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Picture Postcards of Old Philadelphia by Robert F Looney 24 ready to mail views
Picture Postcards of Old Philadelphia by Robert F Looney
Soft Cover
6 pages (24 post cards)
Copyright 1983
CONTENTS
1 Dock, 3rd and Walnut Sts 1895
2 John Wanamakers Grand Depot, Market and 13th Sts 1900
3 Opening day of the Centennial Exposition May 10 1876
4 Independence Hall and Congress Hall 1910
5 Academy of Music, Broad and Locust Sts 1924
6 East River Drive 1893
7 Rittenhouse Square 1890
8 Willow Grove Amusement Park 1910
9 Broad Street Station at Penn Square 1910
10 Stratford Hotel, Broad and Walnut Sts 1895
11 4th and Locust Sts, Society Hill 1859
12 Market St west from 12th St 1888
13 Chestnut St west from 8th St 1889
14 Walnut Street Theatre, Walnut and 9th Sts
15 Delaware Ave north from Market St 1890
16 Strawbridge & Clothier department store 1898
17 Fairmount Water Works 1870
18 Broad St north from Penn Square 1900
19 Market St east from 6th St 1902
20 Philadelphias first steam engine 1860
21 Broad St north from Locust St 1905
22 Bladins St north from Locust St 1905
23 Hand of the Statue of Liberty at the 1876 Centennial
24 Chestnut St west from 9th St 1890
ON THE BACK COVER
Old Philadelphia may no longer exist, but you can recapture some of its remarkable charm in these 24 views dating from 1859 to 1924. These rare photographs are reproduced here in the form of actual postcards that you can detach and mail, or keep as authentic records of the city's past.
Printed in duotone on 6 leaves of perforated card stock, these picture postcards show many famous buildings and sites: Independence Hall in 1910, the famed Academy of Music (showing posters for a recital by Rachmaninoff) in 1924, the Walnut Street Theatre (America's oldest theater in continuous use) in 1868, Rittenhouse Square in 1890, Chestnut Street ca. 1890, Society Hill in 1859, East River Drive in 1893, John Wanamaker's first department store in 1902, etc. Of special interest are two postcards showing Philadelphia's Centennial Exposition in 1876: the Art Gallery, later known as Memorial Hall, on the opening day of the Exposition (May 10), and the hand and torch of Bartholdi's uncompleted Statue of Liberty.
Each view is identified on the reverse, where there is also space for your postcard greeting and mail address. A grand collection of views of old Philadelphia in an unusual and convenient format, this book offers a unique way to keep in touch with friends and relatives, as well as with the city as it once was.
Original Dover (1977, 1983) publication. 24 photographs. 12pp. 81/4 x 11. Paperbound.
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