Contains view of the storefront of “H.R. Blanchard & Co. Upholstery * Blanchard & Rock Wallpaper at 227 Chestnut St. Lettering on the large storefront windows read “H.B. Blanchard & Co. Curtains Bedding” and “Blanchard & Rock, Manufacturers of Paper Hangings.” Large display cabinets line the walls of the store and near the entrance at which patrons (a couple and a man) enter, a wallpaper sample is on view on a tall standing rack. Other patrons are visible within the establishment as well., Not in Wainwright., pdcp00007, Philadelphia on Stone, POS 60, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana – Streets – Chestnut - 7th-8th
Creator
Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date
[ca. 1850]
Location
Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Philadelphiana - Streets - Chestnut - 7th-8th
Advertisement showing heavy pedestrian and street activity in front of the large, prominent hotel opened in 1826 following the conversion by John Rea of several properties at 419-423 Chestnut Street. Several carriages, including one marked "U.S. Hotel" line up in front of the hotel. A group of men stand near the entranceway as other guests exit doorways and stand on the verandah. Signage for businesses tenanting the lower floor of the eastern section of the hotel is visible. Businesses include M. J. & C. Croll, tailor; G. W. Duffy's, fashionable hat & cap store; Blanchard & Rock, paper hangings. View includes adjacent buildings, including Farmers & Mechanics Bank (425-429) and W. Christie, upholsterer (411). Couples exit some of the storefronts, individuals promenade on the sidewalk, and a woman talks to two men at the steps of the bank. Also shows a coach traveling in the street near a running dog; two men conversing; two delivery boys, one with a basket standing near a well-dressed man walking and holding a small sack in his hand; and an African American laborer pushing a hand-cart loaded with a crate. The hotel was demolished in 1856 for the erection of the new building for the Bank of Pennsylvania., Date from manuscript note on recto: May 1850., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 780, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 32 U 582, Trimmed.
Creator
Dacre, Henry, b. ca. 1820, artist
Date
[1850]
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 32 U 582
