Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Proprietors, Allmond & Stem. The hotel's address changed to 227 North Third Street in 1857.
Date
ca. 1855.
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W102.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W102 [P.2040]
Exterior view of front and flank of hotel looking southwest., Divided back. Post marked 1945. Hotel amenities listed on verso., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1945
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Hotels - [P.9048.35.1]
Exterior view of hotel with a horse and carriage standing in the front and a sign bearing the name S.C. Rotzell in the rear., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Hotels - [P.9933.12]
Exterior view looking southeast at the Broad Street front. Built in 1912 and expanded in 1914. Commissioned by the Widener family., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1915
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Hotels - [P.9490.12]
Exterior view of north and east fronts looking southeast. Originally built as the Hotel Metropole circa 1892 after designs by Angus S. Wade., The Hotel Metropole was incorporated into the Hotel Walton in 1895. Additions and renovations occurred in 1914 and in 1925 to accommodate a roof garden and shops on the first floor facing Broad Street., Divided back. Text on verso., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Hotels - [P.9490.14]
Exterior view of The St. James Hotel built circa 1904 after designs by Horace Trumbauer., Numbered M18098 on verso., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Hotels - [P.9490.13]
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]
Exterior view of front facade of hotel built between 1780 and 1785. Building enlarged and gambrel roof installed in 1866. John B. Maxwell proprietor of hotel when this photograph was taken., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
ca. 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.10]
Exterior view. Possibly the Falls Hotel along the 4100 block of Ridge Avenue., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
Creator
Browne, John C. (John Coates), 1838-1918, photographer
Date
Negative December 10, 1881
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.167]
Panoramic view showing several city blocks west from the State House(520 Chestnut Street). Shows the north side of the 500 block of Chestnut Street, including Orleans Hotel in the foreground., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Orange mount with rounded 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
Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), photographer
Date
ca. 1869
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Views [1322.F.4e]
Panoramic view showing several city blocks west from the State House(520 Chestnut Street). Shows the north side of the 500 block of Chestnut Street, including Orleans Hotel in the foreground., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Orange mount with rounded 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
Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), photographer
Date
ca. 1869
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Views [1322.F.4e]
Location: Fourth St. above Market St., LCP copy lacking title., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Built 1837 based on designs by William Strickland. Burned 1966.
Creator
Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846 lithographer., creator
Date
1838.
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W234.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W234 [P.2104]
Montage of images depicting the hotel's dining room surrounded by advertising rates, amenities and attractions. Includes an inset portrait of the hotel's manager, Howard I. Robinson., Undivided back. Post marked 1907., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Hotels - [P.9622]
Interior view of restaurant in Green's Hotel., Numbered R-70949 on verso., Thomas H. Green opened a restaurant on the site of the former Edwards residence at 731 Chestnut Street in 1866. The former site of the Edward Shippen house, Philemon Dickenson house and the Union Building (735 Chestnut Street) were incorporated into Green's Hotel in 1883. The property was sold in 1923 and demolished soon after., Divided back. Text on verso., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Hotels - [P.9490.11]
Exterior view of hotel built in 1912 after designs by Horace Trumbauer. Consisted of 21 stories and 400 guest rooms., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1915
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Hotels - [P.9048.255]
Depicts Bustleton Avenue north of Welsh Road, showing the side of the Union Hotel and other residences nearby., Divided back. AZO stamp box with upward pointing triangles in corner., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Streets - [P.9933.5]
Exterior view of the Branchtown Hotel built by Joseph Spencer in 1790, opposite the dwelling built by him in 1748., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
Negative February 21, 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.109]
Letterhead containing a vignette showing the exterior of the five-story hotel at 407-415 North Third Street. Building also includes a veranda., Completed in manuscript on August 23, 1896 and addressed to Mr. [Byevley?] Grant, signed James Norford. Norford requests an extension in the payment of his rent., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Creator
Levytype Co.
