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Title: [Valley Green Inn, partial view focusing on Forbidden Drive, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.]
Description: 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]

Title: Clover Banquet Room, Bellevue Stratford Hotel, Philadelphia
Description: 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]

Title: Mermaid Tavern, Main St., Chestnut Hill
Description: 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]

Title: Old tavern on Wissahickon Drive below Lincoln Drive
Description: 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]

Title: Indian Rock Hotel, upper Wissahickon Drive
Description: 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]

Title: Valley Green on Wissahickon
Description: 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]

Title: Valley Green Inn on Wissahickon, Philadelphia
Description: 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]

Title: Hotel Lorraine postcards
Description: Contains images of the Lorraine Hotel built after designs by Willis Gaylord Hale in 1893 on the former site of the Lincoln Market. Depicts an exterior view of the front facade and interior views of the lobby, cafeteria and the Chelsea Banquet Room., Contains 4 postcards printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Four out of five post cards issued by E.C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee., Sheet numbers: 117A01B and 117B01A., 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: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Hotels and Restaurants - Lauber's through Stenton - 117]

Title: Continental Hotel postcards
Description: 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]

Title: Hotel Walton postcards
Description: Contains images of the Hotel Walton originally built as the Hotel Metropole circa 1892 after designs by Angus S. Wade. Depicts exterior views of the hotel looking northeast and southeast. Also includes interior views of the palm room, dining room and foyer., Contains 9 postcards printed in color and 10 printed in black and white., 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., 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: 1900-1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Hotels and Restaurants - Walton - 119]

Title: Valley Green, Fairmount Park, Phila
Description: 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]

Title: Bush's Allegheny House, Market Street, Above Eighth. C. I. Bush, prop'r
Description: Letterhead containing a vignette view showing the exterior of the five-story hotel at 814 Market Street. Guests arrive in a horse-drawn "Allegheny" coach, approach the entryway, and stand on the upper floor veranda. In the street, men ride on horseback and push handcarts. Also shows partial views of adjoining buildings, including one displaying clothing., Completed in manuscript on November 5, 1857 to "Dear Brother" from R.A. Ford detailing travel plans to Binghamton, New York by way of Great Bend and requesting instructions about the "E. Whitney property.", Manuscript note on verso: R. A. Ford. Nov. 5/ 57., 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: Sebald, Hugo, fl. 1850-1870, engraver
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Receipts [P.2011.10.125]

Title: W. Spencer Rowland's Union lager beer saloon, No. 724 Filbert Street, Philadelphia N.B.--The best of wines, liquors, segars, &c., always on hand. Rooms free for the accommodation of meetings, parties, &c
Description: Illustrated trade card for W. Spencer Rowland's hotel and lager beer saloon depicting casks labeled "French brandy" and bottles of liquor., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Rowland's [5786.F.176d]

Title: "The Continental" Schottisch
Description: Printer: Lithograph by T. Sinclair., Cover illustration is a chromolithograph, with hand-coloring including an ornate border containing American flags, vinery, and a vignette showing the Philadelphia coat of arms. Depicts the Continental Hotel, built 1857-1860 after designs by John McArthur, Jr., at the southeast corner of Ninth and Chestnut Streets. Also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn carriages, an omnibus, and couples on promenade., Schottisch., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 159, Free Library of Philadelphia Music Department holds copy., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Perry, Oscar P., composer
Date: c1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *Sheet Music Continental P.9303.3, http://www.lcpimages.org/wainwright/W084.htm

Title: Chestnut Hill Academy
Description: Aerial view of Chestnut Hill Academy in the St. Martin's area of Chestnut Hill. Depicts the u-shaped building constructed 1883-1884 after designs by G. W. & W. D. Hewitt that was formerly the Wissahickon Inn and which the academy occupied in 1898. Also shows nearby estates primarily established by Henry H. Houston. Chestnut Hill Academy was founded in 1851 as a boarding and day school for boys., Negative number: 7292.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: ca. 1927
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.7292]

