Details
Contributor McArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect.
Roddon, J.W., copyright holder.
Title Assembly Building schottisch [graphic] / Sherwin, del.
Publisher Philadelphia: Published by J.W. Roddon & Co. Rogers Buildings, No. 1011 Chestnut Street, New York: Firth Pond & Co., Boston: Oliver Ditron, Cincinnati: W.C. Peters
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1858
Date c1852
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph, tinted with one stone, mounted on paper; 30 x 20 cm. (11.75 x 7.75 in.)
Description Sheet music cover showing a busy street scene with the "Assembly Buildings" music hall rebuilt 1852 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr. at 1000-1002 Chestnut Street. Signage for tenant F.A. Hoyt & Brother, boys clothing, adorns the frieze of the building used for concerts, exhibitions, and balls. The hall also displays signage for the "Assembly Dinner Saloon," the eating saloon in the basement. Several pedestrians walk on the sidewalks, convene at the intersection, and cross the street in which horse-drawn carriages and an omibus travel. Pedestrians include ladies with parasols, a boy with a hoop, and two men shaking hands. Also shows two men on horseback near a street lamp at the corner, a dog, and neighboring buildings.
Notes Not in Wainwright.
Copyrighted by J.W. Roddon.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 28
Possibly printed by Jacob Haehnlen.
Subject Assembly Buildings (Philadelphia, Pa.)
F.A. Hoyt & Brother.
Music halls -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Clothing stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Carriages & coaches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 1000-1002.
Genre Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1850-1860.
Sheet music covers -- 1850-1860.
Associated name McArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect.
Printer Roddon, J.W., copyright holder.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| BW - Theatres [6482.F]
Accession number 6482.F