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Congress Hall, Cape May, N.J. [graphic] / Souder & Nowell, photographers, 1024 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A101674
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Creator
Souder & Nowell, photographer.
Contributor
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title
Congress Hall, Cape May, N.J. [graphic] / Souder & Nowell, photographers, 1024 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.
Publisher
Philadelphia
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1874
Date
1874
Physical Description
1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 10 x 18 cm.(4 x 7 in.)
Description
View showing one of the oldest seaside hotels, built in 1816 by Thomas Hughes, at Beach Drive and Congress Street. The hotel, originally called the "Big House," was renamed Congress Hall in 1828 when Hughes was elected to Congress. The grand lodging, able to accommodate 1000 guests, was destroyed by the great fire of 1878 and rebuilt in brick the following year. View includes a gazebo in the fenced courtyard.
Notes
Black mount with rounded corners.
Title from descriptive label pasted on verso.
Contains label on verso describing the hotel, the proprietor J.F. Cake, and the West Jersey Railway Co., which provided service between Philadelphia and Cape May.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of New Jersey.
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Biographical / historical note
Souder & Nowell, a partnership between S.T. Souder and F.A. Nowell, was active in Philadelphia in 1874.
Subject
Congress Hall (Cape May, N.J.)
Hotels -- New Jersey -- Cape May.
Geographic subject
Beach Drive (Cape May, N.J.) -- corner of Congress Street.
Genre
Stereographs -- 1870-1880.
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880.
Provenance
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Souder & Nowell - Cities & towns [5742.F.5a]
Accession number
5742.F.5a
In Collections
Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Stereograph Collection
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