Rialto House
Permanent ID:
14659
Call number:
Bb 32 R 235
Date:
1868
Image Description:
Advertisement for the Rialto House tavern and restaurant north of the Fairmount Waterworks on the east bank of the Schuylkill River. Shows several activities occurring around and at the three-story tavern with cupola. Tavern patrons stand on the porch, balconies, and cupola as horse-drawn street cars travel past the establishment. In the foreground, visitors wait at a boat landing under an elegant shelter and in front of a ferry boat about to dock. Also shows scullers and men in rowboats, including one fishing, on the river. A boat house, probably Quaker City, is visible in the left distant background. The tavern served lager beer, fried catfish, and mint juleps, and catered to many of the amateur boating clubs on the Schuylkill.
Dimensions:
Width: 33 cm, Height: 26 cm
