Creator |
Cremer, James, 1821-1893, photographer. |
Contributor |
Haviland, John, 1792-1852, architect. |
Title |
Walnut Street Theatre, Philada. [graphic]. |
Publisher |
Philadelphia |
Date |
ca. 1865 |
Physical Description |
1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount; 8 x 17 cm. (3.25 x 6.75 in.) |
Description |
View showing the Walnut Street Theatre at 827-833 Walnut Street (corner of Ninth and Chestnut streets). The theater, originally
built as a circus in 1809, was altered to a theater in 1816, and remodeled from 1827-1828 after the designs of Philadelphia
architect John Haviland. Also shows men sitting and standing near the corner of the building, along with adjacent row homes
on the north side of the block looking east.
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Notes |
Title from inscription on mount. |
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Inscribed on mount: No. 1486. |
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Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the
19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 17.
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Arcadia caption text: The rowhouses on the north side of the 800 block of Walnut Street shown here c. 1865 no longer exist,
but the Walnut Street Theatre still stands, holding the title of America’s oldest theater. Built by Victor Pepin and Jean
Breschard, circus promoters who brought their equestrian and human acts to the United States from Europe, the theater has
operated continuously since opening in 1809 as the New Circus. Architect John Haviland made extensive alterations in 1828,
when it permanently changed its name to the Walnut Street Theatre.
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Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
Subject |
Walnut Street Theatre. |
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Commercial streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Row houses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Theaters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
Geographic subject |
Walnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 827-833. |
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Walnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 800 block -- North side. |
Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870. |
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Stereographs -- 1860-1870. |
Associated name |
Haviland, John, 1792-1852, architect. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Cremer [P.9107.1] |
Accession number |
P.9107.1 |