Contains exterior views of the Gimbel Brothers department store before and after the new building was constructed in 1926 by Graham, Anderson, Probst & White. Includes interior views of an aisle, the piano rooms, a restaurant, a millinery salon and various furniture from the exhibition of Colleen Moore's Doll House circa 1935. Also includes an advertisement for Simplex typewriters., Contains 4 postcards printed in color and 10 in black and white., 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
1910-1935
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Business and Industry - Gimbels - 38]
View looking east from Ninth Street showing the south side of the 800 block of Market Street. Depicts Gimbel Brother's Department Store, opened in 1894, at the southeast corner of Ninth and Market streets. Street and pedestrian traffic includes trolleys and horse-drawn carriages., Tile from label on negative., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Printed on mount: Made especially for fine trade., 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. 1895
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Streets [P.9260.82]