Date
[ca. 1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Receipts [P.2011.10.138]
View showing the section of the hotel expanded from the neighboring La Pierre House hotel originally built in 1853 after the designs of John McArthur Jr. A horse-drawn carriage passes on Sansom Street, individuals walk on the sidewalk in front of and enter the hotel, and a man on horseback is haulted at the intersection. Also shows the entrance to the "ladies restaurant", a neighboring building on Sansom Street, and a partial view of the original La Pierre House. An American flag adorns the roof of the building. Hotel was later altered throughout the 1890s after the designs of Cope and Stewardson., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 365, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Date
1876
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Hotels, Inns & Taverns [P.9001.7]
View of a man sitting on a fence running along a winding dirt road flanked by trees below Gypsy Lane near Wissahickon Creek. The stables for Wissahickon Hall, the hostelry erected circa 1849 by Harry Lippen, are also visible in the distance., Photographer's imprint on label partially visible on verso., Title from photographer's label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., See Bartlett & French P.8953.1 for similar view., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French circa 1867-1869.
Creator
Bartlett & French, photographer
Date
[ca. 1868]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Parks [P.9466.6]
View of a man leaning against the fence of a winding dirt road flanked by trees below Gypsy Lane near Wissahickon Creek. The stables for Wissahickon Hall, the hostelry erected circa 1849 by Harry Lippen, are also visible in the distance., Title from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., See Bartlett & French P.9466.6 for similar view., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French circa 1867-1869.
Creator
Bartlett & French
Date
[ca. 1868]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Parks [P.8953.1]
View showing the prominent hotel, erected in 1868, at the southwest corner of 15th and Chestnut streets. The hotel, named after "Colonnade Row" (early nineteenth-century pillared, porched townhouses previously on the site), was demolished in 1925 for the erection of the Franklin Trust Company building., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Title inscribed on negative., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
1876
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - De Young's - Hotels [P.9191.1]
View showing the hostelry erected circa 1849 by Harry Lippen at Wissahickon Drive (i.e., Lincoln Drive) below Gypsy Lane near the Wissahickon Creek. Also shows an upside-down canoe laying near one of the hotel stables., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title from manuscript note on verso., 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. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Hotels [P.9047.30]
Stark advertisement showing the front facade of the hotel at 625-631 Chestnut Street. A couple walks toward the entrance. Edmund Badger, a former proprietor of The City Hotel, operated the Marshall House at 207 Chestnut Street 1837-1841. Hotel was later renamed the Columbia House and razed in 1856., Title and date from Poulson inscription on recto: Feb. 1, 1837. E. Badger, Proprietor. Chestnut St. near Seventh St., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 458, LCP copy trimmed and lacking title and imprint., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Date
[February 1, 1837]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W228 [P.2102]
View showing the luxury hotel completed in 1868 at 1500-1506 Fifteenth Street (southwest corner of Fifteenth and Chestnut streets). The hotel was named after the "Colonnade Row" of early nineteenth-century pillared, porched townhouses previously on the site. The hotel was demolished in 1925 for the erection of the Franklin Trust Company Building., Yellow mount with round 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
Purviance, W. T. (William T.)
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Purviance - Hotels [P.9047.62]
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]
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]
View showing Wissahickon Creek near the Wissahickon Hall erected circa 1849 by Harry Lippen at Wissahickon Drive (i.e., Lincoln Drive) below Gypsy Lane. Hotel only partially visible., Title supplied by cataloguer., Photographer's imprint embossed on mount., Yellow mount with square corners., Paper backing pasted on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook 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 [(3)1322.F.137f]
View looking north from below Spruce Street showing businesses occupying rundown rowhouses on the 200 block of South Second Street. Includes a wine and liquor store and the Plough Hotel. A stack of barrels rests near the entrance of the liquor store. Also shows the corner of Spruce and Water streets., Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne., Title supplied by cataloguer., Inscribed in negative: 31., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator
Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860, photographer
Date
September 1860
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Odiorne - W [(7)1322.F.45a]
Shows the front facade of the Arcade Hotel, formerly the Arcade Building, built 1826-1827 as a shop gallery after the designs of John Haviland at 615-619 Chestnut Street. Building adorned with an ironwork balcony and advertisements for publications sold by stationer T.B. Pugh, a tenant of the hotel., Title, date, and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount., Newspaper clippings pasted on mount dated October 14, 1843 and October 22, 1845 describing the reorganization of and alterations to the building., Detailed manuscript note by Poulson entitled "Battleground of Germantown" inscribed on verso., Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 3, page 39. The scrapbooks contained approximately 120 photographs by Philadelphia painter and pioneer photographer Richards of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia commissioned by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation with the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1980), entry #105., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Select link below for a digital image.
