Tradecard containing a vignette of the "Continental Hotel, Philadelphia" at 824-838 Chestnut Street. View also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn carriages, an omnibus, and a man on horseback. Mayer, Strouse & Baum, was active 1861-1863. The hotel was built 1860 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 462, Stein & Jones established in 1859 was active under that name until the death of Stein in 1871.
Date
[ca. 1862]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.140g]
Tradecard containing a vignette of the "Continental Hotel, Philadelphia" at 824-838 Chestnut Street. View also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn carriages, an omnibus, and a man on horseback. Mayer, Strouse & Baum, was active 1861-1863. The hotel was built 1860 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 462, Stein & Jones established in 1859 was active under that name until the death of Stein in 1871.
Date
[ca. 1862]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.140g]
