Details
Creator Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860, 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. 1860
Date 1860
Physical Description 1 photographic print: albumen 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.
Grey mount with square corners.
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.)
Commercial streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Hotels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Stores & shops -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Clothing industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 800 block -- South side.
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 900 block -- South side.
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.27f]
Accession number (8)1322.F.27f