Details
Contributor Fennen, William H., composer.
Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), printer.
Robinson & Son, publisher.
Title Grand masonic march [graphic] : Chesnut [sic] St. Philadelphia. / By Professor Wm. H. Fennen bro. of Meridian Sun Lodge. No. 158 A.Y.M.; lith. by L.N. Rosenthal's lith. Phila.
Publisher Philadelphia: Robinson & Son, 98 N. 9th St
Date c1855
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph, color.
Description Sheet music cover containing a street scene with the Gothic-style hall built 1853-1855 after the designs of Sloan & Stewart at 713-721 Chestnut Street. Also shows slight views of adjacent businesses, including Washington House hotel (709-711) and heavy pedestrian and street traffic. On the sidewalk, men and women stroll and convene in conversation. In the street, a horse-drawn omnibus filled with passengers and a carriage with passengers travel past two men on horseback and couples crossing the street near a dog. Building sold circa 1873 following the completion of the new Masonic Temple on North Broad Street.
Notes Dedication: Dedicated to the order in commemoration of the opening of the their New Hall in Chesnut [sic] St. Philada.
Not in Wainwright.
Price printed on recto: 5.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 870
Johns Hopkins University: Levy Collection Box 178, Item 133
Subject Masonic buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Horseback riding -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Horse-drawn vehicles -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 719-721.
Genre Lithographs -- Color -- 1850-1860.
Sheet music covers -- 1850-1860.
Printer Robinson & Son, publisher.
Location Johns Hopkins University| Special Collections at the Sheridan Libraries. | JHU Levy Collection Box 178, Item 133