| Creator |
Newell, Robert, 1822-1897, photographer. |
| Title |
Arch St. Theatre, above 6th St., Phila. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia |
| Date |
[ca. 1868] |
| Physical Description |
2 photographic prints : albumen on stereograph mount ; 9 x 18 cm.(3.25 x 6.75 in.) |
| Description |
Shows the theater built 1826-28 after the designs of Philadelphia architect William Strickland at 609-615 Arch Street. Also
shows two women and a man posed in front of the building; a playbill on display; street lamps; and adjacent businesses, including
Christian Bird's Billiard Hall.
|
| Notes |
Title from manuscript note on mount of (8)1322.F.5d. |
|
Orange and yellow paper mounts with square corners. |
|
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited. |
|
One of images originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia. |
|
Manuscript note on mount of 7992.F.1: Arch St. Theatre, Philadelphia. |
|
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
| Subject |
Bird, Christian. |
|
Arch Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Theaters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Billiard parlors -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Gas street lamps -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Playbills -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Playbills -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Arch Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 609-615. |
| 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 - Newell - Theaters [(8)1322.F.5d-2; 7992.F.1] |
| Accession number |
(8)1322.F.5d-2 |
|
7992.F.1 |
