| Creator |
Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860, photographer. photographer. |
| Contributor |
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
|
McArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect. |
| Title |
Chestnut St. from above 9th. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1859 |
| Date |
[ca. 1860] |
| Physical Description |
1 photographic print: albumen print on stereograph mount; 8 x 17 cm.(3.25 x 6.75 in.) |
| Description |
View looking east from above Ninth Street showing the south side of the 800-900 blocks of Chestnut Street. Businesses include:
the Continental Hotel (824-838 Chestnut) completed in 1860 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr.; a millinery, a shirt manufactory,
and a clothier. Lampposts line the sidewalk, including one adorned with an advertisement for the Walnut Street Theater. Horse-drawn
carts and carriages travel the street. Partial view of a tree with full foliage is visible in the foreground.
|
| Notes |
Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne. |
|
Title and date from manuscript note on mount. |
|
Gray mount with square corners. |
|
Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne. |
|
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited. |
|
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook. |
|
Duplicate of (8)1322.31a. |
|
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
| Subject |
Continental Hotel (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Clothing industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Commercial streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Hotels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Stores & shops -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 800 block. |
|
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 900 block. |
| Genre |
Stereographs -- 1850-1860. |
|
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| stereo - Odiorne - Streets [(8)1322.F.31a] |
| Accession number |
(8)1322.F.31a |