Title: Masonic Hall, Philadelphia
Description: View looking northwest at the front facade of the hall built 1853-1855 after the designs of Sloan & Stewart. Includes a partial view of the Washington House hotel (709-711 Chestnut Street). Building sold circa 1873 following the completion of the new Masonic Temple on North Broad Street., Title from printed label pasted on verso., Photographer's imprint on mount., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Hurn, J. W. (John White), d. 1887, photographer
Date: [ca. 1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Hurn - Associations [P.9466.23]

Title: View on the Wissahickon near Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Landscape view depicts the calm waters of Wissahickon Creek flanked by trees and the dirt drive looking north toward Wissahickon Hall erected circa 1849 by Harry Lippen at Wissahickon Drive (i.e., Lincoln Drive) below Gypsy Lane. Shows stables facing the creek., Title from manuscript note on verso., Attributed to Robert Newell., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897, photographer
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Parks [7992.F.6]

Title: Drive along the Wissahickon
Description: Landscape view showing the calm waters of Wissahickon Creek flanked by trees and the dirt drive looking north toward Wissahickon Hall erected circa 1849 by Harry Lippen at Wissahickon Drive (i.e., Lincoln Drive) below Gypsy Lane. Includes stables facing the creek., Title printed on verso in numbered list with one hundred other titles in the series (No. 1-100)., Publisher's imprint printed on series label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of David Doret.
Creator: R. Newell & Son
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Parks [P.2010.6.10]

Title: The American, S.W. cor. Webb & Beach Avenues, Ocean Grove, N.J For terms, address R. Brown, Ocean Grove, N.J
Description: Trade card for The American, a hotel at the southwest corner of Webb and Beach Avenues in Ocean Grove, N.J., illustrated by a branch of roses., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - American [1975.F.12]

Title: Wissahickon Hall
Description: Views depict the calm waters of Wissahickon Creek flanked by trees and the dirt drive looking north toward Wissahickon Hall erected circa 1849 by Harry Lippen at Wissahickon Drive (i.e., Lincoln Drive) below Gypsy Lane. View from drive shows stables facing the creek and a hand-made sign for Hoofland's German bitters. Hotel only partially visible., Title from photographer's labels pasted on versos., Yellow mounts with rounded corners., P.9047.24 gift of Robert M. Vogel., 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 - Hotels [P.9047.24 and P.9107.8]

Title: The London Hotel, N.W. corner 7th & Arch. Soon to be torn down
Description: Glass negative showing the London Hotel, a large building set on the corner of Seventh and Arch Streets. A sign at the top of the building reads "The London...Temperance Hotel" and a sign on the first floor awning reads "Gas Stoves." Horse-drawn carts wait outside the building and trolley tracks run down the cobblestone street. A building to the left has a sign reading "St. Cloud Hotel.", 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: October, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.784]

Title: Philadelphia Citizen's Line of steam boats to New York & Baltimore
Description: Book illustration advertisement showing the busy "Philadelphia Citizens" steamboat wharf at Arch Street and the Delaware River. Also shows the "Citizen's Line" office building (right foreground) adjacent to Jacob Ridgway's Ferry House and Hotel. Swarms of people line the wharf and several walk on the sidewalks. Horse-drawn drays and a carriage line the street in front of the office and hotel. Partial views of surrounding buildings are also visible. Vessels for New York, Baltimore, and Wilmington left the wharf daily., Name of printer supplied by Wainwright., Published in James Mease and Thomas Porter's Picture of Philadelphia from 1811 to 1831: Giving an account of its origin, increase and improvements in arts, sciences, manufactures, commerce and revenue. (Philadelphia: Published by Robert DeSilver, No. 110 Walnut Street, 1831), vol. II, opposite page 17 and in Thomas Porter's Picture of Philadelphia 1811 to 1831: Giving an account of the improvement of the city, during that period (Philadelphia: Published by Robert DeSilver, No. 110 Walnut Street, 1831), vol. II, opposite page 21., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 577, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.9830.2 a&b and in Am 1831 Mease 68582.D and in Am 1831 Mease Log 4072.D and in Am 1831 Mease 20876., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Loose prints gift of Jay Snider.
Creator: Breton, William L., ca. 1773-1855, artist
Date: [1831]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W283 [P.9830.2 a&b]

