Castner Scrapbook v.2, Theatres, page 15
Historical Images of Philadelphia Castner Scrapbook CollectionItem Info
Media Type: Scrapbooks
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:
Item pdcc00093, top right [image dimensions 16.5 cm x 11.0 cm]:
Printed image of the Horticultural Hall on Broad Street, below Locust. Below the image is the following advertisement for its facilities: Can be leased for all first class entertainments. Especially Equipped for Amateur Theatricals, Bazars, Balls, Concerts. Stage Scenery, Foot Lights, &c. For Open Time and Rates of Rental, apply to D.D.L.Farson, Supt., Horticultural Hall.
Source : http://www.pennsylvaniahorticulturalsociety.org/aboutus/phs_history.html
Building demolished: YES 1893
Notes:
Item pdcc00094, middle [image dimensions 9.0 cm x 7.6 cm]:
Square - on albumen photograph of the front of Horticultural Hall on South Broad Street below Locust. Three children are standing at the bottom of the steps leading to the entrance. On the lower right side of the building a poster advertises "Two Orphans" with the word "Opening" discernible above.
Building demolished: YES 1881
Notes:
Item pdcc00095, top left [image dimensions 8.3 cm x 11.5 cm]:
View showing the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's building on South broad Street.
http://www.pennsylvaniahorticulturalsociety.org/aboutus/phs_history.html
Building demolished: YES 1893
Notes:
Item pdcc00096, bottom [image dimensions 13.5 cm x 20.2]:
http://www.pennsylvaniahorticulturalsociety.org/aboutus/phs_history.html
The original Horticultural Hall. This brick building was built on South Broad Street.
Building demolished: YES 1881
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.165043
Geocode Latitude:39.947518
Call Number: A917.481 P536 v.2
Creator Name: Castner, Samuel, Jr., 1843-1929 - Compiler
Blanc, Albert A., 1850-1928 - Engraver