03436ckm a22005171i 4500 000136040 20230712140332.0 khobom 010313s1858 paunnn kneng u (UPvMLC)mrc04199456 10 McA-341 pdrc2729jaEP ppl PPL gihc Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg) photographer. 43906 Girard House Hotel, northeast corner of Chestnut & 9th St. [graphic] : As viewed from the southwest across the foundation walls of the new hotel on the s.e. corner of Chestnut and Ninth Street / Photograph by Richards. March 1858. 2 photographic prints: salted paper; 1 mounted on paper; 14 x 18 cm.(5.5 x 7 in.) or smaller. Title, date, and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on (3)2526.F.115. View looking northeast from the construction site of the Continental Hotel showing the Girard House hotel, built 1851-1852 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr., at 823-835 Chestnut Street. Signage advertising John O. Mead & Sons, silverplaters, adorns the hotel building. Also shows an advertisement promoting "Bathing Robes at Sloans" visible on a building adjacent to the construction and a man standing on a section of the foundation. The Continental Hotel was built 1857-1860 after the designs of McArthur. One of the images originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia. ( One of the images originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 3, page 115. The scrapbooks contained approximately 120 photographs by Philadelphia painter and pioneer photographer Richards of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia commissioned by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape. Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited. Select link below for a digital image. (6)1322.F.65b reproduction of (3)2526.F.115 (3)2526.F.115 reaccessioned as 8339.F.4. Girard House (Hotel : Philadelphia, Pa.) Hotels Pennsylvania Philadelphia. lctgm Construction Pennsylvania Philadelphia. lctgm Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) 823-835. Salted paper prints 1850-1860. gmgpc Reproductions 1850-1860. gmgpc SP10 Philadelphia artists. Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. Provenance Poulson, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1789-1866, collector. McArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect. Imprint PA. Philadelphia. 1858. Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. photo - Richards - Hotels - G [(6)1322.F.65b; (3)2526.F.115] Digital image http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/rcd/8339f4.jpg (6)1322.F.65b (3)2526.F.114 photo - Richards - Hotels - G [(6)1322.F.65b; (3)2526.F.115] [(6)1322.F.65b; (3)2526.F.114 LCPD photo - Richards - Hotels - G [(6)1322.F.65b; (3)2526.F.115] (CPomAG)00140631 129259 129259 000136040 CONV 00 20051208 1945 000136040 BATCH-UPD 00 20051211 2031 000136040 20060120 1806 000136040 20060201 1533 000136040 MASTER 40 20060427 1218 000136040 MASTER 40 20060427 1219 000136040 MASTER 40 20060427 1222 000136040 JENNY 40 20060901 1602 000136040 20071018 1951 ppl PA. Philadelphia. 1858. Imprint McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. Poulson, Charles A. 1789-1866, collector. McArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect.