Summary: | Fireplace in Old Bookbinder's Restaurant, 125 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1930-1945. Front caption reads: "One of our old historical fireplaces built of old cobblestones taken from the original Walnut Street pavement over which George Washington and his troops marched on their way to Valley Forge; also two old Revolutionary cannons and grist mill grinding stones." Back caption reads: "Philadelphia's oldest sea food restaurant situated on the site of William Penn's home, within ten minutes walking distance of most of the historical shrines in old Philadelphia among them Old Christ's Church, Betsy Ross House, and the Liberty Bell." Postcard number: 10 AT 1006. |
Provider: | Beals |
Century: | 1901-2000 |
Printing place: | North America |
United States of America |
Place of origin – Continent: | North America |
Place of origin – Country: | United States of America |
Place of origin – Region: | Iowa |
Place of origin – Settlement: | Des Moines |
Temporal subject: |
1931-1940
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1941-1950
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Geographical subject – Continent: | North America |
Geographical subject – Country: | United States of America |
Geographical subject – Region: | Pennsylvania |
Geographical subject – Settlement: | Philadelphia |
Topical subjects: | Restaurants |
Fireplaces |
Interiors |
Genre: | Postcards |
ArchivesUM location: | National Trust Library Postcard Collection |
Repository: | National Trust for Historic Preservation Library Collection |
Browse terms: | Architecture, Landscape, Historic Places |
Copyright holder: | Public Domain |
Collection: | National Trust Library Historic Postcard Collection |
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