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General Welch's Hippodrome watercolor, 1853

Permanent ID:
1574
Call number:
K: 1-45
Date:
1853
Image Description:
Large, white tent topped with flags and a banner reading, "Welch's Colossal Hippodrome."
Inscription:
General Welch's Hippodrome, West side of Broad St. below Locust in 1853. The Academy of Music and Horticultural Hall now occupy this ground. (Front Bottom)
Address:
West side of Broad Street below Locust, Philadelphia
Format:
Watercolors
Dimensions:
Width: 35 cm, Height: 22 cm (case)
Collection:
David J. Kennedy watercolors
Related People or Organizations:
David Johnson Kennedy, 1816-1898 (painter)
Welch, Rufus (relates to)
Related Terms:
Cityscape (is described by)
Circus (depicts)