| Creator |
Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927 |
| Title |
The William Penn Hotel |
| Date |
ca. 1919 |
| Description |
View of the four-story William Penn Hotel and adjacent horse market. |
| Notes |
This ancient hostelry has been a cheery feature of Market Street beyond the Schuylkill River from the days when that busy
highway was a country road and Thirty-ninth Street just west of it, was "William" Street. It is closed at last. It was a
favorite resort of generations of horse-dealers, a vocation now passing out. From this old tavern stages departed via the
"permanent" bridge for the city, and westward out the West Chester pike. One day, some twenty years ago, the last stage ever
leaving Philadelphia made its final trip from here to Newton Square.
|
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Taylor Catalog Number: 196 |
| Is part of |
Frank H. Taylor Collection |
| Identifier |
Taylor - Case 9-4 [2717.F] |
