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United States Hotel, Philadelphia [graphic] : Chestnut Street, between 4th & 5th opposite the Custom House, (late Bank of U.S.) M. P. Mitchell, proprietor.
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Creator
Dacre, Henry, b. ca. 1820, artist.
Contributor
Duval, Peter S., 1804 or 5-1886, printer.
Title
United States Hotel, Philadelphia [graphic] : Chestnut Street, between 4th & 5th opposite the Custom House, (late Bank of U.S.) M. P. Mitchell, proprietor.
Publisher
Philadelphia: P. S. Duval, lith
Date
[1850]
Physical Description
1 print: lithograph, tinted with one stone, mounted on paper; 41 x 57 cm.(16.25 x 22.5 in.)
Description
Advertisement showing heavy pedestrian and street activity in front of the large, prominent hotel opened in 1826 following the conversion by John Rea of several properties at 419-423 Chestnut Street. Several carriages, including one marked "U.S. Hotel" line up in front of the hotel. A group of men stand near the entranceway as other guests exit doorways and stand on the verandah. Signage for businesses tenanting the lower floor of the eastern section of the hotel is visible. Businesses include M. J. & C. Croll, tailor; G. W. Duffy's, fashionable hat & cap store; Blanchard & Rock, paper hangings. View includes adjacent buildings, including Farmers & Mechanics Bank (425-429) and W. Christie, upholsterer (411). Couples exit some of the storefronts, individuals promenade on the sidewalk, and a woman talks to two men at the steps of the bank. Also shows a coach traveling in the street near a running dog; two men conversing; two delivery boys, one with a basket standing near a well-dressed man walking and holding a small sack in his hand; and an African American laborer pushing a hand-cart loaded with a crate. The hotel was demolished in 1856 for the erection o f the new building for the Bank of Pennsylvania.
Is referenced by
Wainwright 418
Notes
Date from manuscript note on recto: May 1850.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 780
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 32 U 582
Trimmed.
To request a reproduction of this print, please contact the holding institution cited.
Subject
Blanchard & Rock.
Christie, W.
Duffy, G. W.
M. J. & C. Croll.
United States Hotel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Farmers & Mechanics Bank (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Hotels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Carriages & coaches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre
Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1840-1850.
Advertisements -- 1840-1850.
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania | HSP Bc 32 U 582
Accession number
HSP Bc 32 U 582
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