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- Title
- Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, from Ninth to Tenth, [south] side
- Description
- View showing the south side of the 900 block of Chestnut Street. Shows the Burd Building at 900-904 Chestnut tenanted by Howell & Brothers, paperhangings, J.E. Caldwell & Co., jewelers, and J.F. and E.B. Orne, carpets. Also includes: E. Clinton & Co., brush manufacturer (908 Chestnut) and F. Augustus Wenderoth, William C. Taylor, and J. Henry Brown, photographers (912 & 914 Chestnut). Signage adorns many of the buildings promoting merchandise, including pianos, ladies dresses, and fancy goods. A man stands on the opposite corner near a dray and a lamppost with an advertisement for Fox's American Variety Theater (built 1863, burned 1867)., Stereograph mounted on green mount with square corners., Title and photographer's imprint printed on stereograph mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
- Date
- ca. 1866
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Streets [(6)1322.F.95c; (8)1322.F.27h]
- Title
- [Chestnut Street in the snow, view east from Odiorne's studio at 920 Chestnut Street]
- Description
- View photographed following a snowstorm showing the 900-800 blocks of Chestnut Street. Includes the Girard House hotel, built 1851-1852 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr., at 823-838 Chestnut Street. Signage adorning 918 Chestnut Street and advertising "Geo. Fryer," dry goods at 916 Chestnut Street is also visible. Snow covers buildings' awnings and the street. A few pedestrians walk on the sidewalk and an individual leans from an upper window to sweep snow from a ledge., Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne., Title supplied by cataloguer., Stereograph mounted on grey mount with square corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Stereograph duplicate of print (6)1322.F.163b and (7)1322.F.63a., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860, photographer
- Date
- 1859-1860
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Odiorne - Streets [(8)1322.F.27d & 51b]
- Title
- Chestnut St. from above 9th
- Description
- View looking east from above Ninth Street showing the south side of the 800-900 blocks of Chestnut Street. Businesses include: the Continental Hotel (824-838 Chestnut) completed in 1860 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr.; a millinery, a shirt manufactory, and a clothier. Lampposts line the sidewalk, including one adorned with an advertisement for the Walnut Street Theater. Horse-drawn carts and carriages travel the street. Partial view of a tree with full foliage is visible in the foreground., Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne., Title and date from manuscript note on mount., Grey mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Duplicate of (8)1322.31a., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860, photographer
- Date
- 1860
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Odiorne - Streets [(8)1322.F.27f]
- Title
- Chestnut St. from above 9th
- Description
- View looking east from above Ninth Street showing the south side of the 800-900 blocks of Chestnut Street. Businesses include: the Continental Hotel (824-838 Chestnut) completed in 1860 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr.; a millinery, a shirt manufactory, and a clothier. Lampposts line the sidewalk, including one adorned with an advertisement for the Walnut Street Theater. Horse-drawn carts and carriages travel the street. Partial view of a tree with full foliage is visible in the foreground., Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne., Title and date from manuscript note on mount., Gray mount with square corners., Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Duplicate of (8)1322.31a., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860, photographerphotographer
- Date
- [ca. 1860]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Odiorne - Streets [(8)1322.F.31a]
- Title
- [Chestnut Street above Eighth Street, south side, looking west]
- Description
- View looking west from above Eighth Street showing the south side of the 800-900 blocks of Chestnut Street. Includes the Continental Hotel and the Burd Mansion at the adjacent corners of Ninth and Chestnut streets. The luxury hotel, tenanted by several businesses, was built in 1860 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr. and razed in 1924. The Burd Mansion, built for Joseph Sims in 1807 and later owned by his nephew-in-law, prominent Philadelphia lawyer, Edward Shippen Burd, was razed in 1862 to be replaced by storefronts. Also includes partial view of the building tenanted by jewelers and silversmiths, James E. Caldwell & Co. (822 Chestnut). Lampposts line the sidewalk and a horse-drawn carriage travels the street., Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne., Date from manuscript note on mount., Manuscript note on mount: Chestnut St., Grey mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860, photographer
- Date
- 1860
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Odiorne - Streets [(8)1322.F.29i]
- Title
- [Chestnut Street, rooftop view east from Odiorne's studio at 920 Chestnut]
- Description
- Rooftop view looking east from Odiorne's Studio at 920 Chestnut showing the 800 and 900 blocks, north side, of the commercial street. Businesses include a boys clothing store and the Girard House hotel, built from 1851-1852 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr,.(823-835 Chestnut). Includes partial view of the south side of the street., Title supplied by cataloguer., Date from manuscript note on mount., Manuscript note on mount: Chestnut St. E. from 9th., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Buff mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Image faded., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Odiorne operated from Philadelphia photographer Isaac Rehn's Gallery at 920 Chestnut Street between 1859 and 1860.
- Creator
- Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860, photographer
- Date
- 1860
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Odiorne - Streets [(8)1322.F.27e]
- Title
- Col. M. Corcoran addressing the crowds in front of the Continental Hotel, Phila., August 21, 1862
- Description
- Rooftop views looking east from above Ninth Street showing a massive crowd in front of the Continental and Girard House hotels on the 800 block of Chestnut Street. Shows a large horse-drawn enclosed platform resting near the crowd and a caravan of horse-drawn carriages traveling up the street. People look out the windows and stand on the balconies of nearby businesses. Businesses include the Root Gallery photographic studio operated by J.J. Bushnell from 1862-1863 (901 Chestnut) and J.H. Richelderfer's "Boy's Clothing Bazaar" (903 Chestnut). Corcoran, colonel of the Sixty-Ninth New York Brigade, i.e., the Irish Brigade travelled through Philadelphia following his release as a prisoner of war from Libby Prison., Title and date from unmounted stereograph 5779.F.12e, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Variant in the collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. [Penrose Collection, Box 18]., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- [August 21, 1862]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - unidentified - Events [(6)1322.F.27a; P.2282.12], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - 5x7 - unidentified - Events [(7)1322.F.69e], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Events [5779.F.12e]