Corner Stores Building, Corner Stores Corporation, Felt Bros. [graphic] / The Ballinger Company, architects and engineers, Philadelphia, New York.

Format:

Image

Author/Creator:

Ballinger Company.

Contributor:

Dorfner, Anton.

Mylecraine, Earl.

Sutton, D. E.

Anton Dorfner and Sons.

Bull's Market.

Corner Store Corp.

Earl Mylecraine Lubricating Station.

Felt Brothers.

Franklin Variety (Firm)

Jawer.

Willys-Knight and Overland.

Willys-Knight and Whippet.

Visual Materials Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Retail stores--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Philadelphia (Pa.).

Chelten & Ogontz Aves. (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Corner Store Buildings (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Local Subjects:

Philadelphia (Pa.).

Chelten & Ogontz Aves. (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Corner Store Buildings (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Genre:

Architectural drawings.

Physical Description:

5 photoprints : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.

Contained In:

Ballinger Company. Architectural photographs of the work of Ballinger & Perrot, and the successor Ballinger Company.

Place of Publication:

[1926-1927]

Notes:

Ballinger log book 3, p. 140 list photo number 4217 for entry "Corner Stores Corporation". This is an architectural drawing, a perspective rendering of a 1-story building with multiple glass store-fronts. Ballinger log book 4, p. 84 lists photo no. 4391 for entry "Corner Store Building (Felt Bros.). This building is similar to the Chestnut Hill Arcade Building, Chestnut Hill, Pa., cataloged separately, which shows a sign for "Felt Bros., 1518 Walnut St." in the window. Photo 4391 shows the actual building with signs for tenants: [1] Earl Mylecraine Lubricating Station [2] Jawer, Tires Accessories. [3] Anton Dorfner and Sons, Inc., Cleaners-Dyers [4] Willys-Knight and Overland.

Additionally, Ballinger log book 4, p. 83 "Felt Brothers, Chelten & Agontz Ave." lists photo numbers 4390, 4420 and 4468-4469. Photo no. 4390 is an architectural drawing, a perspective rendering similar to no. 4217, but with the delineator's name, "D.E. Sutton", bottom left. Photo no. 4420, described in the log a "Roxy Theatre, exterior, actual", is absent from this collection. Photo nos. 4468-4469 are photos of completed cornerstore buildings, including: [1] Willys-Knight & Whippet, Motor Cars [2] Franklin Pharmacy, and [3] Bull's Market. There is no theater visible in these photos.

Forms part of: Ballinger Company. Architectural photographs of the work of Ballinger & Perrot, and the successor Ballinger Company.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Gift of the Ballinger Co.,