Details
Creator Rease, W. H., artist.
Contributor Herline, Edward, printer.
Wagner & M'Guigan, publisher.
Title City Museum, Callowhill St. below Fifth St. Philadelphia. [graphic] / Drawn by W. H. Rease; E. Herrlein's lith. 116 Chestnut St. Phila.
Publisher Philadelphia: Printed by Wagner & McGuigan
Date ca. 1858
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph, tinted with two stones; 36 x 43 cm.(11.5 x 16 in.)
Description View showing the museum originally built as a church in 1823 at 415-417 Callowhill Street. A group of men and women enter one of the seventh entrances in the left of the image. A sign reading "Star Hall" hangs above the door and a flag marked "City Museum" adorns the roof of the building. Materials are displayed in several of the windows and two men stand at another entrance. Also includes pedestrians on the sidewalk walking near a street lamp. The museum opened in 1854 and housed natural history, science and portrait exhibits on the lower floor and a theatre on the upper floor. Museum burned in 1868.
Is referenced by Wainwright 72
Notes Philadelphia on Stone
POS 135
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 09 C 581
Subject City Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Museums -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1850-1860.
Advertisements -- Tinted -- 1850-1860.
Location Historical Society of Pennsylvania | HSP Bb 09 C 581