Title: Globe Hotel. Centennial grounds
Description: View looking south on Belmont Avenue showing one of the two temporary hotels built to accommodate visitors to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876. The hotel, operated by John A. Rice and situated opposite the entrance to the grounds, contained 1000 rooms to house 3,000 to 5,000 guests for $5 a day. Street lamps and billboards line the sidewalk., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title from manuscript note on verso., Belmont Avenue near Elm Avenue., 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. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Hotels [P.9058.177]

Title: Globe Hotel. Cenntenial grounds
Description: View looking north on Belmont Avenue showing one of the two temporary hotels built to accommodate visitors to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876. The hotel, operated by John A. Rice and situated opposite the entrance to the grounds, contained 1000 rooms to house 3,000 to 5,000 guests for $5 a day. Street lamps and telegraph poles line the sidewalk., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title from manuscript note on verso., Belmont Avenue near Elm Avenue., 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. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Hotels [P.9058.178]

Title: [Old Log Cabin, Wissahickon]
Description: View showing the Wissahickon Creek hostelry, reconstructed out of the log cabin built during William Henry Harrison's 1840 presidential campaign, operated by Tommy Llewellyn. The hotel, containing a dining room, drinking room, and ladies saloon, also displayed wildlife as a novelty attraction. A white woman and an African American man with a horse stand in front of the hotel. The creek is visible in the foreground. The hotel was razed in 1872., Title supplied by cataloger., Pink mount with rounded corners., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Publisher's imprint printed on verso., Inscribed in negative: 76., Printed on mount: No. 4., Reissue of circa 1870 view entitled "Old Log Cabin" by R. Newell & Son of Philadelphia from the series Stereoscopic views. Fairmount Park views., Gift of Robert M. Vogel, 1984., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: R. Newell & Son, photographer
Date: 1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Hotels [P.9047.95]

Title: View on the Wissihicken [sic] near Philla. [sic]
Description: View showing a stretch of Lincoln Drive including Maple Spring Hotel, the roadhouse and picnic resort established around 1865. The hotel was known for proprietor Joseph Smith's prominently displayed hand-carved curios created from laurel root that 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 horse-drawn carriage travels down the wooded road., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title from manuscript note on verso., Name of photographer from duplicate. (3)1322.F.137h., Gift of Ivan Noble., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett & Smith, photographer
Date: ca. 1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & Smith - Hotels [7992.F.8]

Title: Hotel Aubry [sic], West Philadelphia, Pa
Description: View showing the "dwelling house" hotel built on Walnut Street between 33rd and 34th streets for the Centennial Exhibition in 1876. The hotel, built on inexpensive land considered undesirable for a permanent hotel, was composed of rows of several houses that were to be later sold or leased as individual dwellings. Guests stand on the porch of the twenty-six house hotel. Horse-drawn carriages travel in the street., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title from manuscript note on mount., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Hotels [P.9047.51]

Title: Belmont dining room
Description: Shows the dining room of the hotel built for the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 in West Philadelphia at Forty-first and Oregon streets. The hotel, advertised as within the shade of "Silver Maple Grove," accommodated 1000 guests. The tables are covered with lace tablecloths and a large ornate chandelier hangs from the ceiling., Orange mount with rounded corners., Negative annotated with title., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1876, ca. 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Hotels [P.9047.149]

Title: Girard House
Description: View looking east from above Ninth Street showing the hotel, built from 1851-1852 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr., at 823-835 Chestnut Street. Horse-drawn carriages are parked in front of the building., Orange 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.
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Hotels [P.9047.43]