Creator
Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date
January 1858
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Hotels - A [(3)2526.F.39 (Poulson)], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/rcd/2526f39d105.jpg
Advertisement showing the very busy four-and-a-half story hotel opened in 1807 on Third Street below Arch Street. Several male guests sit, stand, and put their feet up on the porch of the hotel that is covered by an awning. Also shows guests at the first and second floor windows and a couple strolling on the sidewalk. The hotel closed soon before the Civil War., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 132, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 862 B 756 #41
Creator
Breton, William L., ca. 1773-1855, artist
Date
[ca. 1830]
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 862 B 756 #41
Advertisement showing the very busy four-and-a-half story hotel opened in 1807 on Third Street below Arch Street. Includes partial views of adjacent buildings. Several male guests lounge on the porch as a gentleman enters the hotel. Also shows pedestrians and a valet hauling luggage with a hand cart. Contains a N.B. about "charges moderate" for a "ladies' dining room, for the accommodation of families, that do not wish a private parlor." The hotel closed soon before the Civil War., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 133, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 32 B 813
Creator
Brown, Mannevillette Elihu Dearing, 1810-1896
Date
[ca. 1832]
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 32 B 813
Illustrated trade cards depicting an eagle with a ribbon in its beak and laurel wreath in its talons surmounting an American shield. P.A. Marshall operated a restaurant and hotel from 243 North Fourth Street in Philadelphia between 1860 and 1864., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Marshall [(2)5786.F.117e & (2)5786.F.170c]
Glass negative showing the Wissahickon Inn, a large multi-story building with multiple spires and chimneys seen from below. Willow Grove Avenue lined with trees and a lamppost travels up the hill toward the hotel. The Wissahickon Inn, a summer resort developed by Henry H. Houston (1820-1895), was built in 1884 after designs by George and William Hewitt. The hotel hosted the Philadelphia Cricket Club and the Philadelphia Horse Show. In 1898, Chestnut Hill Academy began using the hotel during the off-season. The Academy permanently took over the building in 1901., Photographer remarks: Very weak neg., Time: 10:15, Light: Good sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date
November 8, 1884
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.446]
View showing the roadhouse and picnic resort established around 1865. The hotel became known for proprietor Joseph Smith's prominently displayed hand-carved curios created from laurel root he gathered along the Wissahickon Creek. The hotel fell into ruin following the loss of its liquor privileges and was razed in the late 19th century. A stable and boat shed stand adjacent to the hotel., Title supplied by cataloguer., Buff mount with rounded corners., Paper label pasted on verso listing over sixty Fairmount Park views published by firm., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Misidentifed as "Wissahickon Hall" on paper label on verso., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Newell & Son, a partnership between Robert and his son Henry, was active from around 1870 until 1897 and the death of the elder Newell.
Creator
R. Newell & Son
Date
[ca. 1875]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Hotels [P.9047.18]
Depicts the Old Log Cabin Hotel along the Wissahickon Creek in 1874. The Wissahickon Creek hostelry was reconstructed out of the log cabin built during William Henry Harrison's 1840 presidential campaign. Also includes views of the hotel's dining room, drinking room, ladies saloon and ice cream shop. A man stands in front of the hotel and two people walk along the path from the horse stables to the hotel. In the foreground, the creek and a small boat is visible. The hotel was razed in 1872., Title and date from item., Demolished 1872., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with corrections., Accessioned 1975., Lib. Company. Annual report, 1975, p. 6-11., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator
Evans, B. R. (Benjamin Ridgway), 1834-1891, artist
Date
1874
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Evans watercolors [P.2298.60], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/evans/files/plc060.html
View showing the front facade of the three-story hotel operated by Mr. Nelson Werntz. The hotel, opened in 1855 for the use of drovers who supplied the Pennsylvania market, includes a verandah and cupola. Cupola adorned with a flag decorated with a bull's head. Also shows red and blue drapery lining the windows. The Butcher's And Drover's Association purchased the West Philadelphia estate in 1855 and sold the hotel and property in 1866., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 68, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator
Magee, John L., artist
Date
[ca. 1855]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Hotels, Inns & Taverns [P.8970.27]
View of the east approach of Park Tunnel, looking west. Two men stand near the tracks. A "Red Line" railroad car is visible in the distance, along with the City Park Hotel and a pedestrian bridge spanning the tracks.
