[Plate 14 and advertisements from Rae's Philadelphia pictorial directory & panoramic advertiser. Chestnut Street, from Second to Tenth Streets] [graphic].

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Creator	Rae, Julio H.
Contributor	Fisher, Joseph, former owner.
Title	[Plate 14 and advertisements from Rae's Philadelphia pictorial directory & panoramic advertiser. Chestnut Street, from Second to Tenth Streets] [graphic].
Publisher	[Philadelphia: Julio Rae]
Publisher	PA. Philadelphia. 1851
Date	[1851]
Physical Description	2 items: lithograph, letterpress, and wood engraving; 24 x 34 cm.(9.5 x 13.25 in.)
Description	Plate showing a section of the 800 block (216-277) of Chestnut Street. South side includes J. S. Earle, Looking Glasses, Oil Paintings, Portrait & Picture Frames (216); W.H. Carryl, Curtain Store (218); Welch’s National Circus theater (224); Joseph M. Wilson, Bookseller & Stationer (228); and John Mustin Trimming Store (240). North side (unnumbered) includes Girard House, Presbury & Billings, proprietors.
	Advertisements promote six of the depicted businesses (Wilson, Mustin, Jr., Welch’s, Carryl, Earle, and Girard House). Advertisements contain lines of promotional text and ornamented type. Earle also promotes "Old and Valuable Paintings repaired, relined, and restored to their original beauty" and the Girard House notes it is "new, large, and probably the most beautiful hotel in the world."
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.
	Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
	Folder 15.
Subject	Carryl, William H.
	Earle, James S.
	Mustin, John, Jr.
	Wilson, Joseph M.
	Girard House (Hotel : Philadelphia, Pa.)
	National Circus.
	Commercial streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
	Bookstores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
	Drapery industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
	Glass industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
	Hotels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
	Theaters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
	Trimmings stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject	Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 800 block.
Genre	Advertisements -- 1850-1860.
	Letterpress works -- 1850-1860.
	Lithographs -- 1850-1860.
	Wood engravings -- 1850-1860.
	Panoramic views -- 1850-1860.
Provenance	Fisher, Joseph, former owner.
Location	Library Company of Philadelphia\| Print Department\| albums - Rae - Folder 15 [*Am 1851 Rae, 2975.Q]
Accession number	2975.Q
	2975.Q folder 15-1
	2975.Q folder 15-2

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