Details
Creator Brightbill, George M., collector.
Title Chew Mansion postcards. [graphic].
Publisher [place not identified]
Date 1900-1910
Physical Description 26 photomechanical prints : photolithograph ; sheet 9 x 15 cm (3.5 x 5.5 in.) (postcard format)
Description Exterior view of front and side of the colonial residence built 1763-1767 by master carpenter Jacob Knor for Philadelphia attorney Benjamin Chew at 6401 Germantown Avenue. Shows the facade of the two-story stone building with a pediment over the front door, shuttered windows, and dormers and chimneys on the roof. Also depicts the entrance drive to the Chew grounds. Chew House, also known as Cliveden, was the site of the turning point in the Battle of Germantown in 1777. The Chew family enslaved people of African descent in the city of Philadelphia and in Germantown during the 18th and 19th centuries. The estate was the Chew family residence until 1972 when it was acquired by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Notes Contains 17 postcards printed in color and 9 printed in black and white.
Sheet numbers: 102A02, 102A03, 102A04, 102A05, 102A06, 102B02,102B03 and 102B04.
Gift of George M. Brightbill, 1999.
Description revised 2022.
Access points revised 2022.
Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject Chew, Benjamin, 1758-1844 -- Homes and haunts.
Cliveden of the National Trust (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Slavery -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Germantown Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 6401.
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Photomechanical prints -- Color -- 1900-1910.
Photomechanical prints -- 1900-1910.
Postcards -- 1900-1910.
Associated name Knor, Jacob, builder.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Mansions - 102]
Accession number Brightbill 102
102-a02-c