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Contributor Poulson, Charles A. 1789-1866, collector.
Title Swaim's building, s.e. corner of Chestnut and Seventh street. [graphic] : Barnum's museum and theatre in the upper part. On the site of Wm. Waln's mansion house, which was removed [ ] for the above represented building, burnt down December 30th 1851.
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1850
Date [ca. 1850]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph, hand-colored and mounted on paper; 23 x 21 cm. (9 x 8.25 in.) overall.
Description View looking southeast from a terrace showing the Swaim’s Building tenanted by Barnum’s Museum at 628-632 Chestnut Street. Flags and posters adorn the building. Several pedestrians traverse and a horse-drawn wagon are parked in front of the museum. Also shows a partial view of 700 Chestnut Street and neighboring buildings on the 600 block of the street. Patent medicine purveyor William Swaim acquired the Waln House in 1826. Barnum opened his Philadelphia Museum in 1849.
Notes Title from Poulson inscription on mount.
Probably originally part of Charles A. Poulson's scrapbook of illustrations of Philadelphia.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 730/731
Subject Barnum's Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Swaim's Building (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Galleries & museums -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 628-632.
Genre Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1840-1850.
Provenance Poulson, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1789-1866, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| BW - Museums - Barnum [P.8970.5]
Accession number P.8970.5