Erlanger Theatre, 21st & Market Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. [graphic]

Format:

Image

Contributor:

Erlanger, A. L. (Abraham Lincoln)

Dillingham, C. B.

Jennings, W. N.

Pearce, Joseph N.

Hoffman Henon Co.

Stanley Company of America.

Belmont Iron Works (Philadelphia, Pa.)

P.H. Kelly Co.

Visual Materials Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theaters--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

21st & Market Sts. (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Erlanger Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Cafe Erlanger (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Local Subjects:

21st & Market Sts. (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Erlanger Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Cafe Erlanger (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Physical Description:

63 photoprints : mixed media ; 8 x 11 in. or smaller

Contained In:

Irvin R. Glazer theaters collection. Graphics series.

Place of Publication:

1927-1978.

Notes:

Set includes: [1] 4 brown-toned prints, exterior views, by "W.N. Jennings, photography,45 South 17th Street, Phila.", labelled Erlanger Theatre, Hoffman-Henon Co., architects, and dated Mar.-June 1927. These items have numbers 1616, 2192(2), & 2199, and additional numbers in red ink, 11-14. [2] 4 b&w prints, interior views, by "Joseph N. Pearce, photographer, 5302 Pine Street, Philadelphia, Pa." These items have Pearce numbers 15367,15369, 15371, 15372, and also numbers in red ink 276-277 & 281-282. [3] 1 unidentified b&w print, probably of a drawing in a book, showing a rendered street scene with figures & automobiles, ca. 1920's. [4] 1 unidentified b&w snapshot, with auto ca. 1950s(?) [5] 4 unidentified b&w snapshots, exterior, with autos ca. 1960's. [6] 1 col. snapshot, "21 & Mkt, Phila., Nov. '71"--verso, showing marquees. [7] 52 col. shapshots, Kodak date Oct. '78, showing the demolition of the structure.

Jennings 1927 photographs show the building in construction. A sign on the structure reads: Philadelphia finest theatre, "The Erlanger". The building will be devoted to the class of attraction seen always at the Forrest Theatre. Messrs. A.L. Erlanger - C.B. Dillingham, and the Stanley Company of America, John J. McQuirk, Pres." Above this sign, in separate photos, are construction firm signs for: [1] P.H. Kelly Co., Inc., Press Bldg., Phila., Pa. [2] Belmont Iron Works ... structural steel. A partially visible sign on the earliest photo includes "This site ... Stanley ... Mastbaum Bros. & Fleish ..."

Demolition photos show "Cafe Erlanger" on the lower marquee.

Forms part of: Irvin R. Glazer theaters collection. Graphics series.

Cited in:

Glazer, p.105.