[Chestnut Street Theatre, 603-609 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia] [graphic] / Photograph by McClees 160 Chestnut St., Philada. Date May 1, 1855. Description View of the second building of the theater, built 1820-1822 after the designs of William Strickland, displaying several playbills for the last performance at the current building. Includes additional playbills displayed under a gaslight fixture in front of the adjacent theater, the Melodeon (611-613 Chestnut). Fixture adorned with shades advertising the Melodeon Celebrated Troupe Dancer and an illustration of a dancer. Also shows the opposite neighboring businesses of a shooting gallery and Shakespeare Bowling Saloon (601 Chestnut) and Harts Building owned by prominent Jewish publisher and philanthropist, Abraham Hart, erected 1848 (537-539 Chestnut). Signage advertising Gilbert & Gihon, engravers on wood, is partially visible on Harts Building and a poster showing a man shooting a pistol adorns the shooting gallery. Theater razed 1856. LCP
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