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Continental Hotel, corner of Chestnut & Ninth street Philadelphia – Vintage Wall Art

Continental Hotel, corner of Chestnut & Ninth street Philadelphia, [no date recorded on shelflist card] — historic print
Continental Hotel, corner of Chestnut & Ninth street Philadelphia, [no date recorded on shelflist card]. Historic print from the Philadelphia collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This historic print of Continental Hotel, corner of Chestnut & Ninth street Philadelphia brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Continental Hotel, corner of Chestnut & Ninth street Philadelphia

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Few hotels in nineteenth-century Philadelphia sat as close to the center of city life as the Continental, which stood at the corner of Chestnut and Ninth streets. The record gives no date, and the shelflist card's link to the name Bufford is unverified, though that name points to a Boston lithographic firm that produced city views in the 1800s. Chestnut Street was the city's main commercial and social thoroughfare, so a hotel on this corner would have served travelers, merchants and visitors drawn by the city's business and public life. The building's street-level details and any signage are worth comparing with other views of the block.

Created / published[no date recorded on shelflist card]
Medium1 print.
NotesThis record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Bufford.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,083 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-112950

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