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Library Company of Philadelphia Menus and Culinary History Collection

Tamany Fish House, on the Pea Shore, R. Delaware. [graphic] / Thomas M. Scott.

ASSU Illustration 1589

Rialto House, Christopher Dusch, proprietor. Fairmount Park.

Cathay Restaurant, 1221-23 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. [graphic] : Music, dancing, broadcasting.

South China Restaurant [graphic].

Cafe L'Aiglon, corner of main dining room, Chestnut and Fifteenth Streets, Philadelphia

Blanks', dining room, 1024-26 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia

Ladies' and Gentlemens' Restaurant, Green's Hotel, Chestnut and 8th Streets, Philadelphia, Pa

Kugler's Restaurant postcards

Green's Hotel postcards

Chinatown, Philadelphia, Pa. [900 block Race Street] [graphic].

Chinatown by moonlight Philadelphia, Pa. [900 block Race Street] [graphic].

Chinatown. Looking north on Hutchinson Street which dead ends into Race Street [graphic].

Cathay Tea Garden, 1221-23-25 Chestnut St., Philadelphia [graphic].

Horn & Hardart's Automat postcards

Horn & Hardart's Automat postcards

A scene in the Golden Dragon, 1526 Market Street, Philadelphia's most beautiful restaurant [graphic].

A scene in the Golden Dragon, 1526 Market Street, Philadelphia's most beautiful restaurant [graphic].

Fifth above Arch Street, eastside, Philadelphia. [graphic].

[Front facade to Lubin's nickeleon movie theater] [graphic].

Bingham Hotel postcards

Customer. "Rather cool weather Pete, for a close crop like that." Pete. "Can't help it Boss---the proprietor says long hairs gits in de wittles." [graphic].

Gottleib Hartung's wine & lager beer hall and restaurant. Importer of Rhenish and Neckar wines, No. 512 Race St., Philadelphia.

Sanitary Fair. : Catalogue of articles to be sold at the Restaurant Department, at the Great Central Fair buildings, on Saturday morning, July 2d, 1864, at 10 o'clock. ...

Franks Dining Room, for ladies and gents, open day and night, 216 N. Ninth St., Phila. [graphic].

Stereoscopic view of Market Street, Philadelphia, including a view of the Market House from 8th to Front St. [graphic].

[Hope Hose Company steam fire engine and fire fighters in front of the company fire station, Second and Union streets, Philadelphia] [graphic].

Muzzy's corn starch [graphic].

Ph. J. Lauber importer of wines. Wholesale retail. Nos. 24 & 26 South Fifth St.

Smith's Island. C. Boenning, proprietor

No.1 Residence of Rt. Rev. Dr. Wm. White, Bishop of Pennsylvania, No. 2 Residence of Chas. Chauncey, Esq. No.3 his law office [graphic] : these houses on Walnut Street No. 3 being one to the n.w. cor. of that and Third Street / Photograph by Richards.

[Chestnut Street looking east from below Fifteenth Street, Philadelphia]

Perot mansion. North side of Market Street near Eighth St (old no. 297, now no. 731). [graphic] : At this date ( June 15th 1859) it is the only exclusively private dwelling house on Market Street, either side of the way, between the Delaware and Schuylkil

[Plate 2 and advertisements from Rae's Philadelphia pictorial directory & panoramic advertiser. Chestnut Street, from Second to Tenth Streets] [graphic].

[Plate 8 and advertisements from Rae's Philadelphia pictorial directory & panoramic advertiser. Chestnut Street, from Second to Tenth Streets] [graphic].