Creator |
Brightbill, George M., collector. |
Contributor |
Graham, Anderson, Probst & White, architect. |
Title |
Gimbels postcards. [graphic]. |
Date |
1910-1935 |
Physical Description |
14 photomechanical prints (postcards): photolithographs; 9 x 15 cm.(3.5 x 5.5 in.) |
Description |
Contains exterior views of the Gimbel Brothers department store before and after the new building was constructed in 1926
by Graham, Anderson, Probst & White. Includes interior views of an aisle, the piano rooms, a restaurant, a millinery salon
and various furniture from the exhibition of Colleen Moore's Doll House circa 1935. Also includes an advertisement for Simplex
typewriters.
|
Notes |
Contains 4 postcards printed in color and 10 in black and white. |
|
Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
Subject |
Gimbel Brothers. |
|
Department stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
Geographic subject |
Market Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 800 block. |
Genre |
Photomechanical prints -- Color -- 1900-1910. |
|
Photomechanical prints -- 1900-1940. |
|
Postcards -- 1900-1940. |
Associated name |
Graham, Anderson, Probst & White, architect. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Brightbill postcards [Business and Industry - Gimbels - 38] |
Accession number |
Brightbill 38 |
|
038-a01-b |
|
038-b01-c |