View showing the interior of Porter & Coates' Bookstore (822 Chestnut) from the front. Book-filled cabinets and tables line the walls. There are three chairs for customers to sit. A grand staircase with a sign that reads, "Art Gallery," stained glass window, ornate moldings, and tile floor adorn the store. Robert Porter (1842-1899) and Henry T. Coates (1843-1910) formed Porter & Coates in 1867. They published over a hundred children's or juvenile libraries, series, and sets. The store at 822 Chestnut Street operated from 1869 to 1885. After Porter died in 1899, Coates renamed the firm Henry T. Coates & Co., Title printed on mount., Date inferred from content., Distributor's label pasted on verso., Photographer and publisher inferred from distributor's label pasted on verso., Stamped on recto: Henry T. Coates, Jr., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Gift of Raymond Holstein.
Creator
Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date
[ca. 1875]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Holstein stereo - Streets - Chestnut Street [P.2011.47.1857]
Exterior view of hotel looking southeast. Built 1923-1924 after designs by Horace Trumbauer., Numbered M18098 on verso., Divided back. Text on verso. Post marked 1953., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1953
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Hotels - [P.9049.12]
