumbauer, Haverford, Pa); the Commercial Museum, opened in 1897 as a museum promoting manufacturing and international
commerce (34th and South Streets); Lindenhurst, the French classical-style estate of department store pioneer John Wanamaker
(Jenkintown, Pa., rebuilt ca. 1911); garden-elevation view of Penhurst, the Elizabethan-style estate of Pencoyd Iron Works
owner Percival Roberts, Jr. (built 1902 after the designs of Peabody & Stearns, Narbeth, Pa.); Widener Memorial Industrial
Training School opened about 1905 to provide home and medical care and manual training for children with disabilities (founded
by P. A. B. Widener, built after the designs of Horace Trumbauer, 5400 North Broad Street); and the Willow Grove Park amphitheater.
Majority of the views include personages on estate grounds or as street pedestrians, as well as automobiles on driveways or
as street traffic and street lights. Lindenhurst view also shows a pond with swans, a foot bridge, and pavilion. Amphitheatre
view includes an orchestra on stage and a near full audience.
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| Notes |
Majority signed lower right: Vernon Howe Bailey. |
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Two of drawings dated by artist 1918. |
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Date inferred from date given by artist to two of the drawings and publication date of the text in which they were reproduced. |
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Published in Historic Philadelphia (Philadelphia: The Public Ledger Company, 1922). |
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Vernon Howell Bailey (1874-1953) was a Philadelphia artist known for his architectural and naval works. Bailey studied at
the Pennsylvania Museum School of Art and Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He was a member of the Society of Illustrators
and early in his career (1892-1901) worked as a staff artist for the Philadelphia Times and Boston Herald. His later career
focused on naval works commissioned by the U.S. Government during World War I, as well as an artist’s tour in Europe and lithographic
studies of New York skyscrapers during the 1920s.
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Forms part of the David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell Collection. |
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Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell Collection. |
| Subject |
Wanamaker, John, 1838-1922 -- Homes and haunts. |
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Roberts, Percival Jr., 1857-1943 -- Homes and haunts. |
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Hunter, Thomas P., 1861-1915 -- Homes and haunts. |
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Commercial Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Widener Memorial School for Crippled Children. |
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Amphitheaters -- Pennsylvania -- Willow Grove. |
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Estates -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Museums -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Schools -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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People with disabilities -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Education. |
| Geographic subject |
Colkenny (Haverford, Pa.: Estate) |
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Lindenhurst (Jenkintown, Pa.: Estate) |
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Penhurst (Narberth, Pa.: Estate) |
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Willow Grove Park (Willow Grove, Pa.) |
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South Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 3400 block. |
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Broad Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- North -- 5400. |
| Genre |
Drawings -- 1910-1930. |
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Pencil works -- 1910-1930. |
| Associated name |
Trumbauer, Horace, 1868-1938, architect. |
| Associated name |
Peabody & Stearns, architect. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Doret and Mitchell Collection - Bailey [P.2017.15.9-14] |
| Accession number |
P.2017.15.9 |
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P.2017.15.10 |
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P.2017.15.11 |
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P.2017.15.12 |
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P.2017.15.13 |
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P.2017.15.14 |
