Castner Scrapbook v. 11, Hotels, Inns, page 96
Historical Images of Philadelphia Castner Scrapbook Collection
Item Info
Media Type: Scrapbooks
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:
Item pdcc01192, top left [image dimensions 8.4 cm x 10.4 cm]:
Halftone reproduction of photograph showing the historic inn. Located on 2nd Street above Poplar, the hostelry was built c.1806. Shows a man and three children posing in front of the entrance to the courtyard. It was in front of the Bull's Head Hotel, in 1809, that the first rail track was laid in America. A car was placed on a track of wooden rails eight feet wide and a hundred and eighty feet long. It was found that a horse could pull a heavy load upon the track with more ease than several horses used upon an ordinary road. Horse railroads soon became a common sight in the city and beyond.
Building demolished: YES
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Item pdcp00568, top right:
Located: Postcard Collection Under: Philadelphia - Hotels - Mermaid
Originally built ca. 1795. Demolished and rebuilt early 20th century.
Undivided Back, 1 cent postage.
Building demolished: YES
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.160766
Geocode Latitude:39.948706
Call Number: A917.481 P536 v.11
Creator Name: Castner, Samuel, Jr., 1843-1929 - Compiler
World Post Card Company - Lithographer
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