| Creator |
Bartlett & French, photographer. |
| Contributor |
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
|
Sloan & Stewart, architect. |
| Title |
Masonic Hall, Chestnut Street below Eighth. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1863 |
| Date |
ca. 1868 |
| Physical Description |
2 photographic prints: albumen on stereograph mounts; 9 x 18 cm.(3.25 x 6.75 in.) |
| Description |
Views looking east from below Eighth Street showing the Masonic Hall at 713-721 Chestnut. The hall, built 1853-1855 after
the designs of Sloan & Stewart, was razed by fire in 1886. Shows adjacent and tenant businesses, including Marxsen & Witte,
china and glass (713 Chestnut); Marvin & Co., safes (721 Chestnut); E.H. Godshalk, carpets (723 Chestnut); and Wood & Cary,
straw goods (725 Chestnut). Also includes views of signs on the south side of the block including the sign for Willis P. Hazard,
bookseller and publisher (724 Chestnut).
|
| Is part of |
Philadelphia and vicinity. No. 140 |
| Notes |
Attributed to Bartlett & French. |
|
Title from labels pasted on mount and verso. |
|
Yellow mounts with rounded corners. |
|
One image 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. |
| Biographical / historical note |
Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French circa 1867-1868. |
| Subject |
Godshalk, E.H. |
|
Hazard, Willis P. (Willis Pope), 1825-1913, |
|
Marxsen & Witte. |
|
Marvin & Co. |
|
Wood & Cary. |
|
Masonic buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Commercial streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Stores & shops -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Publishing industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Rug and carpet industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Safes. |
|
Straw industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Tableware industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 713-721. |
|
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 600 block -- North side. |
|
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 700 block -- North side. |
| Genre |
Stereographs -- 1860-1870. |
|
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870. |
| Associated name |
Sloan & Stewart, architect. |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Bartlett & French - Associations [(8)1322.F.27a; P.9260.8] |
| Accession number |
(8)1322.F.27a |
|
P.9260.8 |
