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Congress Hall and New Theatre, in Chestnut Street Philadelphia

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W. Birch & Son

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Street scene showing Chestnut Street near Sixth Street, including views of Congress Hall and the New Theatre. Depicts white men and women and an African American woman holding an African American baby in her arms and with a white boy at her side, strolling or conversing near a wooden post in front of the hall. In front of the theatre a large crowd is gathered, a white female peddler sells her goods, and a coach travels up Chestnut Street. Congress Hall, completed in 1789 to house the Pennsylvania district and county courts, was the first quarters of the U.S. Congress from 1790 until 1800. Completed in 1793, the New Theatre, or the First Chestnut Street Theatre, was established by actor Thomas Wignell and musician Alexander Reinagle. Modeled after a lavish English theatre, it quickly became the fashionable theatre of the city.; Drawn, engraved & published by W. Birch & Son Neshaminy Bridge.; Title from item.

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Keywords

  1. African American Children
  2. African American Women
  3. African Americans
  4. Chestnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.)
  5. Children
  6. Congress Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
  7. Courthouses
  8. Engravings
  9. Hand Colored
  10. Peddlers
  11. Peddling
  12. Pedestrians
  13. Pennsylvania
  14. Philadelphia
  15. Streets
  16. Theaters
  17. Women
  18. Wood Poles

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