Photo, Print, Drawing Merchant's Hotel, Number 38, North Fourth Street, Philadelphia.
About this Item
Title
- Merchant's Hotel, Number 38, North Fourth Street, Philadelphia.
Summary
- This advertisement shows the front facade of the five-story hotel with balcony built in 1837 at 38 North Fourth Street in Philadelphia after the designs of William Strickland (1788--1854). The name of the proprietor, Sanderson, i.e., Joseph M. Sanderson, adorns the entranceway. Also shown is the hat shop of Lazel Elmes, a tenant in the building. A display of hats adorns the doorway to the shop. Merchant's Hotel was a premier early 19th-century hotel that was visited by several presidents and used as the presidential campaign headquarters of James Buchanan in 1856. The building was destroyed by fire in 1966. Based in Philadelphia, Strickland was one of the first architects of the Greek Revival style in the United States as well as a civil engineer and artist. The illustration is by John Caspar Wild (circa 1804--46), a Swiss-born artist and lithographer who produced paintings and prints of Philadelphia and other American cities.
Names
- Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), circa 1804-1846 Artist.
Created / Published
- Philadelphia : P.S. Duval, Lithographer, 1838.
Headings
- - United States of America--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
- - 1838
- - Advertising
- - Cities and towns
- - Hat trade
- - Hats
- - Hotels
- - Lithographs
- - Merchants
- - Storefronts
- - Stores and shops
- - Street scenes
Notes
- - Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
- - "Digital catalog number: POS 471"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
- - Original resource extent: 1 print : lithograph ; 22 x 22 centimeters.
- - Reference extracted from World Digital Library: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary, Library Company of Philadelphia, http://www.librarycompany.org/pos/posdictionary.htm.|John External Caspar Wild, Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary, Library Company of Philadelphia, http://www.lcpdigital.org. External
- - 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
- 2021670398
Online Format
- compressed data
- image