Shows the hotel built 1860 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr. at 824-838 Chestnut Street. Also shows the Alfred M. Herkness auction house (s.e. cor. 9th and Sansom) and pedestrian traffic, including a horse-drawn carriage and omnibuses. Includes text below the image: "Yourself and the Ladies of your family are invited to be present at the opening of the Continental Hotel on Monday February 13th 1860 from 7 to 10.", Philadelphia on Stone, POS 391, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
Creator
Haehnlen, Jacob, b. 1824
Date
[1860]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Hotels - C [(7)1322.F.451c]
Contains images of the Continental Hotel built in 1860 after designs by John McArthur, Jr. Includes exterior views looking southeast. Also depicts interior views of tables set up on the roof gardens of the hotel., Contains 5 postcards printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Continental Hotel was the largest hotel in Philadelphia for many years, with 700 rooms available to guests. Demolished in 1923 to make way for the Benjamin Franklin Hotel., Three postcards issued by the Continental Hotel, Philadelphia., Sheet numbers: 112A04 and 112A05., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector
Date
1905-1915
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Hotels and Restaurants - Bingham through Green's - 112]
Tradecard containing a vignette of the "Continental Hotel, Philadelphia" at 824-838 Chestnut Street. View also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn carriages, an omnibus, and a man on horseback. Mayer, Strouse & Baum, was active 1861-1863. The hotel was built 1860 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 462, Stein & Jones established in 1859 was active under that name until the death of Stein in 1871.
Date
[ca. 1862]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.140g]
Tradecard containing a vignette of the "Continental Hotel, Philadelphia" at 824-838 Chestnut Street. View also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn carriages, an omnibus, and a man on horseback. Mayer, Strouse & Baum, was active 1861-1863. The hotel was built 1860 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 462, Stein & Jones established in 1859 was active under that name until the death of Stein in 1871.
Date
[ca. 1862]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.140g]
View looking east from above Ninth Street showing the luxury hotel at the southeast corner of Ninth and Chestnut streets (824-838 Chestnut). Completed in 1860 after the designs of John McArthur Jr., the hotel contained several businesses in its lower level including "Charles Oakford & Son" hat shop. View also shows adjacent businesses including publishers and booksellers Porter & Coates operating from the former building of J.E. Caldwell & Co. built 1858 after the designs of McArthur. (822 Chestnut); John Wanamaker & Co., luxury clothing store, established 1869 (818 Chestnut); James S. Earle, looking glasses and picture frame manufactory (816 Chestnut), and John W. Scott, shirt manufactory (814 Chestnut). Includes horse-drawn wagons travelling the street and a partial view of the north side of the block., Title from manuscript note on mount., Yellow mount with square corners., Attributed to Bartlett & Smith., 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
Bartlett & Smith, photographer
Date
ca. 1869
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & Smith - Hotels [(8)1322.F.29h]
