Chestnut Strasse, Sudwetseite der 4th.= Chestnut Street, west of Fourth.
Title
Chestnut Strasse, Sudwetseite der 4th.= Chestnut Street, west of Fourth
Description
Street scene showing the south side of Chestnut Street between 4th and 5th Streets depicting two bank buildings designed by Philadelphia architect William Strickland: the Philadelphia Bank building (built 1836) and the custom house (formerly the Second Bank of the U.S., built 1818-24). Philadelphia Bank building (400-408 Chestnut, after renumbering) houses and includes signage for the Western Bank and Girard Life & Trust Company, as well as H.S. & C. Ogden, tailors; Kelly & Bright, stationers; Edward Borheck, optician; Martin Leans, engraver; Wilcox & Delleker, custom house brokers; and Wm. H. Patton, dealer in decorative wall papers. Street scene includes a vendor, two coaches, a man on horseback, and pedestrians., Title and imprint variant of one in the series "Panorama of Philadelphia" published 1856 by Schnabel, Finkelday & Demme., Not in Wainwright., pdcp00019, Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana – Streets – Chestnut - 4th-5th, Schnable & Finkelday operated as a partnership 1858-1860 following the departure of partner Willliam Demme in 1857.
Creator
Collins & Autenrieth, artist
Date
[ca. 1858]
Location
Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Philadelphiana - Streets - Chestnut - 4th-5th
The United States Polka,
Title
The United States Polka
Description
Sheet music cover containing two views related to the United States Fire Company, the volunteer fire company instituted in 1811. Upper view shows the company fire station at Wood Street above Fourth. Two men stand in front of the firehouse and neighboring buildings are visible. Lower view shows volunteer firefighters, most in uniform, including an African American man, standing around their Philadelphia-style hand-pumper engine. The men wear capelets and hats. Two hold horns and another two rest their hands on the harness of the engine. Also contains a border containing ivy, ribbon, and fire fighting iconography including ladders, hydrants, hoses, and bells., Not in Wainwright., pdcp00020, Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Fire Companies
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Philadelphiana - Fire Companies
U. S. Bank,
Title
U. S. Bank
Description
Possible proof copy of view looking east showing the Second Bank of the United States, built 1821-1824 after the designs of William Strickland at 420 Chestnut Street. Also shows the neighboring Bank of Philadelphia, completed in 1837, also after the designs of Strickland, at 400-408 Chestnut. Pedestrians traverse the sidewalks in front of the banks and across from the buildings. Couples promenade and greet each other, and patrons ascend the stairs of the U.S. Bank and convene in front of the Philadelphia Bank. Also shows two dogs playing in the street and a man exiting the adjacent building (134, i.e., 426 Chestnut) partially visible in the right of the image. Building served as the Custom House 1844-1935., Originally published as plate 2 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., pdcp00018, Philadelphia on Stone, POS 762, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana – Streets – Chestnut - 4th-5th. FLP copy contains albumen print showing the Custom House pasted on recto., See Martin Snyder’s "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53., Title variant of Wainwright 415.4.
Creator
Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date
c1840
Location
Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Philadelphiana - Streets - Chestnut - 4th-5th
View of Chestnut Street Philadelphia.
Title
View of Chestnut Street Philadelphia
Description
Reproduction of lithographic view looking east on Chestnut Street from below Fifth Street showing the United States Hotel built in the early 1800s at 419-423 Chestnut. Includes the nearby business of A.L. Vanhorn, "Suspender Stock Russian Belt manufacturer" (403 Chestnut) and the adjacent "Bank" building (425 Chestnut). Also shows heavy street and pedestrian traffic, including two carriages parked in front of the hotel, men on horseback traveling in the street, and a couple strolling near men conversing in front of the steps to the Custom House (420 Chestnut Street), partially visible to the right of the image. Hotel purchased by the Philadelphia Bank in 1856., pdcp00009, Philadelphia on Stone, POS 787, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Streets - Chestnut Street 4th-7th, Original in the collections of the American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, Pa.
Creator
Bowen, John T., ca. 1801-1856?
Date
c1840
Location
Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Philadelphiana - Streets - Chestnut Street - 4th-5th