Details
Creator Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860, photographer.
Contributor McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
McArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect.
Title [Chestnut Street, rooftop view east from Odiorne's studio at 920 Chestnut Street] [graphic].
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1860
Date ca. 1860
Physical Description 2 photographic prints: albumen, 1 mounted on paper; 11 x 13 cm.(4 x 5 in.)
Description View looking east from above Ninth Street showing the south side of the 800-900 blocks of Chestnut Street. Businesses include the hotels built after the designs of John McArthur, Jr.; the Continental Hotel (824-838 Chestnut) completed in 1860 and the Girard House hotel (823-825 Chestnut) built 1851. Also shows the Masonic Temple(713-721 Chestnut); the roof of the Burd mansion (900-906 Chestnut); building signage advertising a boy's clothing bazaar at the northwest corner of Ninth and Chestnut; and street and pedestrian traffic, including a horse-drawn omnibus.
Notes Title supplied by cataloguer.
Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne.
Manuscript note on recto of (6)1322.F.69a: Chestnut E. from 9th.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
Subject Continental Hotel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Girard House (Hotel : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Commercial streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Stores & shops -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Hotels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Clothing stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Masonic buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Horse-drawn vehicles -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 700 block.
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 800 block.
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 900 block.
Genre Albumen prints -- 1850-1860.
Associated name McArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - Odiorne - C [(6)1322.F.27e & 69a]
Accession number (6)1322.F.27e
(6)1322.F.69a