Details
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 of 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.
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