Details
Creator Kassel Philip, 1876-1959, artist.
Title Fourth and Chestnut Phila. [graphic] / Phil Kassel.
Publisher Philadelphia
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1930
Date [ca. 1930]
Physical Description 1 drawing : ink drawing mounted on cardboard ; mount 43 x 29 cm (17 x 11.5 in.)
Description Impressionistic drawing from a raised vantage point showing the 400 block of Chestnut Street. Includes the Provident Life and Trust Company Bank and Office Building at 401-411 Chestnut (built 1876-1879, altered 1888-1902, demolished 1959-60); the Philadelphia Trust Company at 413-417 Chestnut (built 1873-1874, demolished 1959); Philadelphia National Bank at 419-423 Chestnut (built 1857-1859, altered between 1892-1908); Farmers and Mechanics Bank at 425-429 Chestnut (built 1884-1885, altered 1917); and the Pennsylvania Company for Insurances on Lives and Granting Annuities at 431 Chestnut (built 1871-1873). Also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including automobiles.
Notes Title inscribed in pencil on mount.
Signature of artist in lower right corner.
Date inferred from drawing style and depiction of automobiles.
Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell.
Biographical / historical note Philip Kassel, born in Germany, was a commercial artist and illustrator in Philadelphia by 1910. Between the 1910s and 1950, he was listed in city directories with offices on the 300 and 400 blocks of Walnut Street.
Subject Banks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Insurance companies -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 400 block.
Genre Ink drawings -- 1920-1930.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *Doret and Mitchell Collection - Drawings & Watercolors [P.2018.61.18]
Accession number P.2018.61.18