Details
Contributor Corbin, C. J., printer.
Title Residence & property of James Holgate, n. w. cor. Lehigh Ave. & Eleventh St. Philadelphia, Pa. [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia: C. J. Corbin, lith
Date [ca. 1885]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph, tinted with two stones; 36 x 48 cm.(14 x 18.75 in.)
Description View, probably from an atlas, showing the Victorian-style house and substantial property of the state legislator at 1109 Lehigh Avenue in North Philadelphia. The property, surrounded by a fence, contains a carriage house and large landscaped garden, including a wall of trellises, a green house, and a dog house. A gardener works near the trellises. Neighboring buildings, including row houses and W.C. Gill, apothecary, are visible in the background. Also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn carriages; a lamppost with mailbox at the corner; and the names of the streets inscribed on the sidewalks.
Notes Contains inset of a view showing three elegant row houses. Includes pedestrian traffic.
Not in Wainwright.
Philadelphia on Stone
POSP 194
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 16 H 716
Subject Holgate, James -- Homes and haunts.
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Row houses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Carriages & coaches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject North Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1880-1890.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *BW - Residences [7810.F]
Accession number 7810.F