| Creator |
Newell, Robert, 1822-1897. |
| Contributor |
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
|
Sloan & Stewart, architect. |
| Title |
Masonic Hall Ches[t]nut Street, Penna. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia: Published by R. Newell, 724 Arch Street |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1863 |
| Date |
[ca. 1863] |
| Physical Description |
1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount, hand-colored; 8 x 17 cm.(3.25 x 6.75 in.) |
| Description |
View looking east from below Eighth Street showing the Masonic Hall at 713-721 Chestnut. The hall, built 1853-1855 after the
designs of Sloan & Stewart, was razed by fire in 1886. Shows adjacent businesses, including: Marxsen & Witte, china and glass
(713 Chestnut); James E. Brown, trunk manufacturer, (708 Chestnut); Crittenden's Philadelphia Commercial College (7th and
Chestnut); Charles Dumming & Co., musical instruments (633 Chestnut); Farrel & Herring, fire-proof safe manufacturers (629
Chestnut); and a cafe. Also includes a view of signs advertising Willis P. Hazard, bookseller and publisher (724 Chestnut)
and L. Feigle, millinery (722 Chestnut). Several pedestrians walk on the sidewalks and horse-drawn carriages and wagons travel
the streets.
|
| Is part of |
American views |
| Notes |
Title from accompanying photographer's label. |
|
Yellow mount with square corners. |
|
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited. |
|
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook. |
|
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
| Subject |
Brown, James E. |
|
Charles Dumming & Co. |
|
Crittenden's Philadelphia Commercial College. |
|
Farrel & Herring. |
|
Marxsen & Witte. |
|
Masonic buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Commercial streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Business schools -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Stores & shops -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Luggage industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Musical instrument industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Publishing industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Tableware industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Horse-drawn vehicles -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 713-721. |
|
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 600 block -- North side. |
|
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 700 block -- North side. |
| Genre |
Stereographs -- Hand-colored -- 1860-1870. |
|
Albumen prints -- Hand-colored -- 1860-1870. |
| Associated name |
Sloan & Stewart, architect. |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Newell - Associations [(8)1322.F.25g] |
| Accession number |
(8)1322.F.25g |
