Details
Creator Sebald, Hugo, fl. 1850-1870, engraver.
Contributor Ford, R.A., associated name.
Title Bush's Allegheny House, Market Street, Above Eighth. C. I. Bush, prop'r. [graphic] / [H] Sebald.
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1850
Date [ca. 1850]
Physical Description 1 print: relief; 25 x 19 cm. (10 x 7.5 in.)
Description Letterhead containing a vignette view showing the exterior of the five-story hotel at 814 Market Street. Guests arrive in a horse-drawn "Allegheny" coach, approach the entryway, and stand on the upper floor veranda. In the street, men ride on horseback and push handcarts. Also shows partial views of adjoining buildings, including one displaying clothing.
Notes Completed in manuscript on November 5, 1857 to "Dear Brother" from R.A. Ford detailing travel plans to Binghamton, New York by way of Great Bend and requesting instructions about the "E. Whitney property."
Manuscript note on verso: R. A. Ford. Nov. 5/ 57.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Subject Allegheny House (Hotel : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Hotels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Carriages & coaches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Market Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 814.
Genre Letterheads -- 1840-1850.
Relief prints -- 1840-1850.
Provenance Ford, R.A., associated name.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Receipts [P.2011.10.125]
Accession number P.2011.10.125