Photo, Print, Drawing Panorama of Philadelphia. Chestnut Street, East of Fifth. Chestnut Street, East of Fifth
About this Item
Title
- Panorama of Philadelphia. Chestnut Street, East of Fifth.
Other Title
- Chestnut Street, East of Fifth
Summary
- This lithograph from circa 1856 shows a panoramic view of businesses marked with pre-consolidation addresses located on the south side of the 400 block of Chestnut Street (134--140, i.e., 420--428) in Philadelphia. Signage and ornaments adorn the buildings. The view includes L.J. Levy & Company, dry goods store (420); Bailey & Kitchen, jeweler, and Broadbent & Company, daguerreotype rooms (422); W.F. Warburton, late W.H. Beebe & Company, hatter, and C. Stinger, dressmaker (424); James E. Caldwell & Company, jeweler (426); and M.A. Root, gallery of daguerreotypes, Wriggens & Warden, jeweler, and S. Marot, engraver (428). The scene also shows heavy street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn carriages and an omnibus. Part of the old City Hall, located at Fifth and Chestnut Streets, is also visible. A crowd of people stands at the tree-lined street corner near the building. The lithograph was produced by the firm Schnabel, Finkeldey & Demme, a partnership between three German-born Philadelphia lithographers: William Demme, John F. Finkeldey, and Edward Schnabel. The firm was active under this name circa 1856--57, and produced a series of prints detailing commercial buildings on Chestnut Street, as well as sheet music covers.
Names
- Autenrieth, C. M. (Charles M.), active 1856-1908 Artist.
- Collins, Edward, 1821-1902 Artist.
- Schnabel, Finkeldey & Demme Lithographer.
Created / Published
- Philadelphia : Schnabel, Finkeldey & Demme's Lithography Institute, 1856.
Headings
- - United States of America--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
- - 1856
- - Advertising
- - Carriages and carts
- - Cities and towns
- - Clothing stores
- - Commercial streets
- - Dry goods stores
- - Engravers
- - Horse-drawn vehicles
- - Jewelers
- - Lithographs
- - Merchants
- - Panoramic views
- - Photographic studios
- - Storefronts
- - Stores and shops
- - Street scenes
Notes
- - Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
- - "Digital catalog number: POS 541.1"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
- - Original resource extent: 1 print : lithograph, tinted ; 29 x 36 centimeters.
- - Original resource at: The Library Company of Philadelphia.
- - Content in English.
- - Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.
Medium
- 1 online resource.
Source Collection
- Philadelphia on Stone
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2021670386
Online Format
- compressed data
- image