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].
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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.
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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."
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Notes |
Title supplied by cataloger. |
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Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
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Folder 15. |
Subject |
Carryl, William H. |
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Earle, James S. |
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Mustin, John, Jr. |
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Wilson, Joseph M. |
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Girard House (Hotel : Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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National Circus. |
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Commercial streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Bookstores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Drapery industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Glass industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Hotels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Theaters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Trimmings stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
Geographic subject |
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 800 block. |
Genre |
Advertisements -- 1850-1860. |
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Letterpress works -- 1850-1860. |
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Lithographs -- 1850-1860. |
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Wood engravings -- 1850-1860. |
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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 |
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2975.Q folder 15-1 |
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2975.Q folder 15-2 |