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Title: [Chestnut Street, rooftop view east from Odiorne's studio at 920 Chestnut]
Description: Rooftop view showing predominately the 800 block of Chestnut Street. Includes the Continental Hotel, completed in 1860 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr. (824-838 Chestnut). Also shows the Masonic Temple in the distance (713-721 Chestnut). American flags adorn many of the buildings. Street and pedestrian traffic is visible., Buff mount with square corners., Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne., Title supplied by cataloguer., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860
Date: ca. 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Odiorne - Streets [(8)1322.F.29f]

Title: Chestnut St. from above 9th
Description: View looking east from above Ninth Street showing the south side of the 800-900 blocks of Chestnut Street. Businesses include: the Continental Hotel (824-838 Chestnut) completed in 1860 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr.; a millinery, a shirt manufactory, and a clothier. Lampposts line the sidewalk, including one adorned with an advertisement for the Walnut Street Theater. Horse-drawn carts and carriages travel the street. Partial view of a tree with full foliage is visible in the foreground., Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne., Title and date from manuscript note on mount., Grey mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Duplicate of (8)1322.31a., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860, photographer
Date: 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Odiorne - Streets [(8)1322.F.27f]

Title: Chestnut St. from above 9th
Description: View looking east from above Ninth Street showing the south side of the 800-900 blocks of Chestnut Street. Businesses include: the Continental Hotel (824-838 Chestnut) completed in 1860 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr.; a millinery, a shirt manufactory, and a clothier. Lampposts line the sidewalk, including one adorned with an advertisement for the Walnut Street Theater. Horse-drawn carts and carriages travel the street. Partial view of a tree with full foliage is visible in the foreground., Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne., Title and date from manuscript note on mount., Gray mount with square corners., Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Duplicate of (8)1322.31a., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860, photographerphotographer
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Odiorne - Streets [(8)1322.F.31a]

Title: Chestnut St. from above 9th
Description: View looking east from above Ninth Street showing the south side of the 800-900 blocks of Chestnut Street. Businesses include: the Continental Hotel (824-838 Chestnut) completed in 1860 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr.; a millinery, a shirt manufactory, and a clothier. Lampposts line the sidewalk, including one adorned with an advertisement for the Walnut Street Theater. Horse-drawn carts and carriages travel the street. Partial view of a tree with full foliage is visible in the foreground., Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne., Title and date from manuscript note on mount., Gray mount with square corners., Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Duplicate of (8)1322.31a., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860, photographerphotographer
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Odiorne - Streets [(8)1322.F.31a]

Title: [Chestnut Street above Eighth Street, south side, looking west]
Description: View looking west from above Eighth Street showing the south side of the 800-900 blocks of Chestnut Street. Includes the Continental Hotel and the Burd Mansion at the adjacent corners of Ninth and Chestnut streets. The luxury hotel, tenanted by several businesses, was built in 1860 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr. and razed in 1924. The Burd Mansion, built for Joseph Sims in 1807 and later owned by his nephew-in-law, prominent Philadelphia lawyer, Edward Shippen Burd, was razed in 1862 to be replaced by storefronts. Also includes partial view of the building tenanted by jewelers and silversmiths, James E. Caldwell & Co. (822 Chestnut). Lampposts line the sidewalk and a horse-drawn carriage travels the street., Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne., Date from manuscript note on mount., Manuscript note on mount: Chestnut St., Grey mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860, photographer
Date: 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Odiorne - Streets [(8)1322.F.29i]

Title: [Chestnut Street, rooftop view east from Odiorne's studio at 920 Chestnut Street]
Description: View looking east from above Ninth Street showing the south side of the 800-900 blocks of Chestnut Street. Businesses include the hotels built after the designs of John McArthur, Jr.; the Continental Hotel (824-838 Chestnut) completed in 1860 and the Girard House hotel (823-825 Chestnut) built 1851. Also shows the Masonic Temple including signage for Marxsen & Witte, china and glass (713-721 Chestnut); the roof of the Burd mansion (900-906 Chestnut); and signs advertising a boy's clothing bazaar, shooting gallery, shirt manufactory, and looking glasses. Street lamps line the sidewalk., Title supplied by cataloguer., Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
Creator: Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860, photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Odiorne - C [(6)1322.F.46; P.2282.15]

Title: [Chestnut Street, rooftop view east from Odiorne's studio at 920 Chestnut Street]
Description: View looking east from above Ninth Street showing the south side of the 800-900 blocks of Chestnut Street. Businesses include the hotels built after the designs of John McArthur, Jr.; the Continental Hotel (824-838 Chestnut) completed in 1860 and the Girard House hotel (823-825 Chestnut) built 1851. Also shows the Masonic Temple(713-721 Chestnut); the roof of the Burd mansion (900-906 Chestnut); building signage advertising a boy's clothing bazaar at the northwest corner of Ninth and Chestnut; and street and pedestrian traffic, including a horse-drawn omnibus., Title supplied by cataloguer., Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne., Manuscript note on recto of (6)1322.F.69a: Chestnut E. from 9th., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
Creator: Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860, photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Odiorne - C [(6)1322.F.27e & 69a]

Title: [Chestnut Street, rooftop view east from Odiorne's studio at 920 Chestnut Street]
Description: View looking east from above Ninth Street showing the south side of the 800-900 blocks of Chestnut Street. Businesses include the hotels built after the designs of John McArthur, Jr.; the Continental Hotel (824-838 Chestnut) completed in 1860 and the Girard House hotel (823-825 Chestnut) built 1851. Also shows the Masonic Temple(713-721 Chestnut); the roof of the Burd mansion (900-906 Chestnut); building signage advertising a boy's clothing bazaar at the northwest corner of Ninth and Chestnut; and street and pedestrian traffic, including a horse-drawn carriage., Title supplied by cataloguer., Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne., Manuscript note on verso: Snow storm April 10, 1862., Probably originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
Creator: Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860, photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Odiorne - C [P.2282.13]

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