Details
Contributor Stein & Jones, printer.
Title F. & L. Ladner's Northern Military Hall, nos. 528, 530 & 532 North Third Street, Philadelphia. [graphic] : Concert saloon / M.R.
Publisher Philadelphia: Stein & Jones, printers and lithographers, no. 321 Chestnut Street
Date [ca. 1865]
Physical Description 1 print: chromolithograph; 51 x 66 cm.(20 x 26 in.)
Description Advertisement showing the busy interior of the saloon and concert hall built 1857 on the 500 block of North Third Street. Men, women, and children patrons sit, drink, read, approach, and are served at several tables in front of a stage. In the foreground, men gather near two bars on each side of the saloon. The bar in the right of the image contains a soda fountain. Each is manned by bartenders and is stocked with bottles of liquor. A framed painting, a wall clock, and a large mirror decorate the areas. Several hanging and plotted plants adorn the balconies that are lined with windows. In the background, an actor and two actresses perform on the stage that is flanked by statuary and has a painted backdrop. Also contains a vignette, bordered by filigree, showing the exterior of the hall. View includes crowds of patrons entering the two entrances of the establishment. The Ladners operated the hall 1857-1881.
Notes Artist possibly Max or Morris Rosenthal.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 222
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Stein & Jones established in 1859 was active under that name until the death of Stein in 1871.
Subject F. & L. Ladner.
Saloons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Concert halls -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Third Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- North -- 528-532.
Genre Chromolithographs -- 1860-1870.
Advertisements -- 1860-1870.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| **BW - Hotels, Inns & Taverns [P.9008]
Accession number P.9008