01901ckm a2200301 a 4500 000262337 20230712165124.0 kj ho PH-1331 ppl PPL gihc 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. [Philadelphia, ca. 1850] 1 print: lithograph, hand-colored and mounted on paper; 23 x 21 cm. (9 x 8.25 in.) overall. Title from Poulson inscription on mount. 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. Probably originally part of Charles A. Poulson's scrapbook of illustrations of Philadelphia. Philadelphia on Stone POS 730/731 Barnum's Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.) 62282 Swaim's Building (Philadelphia, Pa.) Galleries & museums Pennsylvania Philadelphia. lctgm Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) 628-632. Lithographs Hand-colored 1840-1850. gmgpc Provenance Poulson, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1789-1866, collector. Imprint PA. Philadelphia. 1850. Library Company of Philadelphia PRINT PRINT BW - Museums - Barnum [P.8970.5] P.8970.5 250104 250104 000262337 ERIKA 40 20071219 1201 000262337 ERIKA 40 20071219 1319 000262337 ERIKA 40 20071219 1423 000262337 ERIKA 40 20100428 1324 000262337 ERIKA 40 20100428 1342 ppl PA. Philadelphia. 1850. Imprint Poulson, Charles A. 1789-1866, collector.