Title: Girard House, Ninth & Chestnut Sts., Phila, Pa
Description: View looking east from above Ninth Street showing the Girard House hotel, built from 1851-1852 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr., at 823-835 Chestnut Street. Horse-drawn carriages are parked in front of the hotel. Also shows partial view of the Continental Hotel, also built after the designs of McArthur from 1857-1860, on the south side of the street. A street lamp with an advertisement for the Chestnut Street Theater stands in front of the Continental., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Negative annotated with title., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Hotels [P.9733]

Title: Girard House, Ninth & Chestnut Sts., Phila, Pa
Description: View looking east from above Ninth Street showing the Girard House hotel, built from 1851-1852 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr., at 823-835 Chestnut Street. Horse-drawn carriages are parked in front of the hotel. Also shows partial view of the Continental Hotel, also built after the designs of McArthur from 1857-1860, on the south side of the street. A street lamp with an advertisement for the Chestnut Street Theater stands in front of the Continental., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Negative annotated with title., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Hotels [P.9013.6]

Title: Girard House, Ninth & Chestnut Sts., Phila, Pa
Description: View looking east from above Ninth Street showing the hotel, built from 1851-1852 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr., at 823-835 Chestnut Street. Horse-drawn carriages are parked in front of the hotel. Also shows partial view of the Continental Hotel, also built after the designs of McArthur from 1857-1860, on the south side of the street. A street lamp with an advertisement for Chestnut Street Theater stands in front of the Continental., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Negative annotated with title., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: L.D. & Co.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Hotels [P.9047.16]

Title: Girard House Philadelphia
Description: View showing the Girard House hotel, built from 1851-1852 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr., at 823-835 Chestnut Street. Signage advertising John O. Mead & Sons, silverplaters, adorns the hotel building. In the foreground, construction work on the foundations of the Continental Hotel (built 1857-1860), also after the designs of McArthur, is visible., Yellow mount with square corners., Title from manuscript note on mount., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1857]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Hotels [(8)1322.F.29g]

Title: [Globe Hotel, Belmont Avenue near Elm Avenue, Philadelphia]
Description: View looking south on Belmont Avenue showing one of the temporary hotels built to accommodate visitors to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876. The hotel, operated by John A. Rice and situated opposite the entrance to the grounds, contained 1000 rooms to house 3,000 to 5,000 guests for $5 a day. Street lamps and a billboard advertising "Tropical Gardens opens May 15th" line the sidewalk. Also includes pedestrians strolling in front of the hotel., Title supplied by cataloguer., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Manuscript note on verso: Globe Hotel., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Hotels [P.9047.32]

Title: [Merchant's Hotel, No. 38 North Fourth Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Advertisement showing the front facade of the five-story hotel with balcony built 1837 after the designs of William Strickland. The name of the proprietor "Sanderson," i.e., Joseph M. Sanderson, adorns the entranceway. Also shows the hat shop of Lazel Elmes tenanting the building later renumbered to 40-50 North Fourth Street. A display of hats adorns the doorway to the shop. Merchant's Hotel was a premier early 19th-century hotel visited by several presidents and used as James Buchanan’s presidential campaign headquarters in 1856. The building was razed by fire in 1966., Title from Poulson inscription on recto: No. 38 north Fourth St., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 471, LCP copy trimmed and lacking title., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: [ca. 1838]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W234 [P.2104]

Title: Jones & Co. of the crescent one price clothing store, No. 200 Market Street, above 6th Phila Has constantly on hand a large & fashionable stock of clothing made in the best manner, expressly for retail sales, with the very lowest selling price marked in plain figures on each article & never varied; so all must buy alike, and with the full assurance of getting a good article at the lowest rates. Remember the crescent above 6th in Market St. No. 200
Description: Advertisement depicting the two-bay, five-story, green building occupied by Owen Jones's clothing store since 1846. White text advertising the business as a cheap, one price clothing store covers the facade. A columned arcade extends along the ground floor of the properties depicted, stopping at the States Union Hotel (right). A sales booth displaying wares is sandwiched between two columns at the street level. Men's vests, pants, and jackets hang under the arcade, as several men, and a couple stroll by on the wide, brick sidewalk., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 413, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Creator: Reynolds, Robert F., artist
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W206 [P.2142]

