Details
Creator Jennings, William Nicholson, 1860-1946, photographer.
Title [Forrest Theatre prior to demolition for the construction of the Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Company building at the southeast corner of Broad and Sansom streets, Philadelphia ] [graphic] / W.N. Jennings.
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Date 1927
Physical Description 1 photograph : gelatin silver mounted on canvas ; sheet 30 x 19 cm (11.5 x 7.5 in.)
Description View of the old Forrest Theatre on Broad Street at night shortly before being razed to be replaced by the Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Company building. Spectators watch as laborers, mainly African American men, dismantle and remove building materials through a large hole in the side of the theatre. Signs for "Removal Sale" and "Drugs" are visible on the front of the building. Signage on the upper story window advertises "U.T.A United Tourist Agencies Travel Bureau." The Forrest Theatre, built in 1907, was Philadelphia's leading musical theater until its demolition in 1927.
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
Date inferred from content.
Inscribed in negative: 1501
Gift of Philadelphia Savings Fund Society (PSFS), 1989.
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 Forrest Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Company.
African American men -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Demolition.
Laborers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Spectators -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Theaters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
African American laborers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Broad Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- South -- 121-153.
Genre Gelatin silver prints -- 1920-1930.
Associated name Barnes, Amos Warren, 1867-1953, architect.
Associated name Marshall & Fox, architect.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - Jennings - Fidelity series [P.9264.1]
Accession number P.9264.1