Depicts the Old Log Cabin Hotel along the Wissahickon Creek in 1874. The Wissahickon Creek hostelry was reconstructed out of the log cabin built during William Henry Harrison's 1840 presidential campaign. Also includes views of the hotel's dining room, drinking room, ladies saloon and ice cream shop. A man stands in front of the hotel and two people walk along the path from the horse stables to the hotel. In the foreground, the creek and a small boat is visible. The hotel was razed in 1872., Title and date from item., Demolished 1872., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with corrections., Accessioned 1975., Lib. Company. Annual report, 1975, p. 6-11., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator
Evans, B. R. (Benjamin Ridgway), 1834-1891, artist
Date
1874
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Evans watercolors [P.2298.60], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/evans/files/plc060.html
View showing the Wissahickon Creek hostelry, reconstructed out of the log cabin built during William Henry Harrison's 1840 presidential campaign, operated by Tommy Llewellyn. The hotel, containing a dining room, drinking room, and ladies saloon, also displayed wildlife as a novelty attraction. A white woman and an African American man with a horse stand in front of the hotel. The creek is visible in the foreground. The hotel was razed in 1872., Title supplied by cataloger., Pink mount with rounded corners., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Publisher's imprint printed on verso., Inscribed in negative: 76., Printed on mount: No. 4., Reissue of circa 1870 view entitled "Old Log Cabin" by R. Newell & Son of Philadelphia from the series Stereoscopic views. Fairmount Park views., Gift of Robert M. Vogel, 1984., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
R. Newell & Son, photographer
Date
1876
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Hotels [P.9047.95]
