Details
Creator Rosenthal, Max, 1833-1918, artist.
Contributor Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), printer.
Fetridge, W. Pembroke
Fraser, John, 1825-1906, architect.
Ketcham, John, builder.
Title Interior View of L. J. Levy & Co's Dry Goods Store, Chestnut St. Phila.: [graphic] : Erected in 1857 by W. P. Fetridge, Esqr. 55 Feet Front & 175 Feet Deep / On stone by Max Rosenthal; John Fraser architect; John Ketcham builder.
Publisher Philadelphia: Lith. & Printed in colors by L. N. Rosenthal 5th & Chestnut Sts
Date [ca. 1857]
Physical Description 1 print: chromolithograph; 51 x 68 cm.(19.75 x 26.5 in.) image.
Description Advertisement showing the interior of the two-level dry goods store containing a parquet floor and Corinthian columns, and busy with customers at 809-811 Chestnut Street. Men and women patrons mill around and stop at the display counters, one centrally located and the other against the wall. Compartments of textiles line the wall to the right and a women clerk pulls a bolt of cloth as another assists a female customer accompanied by her stylishly dressed daughter. A couple with a child talks with a female clerk at the large C-shaped central counter lined with stools that encloses an island of shelves displaying dry goods. Three men convene near a woman talking to a teller behind a partition to the left. People ascend and descend the semi-circular staircase to the second floor balcony from which bolts of cloth, most with patterns, hang. Two large windows covered with drapes and a chandelier is visible on the upper floor that is also adorned with ornate lamps.
Is referenced by Wainwright 186
Notes Ms note on recto: 809/15 Chestnut St. Taken S. V. Henkels.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 387
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 38 L 668
Free Library of Philadelphia: Oversize Philadelphiana -Stores and Shops - Levy. (2 copies) FLP also holds original watercolor. (Oversize Philadelphiana -Stores and Shops - Levy).
Fetridge was a New York publisher.
Subject L.J. Levy & Co.
Dry goods stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 809-811.
Genre Chromolithographs -- 1850-1860.
Associated name Fetridge, W. Pembroke (William Pembroke)
Associated name Fraser, John, 1825-1906, architect.
Associated name Ketcham, John, builder.
Location Historical Society of Pennsylvania | HSP Bc 38 L 668