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Lobby, Hotel Walton, Phila, Pa. Lukes & Zahn, prop[rietor]s. [graphic] / Byron N.Y.
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Creator
Byron, photographer.
Contributor
Wade, Angus S., 1865-1932, architect.
Rotograph Co., copyright holder.
Title
Lobby, Hotel Walton, Phila, Pa. Lukes & Zahn, prop[rietor]s. [graphic] / Byron N.Y.
Publisher
[New York]
Publisher
N.Y. New York. 1908
Date
1908
Physical Description
1 photograph : gelatin silver mounted on cardboard ; mount 41 x 49 cm (16 x 19.25 in.)
Description
Interior view of the ornate lobby of the Hotel Walton located at Broad and Locust Streets, Philadelphia, Pa. The lobby, decorated with ornamental plaster moldings, marbles, and two mural paintings, is furnished with leather chairs and benches. Shows white men hotel guests who sit, read, converse together, and stand at the desks. Hotel staff stand behind the desks, and two African American men hotel porters wait in the right. Designed by Angus S. Wade, the hotel (formerly part of the Hotel Metropole building), was completed in 1895 and considered one of the most elegant in the city with its multiple dining rooms, reception rooms, and salons.
Notes
Photographer's imprint inscribed in negative.
Date from copyright statement: Copyright 1908 by The Rotograph Co. N.Y.
The Rotograph Co. was a prolific postcard publisher that also issued this view as a postcard.
Gift of Joan Bonner Conway, 1991.
Description revised 2022.
Access points revised 2022.
Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Subject
Hotel Walton (Philadelphia, Pa.)
African American men -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Hotel employees -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Hotel porters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Hotels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Lobbies -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Broad Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- south -- 233-247.
Genre
Gelatin silver prints -- 1900-1910.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *photo - Byron [P.9354.2]
Accession number
P.9354.2
In Collections
African American History Photographs
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