Swaim's building, s.e. corner of Chestnut and Seventh street. [graphic] : Barnum's museum and theatre in the upper part. On the site of Wm. Waln's mansion house, which was removed [ ] for the above represented building, burnt down December 30th 1851. Barnum's Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.) Swaim's Building (Philadelphia, Pa.) Galleries & museums -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. View looking southeast from a terrace showing the Swaim’s Building tenanted by Barnum’s Museum at 628-632 Chestnut Street. Flags and posters adorn the building. Several pedestrians traverse and a horse-drawn wagon are parked in front of the museum. Also shows a partial view of 700 Chestnut Street and neighboring buildings on the 600 block of the street. Patent medicine purveyor William Swaim acquired the Waln House in 1826. Barnum opened his Philadelphia Museum in 1849. Title from Poulson inscription on mount. Probably originally part of Charles A. Poulson's scrapbook of illustrations of Philadelphia. Philadelphia on Stone POS 730/731 [Philadelphia] PA. Philadelphia. 1850 Poulson, Charles A. 1789-1866, collector. Provenance: Poulson, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1789-1866, collector. [ca. 1850] Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1840-1850. 1 print: lithograph, hand-colored and mounted on paper; 23 x 21 cm. (9 x 8.25 in.) overall. digitool:65487 Library Company of Philadelphia PRINT PRINT BW - Museums - Barnum [P.8970.5] P.8970.5 Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 628-632.