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.126]
Distant view of the Valley Green Inn built by Thomas Livezey circa 1850 near the Wissahickon Creek. The inn, managed by several proprietors under the Livezey family, was purchased by the city in 1872 and given over to the supervision of a patriotic women's society circa 1900. Lettering spelling "Valley Green" is visible on the side of the inn. Also shows young boys sitting on benches and stones across from the inn and the incline of the Valley Green Bridge in the distance., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator
Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date
ca. 1895
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.57]
Interior view of the Clover Banquet Room in the Bellevue Stratford Hotel, built 1902-1904 by G.W. & W.D. Hewitt., Numbered 6A on recto., Undivided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Hotels - [P.2002.67.23]
Exterior view of west front of hotel, purportedly constructed in 1734. Several men and women stand or sit on the porch and are looking curiously toward the camera. Two large trees and a trough are visible in the foreground. Demolished in 1913 to make way for Winston Road., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
Negative June 1896
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.102]
View depicting the original Indian Rock Hotel, opened in 1848 by Reuben Sands north of Rex Avenue Bridge at the corner of Gypsy Lane and Lincoln Drive (near Indian Rock in the Wissahickon Valley). The hotel was sold to the Fairmount Park Commission in 1872 and Sands opened a second Indian Rock Hotel at a nearby location. Building later used as police headquarters., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount., Also identified as Wissahickon Hall and the Fairmount Park Guard House.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
ca. 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.124]
Exterior view of the Indian Rock Hotel, named after the statue of Tedyuscung that stands on Indian Rock overlooking Wissahickon Creek. Located at Monastery Avenue and Wissahickon Drive, near Wissahickon Creek. Depicts the second hotel, built in the early 1870s following the purchase of the original building by the Fairmount Park Commission, procured by Charles Weingartner in 1894. The building was razed prior to 1916., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
ca. 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.125]
View showing the inn built by Thomas Livezey circa 1850 near the Wissahickon Creek. The inn, managed by several proprietors under the Livezey family, was purchased by the city in 1872 and given over to the supervision of a patriotic women's society circa 1900. Shows signage adorning the building advertising a tea room and a telephone pay station. Lettering spelling "Valley Green" is visible on the side of the inn. Also shows a stone fence and a stable adjacent to the building., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
Negative 1911
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.162]
View showing the inn built by Thomas Livezey circa 1850 near the Wissahickon Creek. The inn, managed by several proprietors under the Livezey family, was purchased by the city in 1872 and given over to the supervision of a patriotic women's society circa 1900. Shows signage adorning the building advertising a tea room. Lettering spelling "Valley Green" is visible on the side of the inn. Also shows a stone fence and a stable adjacent to the building. Several people sit on the front porch overlooking the dirt drive., Title from negative sleeve.
Creator
Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date
ca. 1920
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.2]
View showing the inn built by Thomas Livezey circa 1850 near the Wissahickon Creek. The inn, managed by several proprietors under the Livezey family, was purchased by the city in 1872 and given over to the supervision of a patriotic women's society circa 1900. Shows signage adorning the building advertising a tea room. Lettering spelling "Valley Green" is visible on the side of the inn. Also shows a stone fence and two horses stopped near a stable adjacent to the building. A car is parked in front of the inn., Inscribed in negative: 3682., Title from negative sleeve., Original negative housed in freezer.
Creator
Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date
ca. 1920
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Film Negatives - Hand [P.9259.140]
