View showing the museum originally built as a church in 1823 at 415-417 Callowhill Street. A group of men and women enter one of the seventh entrances in the left of the image. A sign reading "Star Hall" hangs above the door and a flag marked "City Museum" adorns the roof of the building. Materials are displayed in several of the windows and two men stand at another entrance. Also includes pedestrians on the sidewalk walking near a street lamp. The museum opened in 1854 and housed natural history, science and portrait exhibits on the lower floor and a theatre on the upper floor. Museum burned in 1868., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 135, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 09 C 581
Creator
Rease, W. H., artist
Date
ca. 1858
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 09 C 581
Copyrighted by G. Vogt., Cover illustration is a lithograph showing a view of the fancifully adorned City Museum originally built as a church in 1823 at 415-417 Callowhill Street. Several individuals, including families, gentlemen, and a b'hoy enter, process, and stand in front of the building. Lamps line the street and a few men are visible on the balcony. Building includes a series of painted billboards across the roof designed as a frieze. Billboards depict animal scenes including a ram, donkey, and a goat; a jungle scene with a giraffe, snake, and a man riding an elephant; a mother tiger with her cubs; and a lion tamer with his big cat. The roof piece also contains two model alligators entwined by snakes, architectural embellishments, and flags. The museum opened in 1854 and housed natural history, science and portrait exhibits on the lower floor and a theatre on the upper floor. Museum burned in 1868., Artist: P. Kramer; Printer: T. Sinclair's Lith., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 136, Wainwright retrospective project, edited., LCP AR [Annual Report] 1986, p. 47-48.
Creator
Scherzer, Adolph, composer
Date
c1854
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Sheet Music Cit P.9166.2, http://www.lcpimages.org/wainwright/W073.htm
