View photographed during the 1860s showing the William Penn Hotel at 10 Letitia Street between Market and Chestnut streets. View also includes the adjacent building incorrectly identified by 19th-century historians as the Letitia Penn House. Signs for V. Rundnagel's German saloon and Jacob Sinn, importer of liquor, (operating at the address in 1868) adorn the Penn house. The residence was incorrectly recorded as built in 1682 by William Penn and given to his daughter in 1701., Publisher's imprint including illustration printed on verso., Orange mount with rounded corners., Title printed on mount., The prolific Anthony firm, established in 1859, operated from 591 Broadway between 1871 and 1881., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm)
Date
[ca. 1875]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Anthony - Hotels [P.9462.12]
View photographed during the 1860s showing the building incorrectly identified by 19th-century historians as the Letitia Penn House at 8 Letitia Street between Market and Chestnut streets. Signs for V. Rundangel's German saloon and Jacob Sinn, importer of liquor, (operating at the address in 1868) adorn the Penn House. View also includes the adjacent William Penn Hotel. The residence was wrongly recorded as built in 1682 by William Penn and given to his daughter in 1701. The house was relocated to Fairmount Park in 1883., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date
[ca. 1868]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Hotels [P.9047.89]
