Details
Creator Brightbill, George M., collector.
Title Acker Quality Shop postcards. [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia
Date ca. 1910
Physical Description 14 photomechanical prints (postcards): photolithograph; 9 x 15 cm.(3.5 x 5.5 in.)
Description Primarily includes interior views of Acker Quality Shop showing various departments, specialty booths and restaurants. Depicts cigar, confectionary, perfumery, and food departments; specialty booths for Japanese tea and Moorish coffee; restaurants including Caillers Swiss Chalet, the English Inn Balcony, the Men's Dutch Kitchen and the refreshment fountain. Also includes views of the central staircase, the library and flower shop, and the front and east facades.
Notes Contains 14 postcards printed in black and white.
Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject Acker Quality Shop.
Stores & shops -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 1200 block.
Genre Photomechanical prints -- 1900-1910.
Postcards -- 1900-1910.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Brightbill postcards [Business and Industry - Acker Quality Shop - 35]
Accession number Brightbill 35
035-b02-a