Title: [Chestnut Street in the snow, view east from Odiorne's studio at 920 Chestnut Street]
Description: View photographed following a snowstorm showing the 900-800 blocks of Chestnut Street. Includes the Girard House hotel, built 1851-1852 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr., at 823-838 Chestnut Street. Signage adorning 918 Chestnut Street and advertising "Geo. Fryer," dry goods at 916 Chestnut Street is also visible. Snow covers buildings' awnings and the street. A few pedestrians walk on the sidewalk and an individual leans from an upper window to sweep snow from a ledge., Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne., Title supplied by cataloguer., Stereograph mounted on grey mount with square corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Stereograph duplicate of print (6)1322.F.163b and (7)1322.F.63a., 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: 1859-1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Odiorne - Streets [(8)1322.F.27d & 51b]

Title: [Chestnut Street in the snow, view east from Odiorne's studio at 920 Chestnut Street]
Description: View photographed following a snowstorm showing the 900-800 blocks of Chestnut Street. Includes the Girard House hotel, built 1851-1852 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr., at 823-838 Chestnut Street. Signage adorning 918 Chestnut Street and advertising "Geo. Fryer," dry goods at 916 Chestnut Street is also visible. Snow covers buildings' awnings and the street. A few pedestrians walk on the sidewalk and an individual leans from an upper window to sweep snow from a ledge., Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne., Title supplied by cataloguer., Stereograph mounted on grey mount with square corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Stereograph duplicate of print (6)1322.F.163b and (7)1322.F.63a., 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: 1859-1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Odiorne - Streets [(8)1322.F.27d & 51b]

Title: Northwest corner of Carpenter and Sixth street, north of Chestnut Street Gray's brewery building is partially seen on the right of the picture. Where the "sign" is now, was, in my remembrance a picture full length of Sir John Falstaff, as represented in the Chestnut Street Theatre by William Warren, the manager
Description: View showing the Falstaff Hotel, formerly the Washington Tavern, established in 1790 on Sixth and Carpenter (i.e. Jayne) streets between Market and Chestnut streets. Hotel renamed in reference to a sign designed by John Archibald Woodside depicting actor William Warren (hotel owner) in the character of Falstaff adorning the inn in the 1820s-1830s. Inn used for legal proceedings and as a meeting-space for societies. Also shows a partial view of the adjacent Gray's Brewery (24 S. Sixth). Brewery operated by Gray family 1772-1866, including George W. Gray who served as proprietor 1850-1866., Title, date, and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount., Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 2, page 41. 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., 1980), entry # 72., See J. Thomas Scharff's and Thompson Westcott's History of Philadelphia, 1609-1884 (Philadelphia: L.H. Everts & Co., 1884), vol. 2, p. 984 for history of hotel., See J. Thomas Scharff's and Thompson Westcott's History of Philadelphia, 1609-1884 (Philadelphia: L.H. Everts & Co., 1884), vol. 3, p. 2278-2279 for history of brewery., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Select link below for a digital image., Reaccessioned as 8339.F.40.
Creator: Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date: June 1857
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Hotels, Inns, Taverns - F [(2)2526.F.41(Poulson)], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/rcd/8339f40d72.jpg

Title: [New England House and Edward France Hotel, 114 Dock Street, Philadelphia.]
Description: View showing a man and a group of boys posed in front of the hotel, tavern, and oyster house. Textual advertisements promoting oysters and ale adorn the windows. Also includes a partial view of the adjacent building., Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne., Title supplied by cataloguer., Manuscript note on recto: Dock St. formerly Thomas Shippen., Inscribed in negative: 30., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860, photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Odiorne - N [(7)1322.F.71b]

