| Creator |
Bartlett & Smith, photographer. |
| Contributor |
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
|
McArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect. |
| Title |
Continental Hotel Philada. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1869 |
| Date |
ca. 1869 |
| Physical Description |
1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 8 x 18 cm.(3.25 x 6.75 in.) |
| Description |
View looking east from above Ninth Street showing the luxury hotel at the southeast corner of Ninth and Chestnut streets (824-838
Chestnut). Completed in 1860 after the designs of John McArthur Jr., the hotel contained several businesses in its lower level
including "Charles Oakford & Son" hat shop. View also shows adjacent businesses including publishers and booksellers Porter
& Coates operating from the former building of J.E. Caldwell & Co. built 1858 after the designs of McArthur. (822 Chestnut);
John Wanamaker & Co., luxury clothing store, established 1869 (818 Chestnut); James S. Earle, looking glasses and picture
frame manufactory (816 Chestnut), and John W. Scott, shirt manufactory (814 Chestnut). Includes horse-drawn wagons travelling
the street and a partial view of the north side of the block.
|
| Is part of |
Unidentified series. No. 74 |
| Notes |
Title from manuscript note on mount. |
|
Yellow mount with square corners. |
|
Attributed to Bartlett & Smith. |
|
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited. |
|
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia. |
|
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
| Subject |
Earle, James S. |
|
Scott, John W. |
|
Continental Hotel (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Porter & Coates. |
|
John Wanamaker (Firm) |
|
Hotels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Clothing stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Publishers. |
|
Picture frame industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Carts & wagons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Commercial streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 824-838. |
|
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 800 block -- South side. |
| Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870. |
|
Stereographs -- 1860-1870. |
| Associated name |
McArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect. |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Bartlett & Smith - Hotels [(8)1322.F.29h] |
| Accession number |
(8)1322.F.29h |
