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[Arch Street Theatre, 609-615 Arch Street, Philadelphia] [graphic].
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Contributor
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Strickland, William, 1787-1854, architect.
Title
[Arch Street Theatre, 609-615 Arch Street, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1868
Date
ca. 1868
Physical Description
1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 9 x 17 cm.(3.25 x 6.75 in.)
Description
View showing the north side of the 600 block of Arch Street, including the remodeled Arch Street Theatre. The theater, built 1826-1828 after the designs of Philadelphia architect William Strickland, was altered in 1863, and razed in 1936. Also shows adjacent buildings, including: J.S. Collings & Sons, carriage and wagonmakers (625 Arch); Metropolitan Hotel (623 Arch); and S.W. Jacobs Carriage Warehouse (617 Arch). Street lamps line the sidewalk.
Notes
Yellow mount with square corners.
Title supplied by cataloguer.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject
Arch Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Jacobs Carriage Warehouse.
J.S. Collings & Sons.
Metropolitan Hotel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Theaters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Carriage and wagon making -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Hotels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Commercial streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Arch Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 600 block -- North side.
Genre
Stereographs -- 1860-1870.
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Associated name
Strickland, William, 1787-1854, architect.
Provenance
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - unidentified - Theaters [(8)1322.F.5b-2]
Accession number
(8)1322.F.5b-2
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