Details
Creator Brightbill, George M., collector.
Title Cathay Restaurant, 1221-23 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. [graphic] : Music, dancing, broadcasting.
Publisher Philadelphia : Published by Acme Sales Promotion Co
Date [ca. 1920]
Physical Description 1 photomechanical print : color photolithograph ; sheet 9 x 15 cm (3.5 x 5.5 in.) (postcard format)
Description Interior view of the Cathay Restaurant located at 1221-1223 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Shows the view from the second-floor staircase, looking down at the main dining room on the first level and the balcony sections that flank the main stairway. Depicts on the first floor, a line of red tray holders for waitstaff in the left and rows of white table-clothed dining tables and chairs. On the balconies are additional rows of white table-clothed dining tables and chairs. The edges of the balcony are lined with different-colored figurine lamps with fringed shades. Colored paper lanterns and a chandelier hang from the ceiling. The Cathay restaurant, also called the Cathay Tea Garden, was a Chinese restaurant that had a large dance floor where musicians and bands played. They also broadcasted a live radio show. The restaurant closed in 1973.
Notes Title from item.
Date inferred from medium and content.
Numbered 95415 on verso.
Sheet number: 112A03.
Divided back.
Subject Cathay Restaurant.
Chairs.
Chinese restaurants -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Dining tables.
Lamps.
Paper lanterns.
Restaurants -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Asian American restaurants.
AAPI.
Geographic subject Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 1221-1223.
Genre Photomechanical prints -- Color -- 1910-1920.
Postcards -- 1910-1920.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Brightbill postcards [Hotels and Restaurants - Bingham through Green's - 112]
Accession number Brightbill 112