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., Inscribed in negative: 3147., Title from negative sleeve., Modern reference print available.
Creator
Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date
ca. 1920
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.74]
Depicts Krider's gun store at the northeast corner of 2nd and Walnut Streets, looking east at the south front and west flank. Includes a partial view of the sign for St. Alban's Hotel in the foreground, along with a sign advertising Shore Dinners at Bookbinder's Restaurant (125 Walnut Street). A cigar shop and Bookbinder's are visible in the background. A plaque is posted near the Second Street doorway of the gun shop, marking the site as the birthplace of John Drinker, the first white child born in Philadelphia. The brick building was constructed by John Drinker as a residence in 1751 and altered to a gun shop in 1826. John Krider purchased the shop in 1856. Building demolished in 1955., Inscribed in negative: 2193., Title from negative sleeve., Modern reference print available.
Creator
Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date
ca. 1920
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.10]
