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Red Lion Inn postcards. [graphic].
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Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector.
Title
Red Lion Inn postcards. [graphic].
Date
1906-1908
Physical Description
2 photomechanical prints (postcards): photolithograph; 9 x 15 cm.(3.5 x 5.5 in.)
Description
Exterior views of flank of tavern, showing the lion on its sign post and an unidentified stone bridge in the background. Founded in 1739, but built in 1750 according to the date stone on the building. The Lippincott Mansion was built opposite the tavern.
Notes
Sheet number: 117B02A.
Undivided backs.
Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject
Taverns (Inns) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Bristol Pike (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Torresdale (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre
Photomechanical prints -- 1900-1910.
Postcards -- 1900-1910.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Brightbill postcards [Hotels and Restaurants - Lauber's through Stenton - 117]
Accession number
Brightbill 117
117-b02a-d
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