| Creator |
Hand, Alfred, photographer. |
| Contributor |
Hale, Willis Gaylord, 1848-1907, architect. |
|
Haviland, John, 1792-1852, architect. |
|
Hoxie & Button, architect. |
|
Plowman, Rush Anderson, fl. 1896-1935, architect. |
| Title |
Walnut St. Theatre, 9th & Walnut Sts. Built 1808. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1920 |
| Date |
ca. 1920 |
| Physical Description |
1 negative: glass; 11 x 8 cm. (4 x 3.25 in.) |
| Description |
View showing the Walnut Street Theatre under construction at 827-833 Walnut Street (corner of Ninth and Walnut Streets). The
theater, originally built as a circus in 1809, was altered to a theater in 1816, and remodeled from 1827-1828 after the designs
of Philadelphia architect John Haviland. Other renovations were completed in 1852 by Hoxie & Button, in 1903 by Willis Gaylord
Hale and in 1904 by Rush Anderson Plowman. Also shows adjacent buildings and a United Cigar Stores Co. shop in the foreground,
the only portion of the theatre building not undergoing construction. The number 13 trolley is depicted on Walnut Street.
|
| Notes |
Inscribed in negative: 3147. |
|
Title from negative sleeve. |
|
Modern reference print available. |
| Subject |
Walnut Street Theatre. |
|
Commercial streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Theaters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Walnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 827-833. |
| Genre |
Glass plate negatives -- 1910-1920. |
| Associated name |
Hale, Willis Gaylord, 1848-1907, architect. |
| Associated name |
Haviland, John, 1792-1852, architect. |
| Associated name |
Hoxie & Button, architect. |
| Associated name |
Plowman, Rush Anderson, fl. 1896-1935, architect. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.74] |
| Accession number |
P.9259.74 |
