| Creator |
Evans, B. R. (Benjamin Ridgway), 1834-1891, artist. |
| Contributor |
Dreer, Ferdinand J. 1812-1902, former owner. |
| Title |
North side of Chestnut St., extending from Sixth to Seventh St., 1851. [graphic] / B.R. Evans del. |
| Publisher |
[Philadelphia] |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1880 |
| Date |
[ca. 1880] |
| Physical Description |
1 drawing : watercolor ; 25 x 32 cm (10 x 12.5 in.) |
| Description |
Street view depicting businesses along the north side of Chestnut Street between Sixth and Seventh Streets. Most of the buildings
include signage. Includes, right to left, the four-story brick building with Blood’s Dispatch and Dr. J.H. Schenck & Co. "Schenck's
Pulmonic Syrup" (601 Chestnut Street); the second building of the Chestnut Street Theatre (603-609 Chestnut Street, built
1820-1822 after the designs of William Strickland); the three-and one-half story hotel Bolivar House (611-613 Chestnut Street);
Dr. Jayne's Philada Arcade & Dr. Davidson's Arcade Baths (615-619 Chestnut Street); Columbia House hotel operated by Ferguson
& Bro. and tenanted by tailor E. G. Dorsey (625-631 Chestnut Street); and the three-story red brick building tenanted by L.
Benkert's Boot Store (633 Chestnut Street), "Philadelphia Fashions" publisher Francis Mahan(635 Chestnut Street), and druggist
A. Smith (637-639 Chestnut Street). Also includes heavy street and pedestrian traffic, including horse drawn carriages and
carts and an omnibus, strolling couples, couples in conversations, and a newspaper boy at work.
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| Notes |
Title from item. |
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Date inferred from commission date of other drawings in collection. |
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Inscribed in lower left corner: 1851. |
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Retrospective conversion record: original entry. |
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Library Company. Annual Report, 1975, p. 6-11. |
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Watercolor commissioned by Philadelphia antiquarian Ferdinand Dreer circa 1880 and probably based on Julio H. Rae's Philadelphia
Pictorial Directory & Panoramic Advertiser (Philadelphia: Julio H. Rae, 1851) plate 9, north side and plate 10, north side.
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| Subject |
Dorsey, Edward G., approximately 1802-. |
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Benkert, Leonard, approximately 1816-1863. |
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Jayne, David, 1799-1866. |
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Mahan, F. (Francis) |
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Smith, Ambrose, 1815-1884. |
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Chestnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Columbia House (Hotel : Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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D.O. Blood & Co. |
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J.H. Schenck & Co. |
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Clothing industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Commercial streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Horse-drawn vehicles -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Hotels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Medicine, Popular. |
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Newspaper carriers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Pharmacists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Pharmaceutical industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Public baths -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Publishers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 600 block -- North side. |
| Genre |
Watercolors -- 1870-1880. |
| Provenance |
Dreer, Ferdinand J. (Ferdinand Julius), 1812-1902, former owner. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Evans watercolors [P.2298.44] |
| Accession number |
P.2298.44 |