Title: Wissahickon
Description: View showing the Wissahickon Creek hostelry, Old Log Cabin Hotel, reconstructed out of the log cabin built during William Henry Harrison's 1840 presidential campaign, operated by Tommy Llewellyn. The hotel containing a dining room, drinking room, and ladies saloon, also displayed wildlife as a novelty attraction. A white woman and an African American man with a horse stand in front of the hotel. The creek is visible in the foreground. The hotel was razed in 1872., Title from manuscript note on mount., Inscribed in negative: 76., Orange mount with rounded corners., Reissue of a circa 1870 view entitled "Old Log Cabin" by R. Newell & Son of Philadelphia from the series "Stereoscopic views. Fairmount Park views.", Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of Jane Carson James, 1990., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: R. Newell & Son
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Hotels [P.9299.50]

Title: [Little Dock and Spruce streets, northwest corner, Philadelphia.]
Description: View looking west on Spruce Street from below Little Dock Street (i.e., Mattis Street). Shows a ramshackle building tenanted by B. Naylor's Hotel, including an oyster saloon at 127 Spruce (i.e., n.w. corner Spruce and Little Dock). Also shows an adjacent sign painting shop and a boy near the entranceway to the saloon., Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne., Title supplied by cataloguer., Manuscript note on recto: Dock St. -- Westside - opposite Tobacco store., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Published in Robert F. Looney's Old Philadelphia in early photographs 1839-1914 (New York: Published in cooperation with The Free Library of Philadelphia by Dover Publications, Inc., 1976), plate 40.
Creator: Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860, photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Odiorne - L [(7)1322.F.37c]

Title: Joseph Waterman's Western Exchange Hotel, 15th & Market streets
Description: Exterior view of the hotel patronized by farmers and used as the western terminus of several omnibus lines. Also shows, in the foreground, vendors and a horse-drawn wagon parked in front of the market sheds above Fifteenth Street. The market sheds were removed April 1859 following the completion of the Western Market House at Sixteenth and Market streets. Hotel removed circa 1860., Title and date from transcribed scrapbook inscription., Photographer's imprint blindstamped on mount., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 112., Arcadia caption text: In 1830, a western branch of sheds on Market Street was built between Fifteenth and Seventeenth streets. Known as the Western Market, the stalls stood near the Western Hotel, a resting spot for many of the farmers who rented at the market. The hotel also served as a western terminus for several omnibus lines. The market sheds were removed soon after this 1859 photograph was taken and replaced by the Western Market House at Sixteenth and Market streets. A year later, the hotel met the same fate as the sheds., Published in Robert F. Looney's Old Philadelphia in early photographs 1839-1914 (New York: Published in cooperation with The Free Library of Philadelphia by Dover Publications, Inc., 1976), plate 94., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: April 19, 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Hotels, Inns, and Taverns [(9)1322.F.49b]

Title: [Chestnut Street, rooftop view east from Odiorne's studio at 920 Chestnut]
Description: Rooftop view looking east from Odiorne's Studio at 920 Chestnut showing the 800 and 900 blocks, north side, of the commercial street. Businesses include a boys clothing store and the Girard House hotel, built from 1851-1852 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr,.(823-835 Chestnut). Includes partial view of the south side of the street., Title supplied by cataloguer., Date from manuscript note on mount., Manuscript note on mount: Chestnut St. E. from 9th., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Buff mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Image faded., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Odiorne operated from Philadelphia photographer Isaac Rehn's Gallery at 920 Chestnut Street between 1859 and 1860.
Creator: Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860, photographer
Date: 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Odiorne - Streets [(8)1322.F.27e]

