Details
Contributor McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title Col. M. Corcoran addressing the crowds in front of the Continental Hotel, Phila., August 21, 1862. [graphic].
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1863
Date [August 21, 1862]
Physical Description 4 photographic prints: albumen; 10 x 13 cm.(4 x 5 in.)
Description Rooftop views looking east from above Ninth Street showing a massive crowd in front of the Continental and Girard House hotels on the 800 block of Chestnut Street. Shows a large horse-drawn enclosed platform resting near the crowd and a caravan of horse-drawn carriages traveling up the street. People look out the windows and stand on the balconies of nearby businesses. Businesses include the Root Gallery photographic studio operated by J.J. Bushnell from 1862-1863 (901 Chestnut) and J.H. Richelderfer's "Boy's Clothing Bazaar" (903 Chestnut). Corcoran, colonel of the Sixty-Ninth New York Brigade, i.e., the Irish Brigade travelled through Philadelphia following his release as a prisoner of war from Libby Prison.
Notes Title and date from unmounted stereograph 5779.F.12e
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
Variant in the collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. [Penrose Collection, Box 18].
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject Corcoran, Michael, 1827-1863 -- Public appearances.
Richelderfer, J.H.
Continental Hotel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Girard House (Hotel : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Root Gallery.
Hotels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Commercial streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Photographic studios -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Clothing stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Carriages & coaches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 800 block.
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 900 block.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.
Genre Stereographs -- 1860-1870.
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - unidentified - Events [(6)1322.F.27a; P.2282.12]
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - 5x7 - unidentified - Events [(7)1322.F.69e]
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - unidentified - Events [5779.F.12e]
Accession number (6)1322.F.27a
(7)1322.F.69e
P.2282.12
5779.f.12e