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The Chestnut Street Theater:

Facade from the original stock certificate, 1791

Street view, including the theater, 1800

Interior of the theater from New York Magazine, 1794

Facade, c. 1804

Engraved copy of 1804 Facade

Plan of theater, c. 1816

Facade of Second Chestnut Street Theater, c. 1822

Engraving of Second Chestnut's Facade, 1831

Interior of Second Chestnut Street Theater, c. 1850

Photograph of Second Chestnut Street Theater's Facade, c. 1850

The Walnut Street Theater:

Facade, c. 1828?

Facade, 1831

Facade drawing by Taylor, c. 1828

Late nineteenth-century photograph of remodeled facade

Late nineteenth-century seating plan

Photograph of 1920 interior, taken 1969

Photograph of facade, 2001

The Arch Street Theater:

Arch Street Theater Facade, c. 1828

Arch Street Theater Facade, c. 1860

The Academy of Music:

Illustration of theater interior, 1875

Photograph of Facade, n.d.

George Izenour section of original theater as used for opera

George Izenour section of twentieth-century theater adapted for symphony

The Broad Street Theater:

Theater facade, c. 1876

Later photograph of lobby, c. 1937

Other Theaters:

Plumsted's Warehouse, c. 1754

Durang's 1868 conjectural reconstruction of the Southwark Theater, 1766

Engraved copy of Durang's drawing of the 1766 Southwark Theater

Limerick Theater Facade, 1788

Interior of Covent Garden, London, 1794

Exterior of Rickett's Circus, 1795

Interior of Rickett's Circus, 1797

Plan of the Park Theater, c. 1798

Facade of the Bath Theater, 1804