Title: [Chestnut Street, rooftop view east from Odiorne's studio at 920 Chestnut]
Description: Rooftop view looking east from Odiorne's Studio at 920 Chestnut showing the 800 and 900 blocks, north side, of the commercial street. Businesses include a boys clothing store and the Girard House hotel, built from 1851-1852 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr,.(823-835 Chestnut). Includes partial view of the south side of the street., Title supplied by cataloguer., Date from manuscript note on mount., Manuscript note on mount: Chestnut St. E. from 9th., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Buff mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Image faded., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Odiorne operated from Philadelphia photographer Isaac Rehn's Gallery at 920 Chestnut Street between 1859 and 1860.
Creator: Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860, photographer
Date: 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Odiorne - Streets [(8)1322.F.27e]

Title: View on the Wissahickon above toll house
Description: View showing a stretch of Lincoln Drive including Maple Spring Hotel, the roadhouse and picnic resort established around 1865. The hotel was known for proprietor Joseph Smith's prominently displayed hand-carved curios created from laurel root that 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 horse-drawn carriage travels down the wooded road., Title from accompanying label., Photographer's imprint embossed on accompanying label., Trimmed orange mount with square corners., Paper backing pasted on verso., 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 [(3)1322.F.137h]

Title: Robert Morris Hotel & Fairmount House Kept by B.W. Brackin. Coates Street Wharf, Schuylkill. Opposite Fairmount Waterworks near Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement showing the four-story hotel opposite the race bridge of the waterworks. Guests stand and walk on the verandahs, roof deck, and observatory tower, and are visible in the entranceways of the hotel. A horse-drawn omnibus filled with passengers passes and a horse-drawn dray is parked across from barrels in front of the building. The back of a coach is also visible under an adjacent passageway. The hotel was often used as a meeting place by the boat clubs nearby on the Schuylkill River. Also shows adjacent businesses. Hotel razed circa 1868., Not in Wainwright., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 653
Creator: Lehman, George, d. 1870, artist
Date: [ca. 1833]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Hotels, Inns and Taverns [6484.F]

Title: Girard House Hotel, northeast corner of Chestnut & 9th St As viewed from the southwest across the foundation walls of the new hotel on the s.e. corner of Chestnut and Ninth Street
Description: View looking northeast from the construction site of the Continental Hotel showing the Girard House hotel, built 1851-1852 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr., at 823-835 Chestnut Street. Signage advertising John O. Mead & Sons, silverplaters, adorns the hotel building. Also shows an advertisement promoting "Bathing Robes at Sloans" visible on a building adjacent to the construction and a man standing on a section of the foundation. The Continental Hotel was built 1857-1860 after the designs of McArthur., Title, date, and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on (3)2526.F.115., One of the images originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia. (, One of the images 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 115. 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., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Select link below for a digital image., (6)1322.F.65b reproduction of (3)2526.F.115, (3)2526.F.115 reaccessioned as 8339.F.4.
Creator: Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date: March 1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Hotels - G [(6)1322.F.65b; (3)2526.F.115], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/rcd/8339f4.jpg

Title: [Robert Morris Hotel & Fairmount House, Coates Street wharf on the Schuylkill opposite Fairmount Waterworks, Philadelphia]
Description: Shows the hotel opposite the race bridge of the waterworks. The hotel, adorned with lettering advertising ice cream, was often used as a meeting place by the boat clubs nearby on the Schuylkill River. Also shows adjacent businesses. Hotel razed circa 1868., Title supplied by cataloguer., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., *McClees 1858-16., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: ca. 1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *photo - McClees [(6)1322.F.164]

Title: Girard House, Phila
Description: View from above Ninth Street looking east showing the hotel, built from 1851-1852 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr. (823-835 Chestnut). Signage for businesses operating within the hotel adorn the building. Businesses advertised include: the Broadway Oyster House; Noonan's Bowling, Billiard, and Shuffle Board rooms; and a newspaper subscription agency. Also shows a lamppost at the corner of Ninth and Chestnut streets with advertisements for Oldenbergh's "Prize Medal" shirts; a partial view of the Pennsylvania Railroad city ticket office (901 Chestnut Street); and horse-drawn carriages parked in front of the hotel., Title from manuscript note on verso., Green mount with rounded corners., Gift of Jane Carson James., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Hotels [P.9299.23]

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