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July 4th, 1876

Hires 1876 Elm Avenue (2).jpg

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Just for the fun of it ...

This link is to thousands of historical photos of Philadelphia, Pa. It opens on an image of the Trans Continental Hotel and from there can be searched for other photos. There's no way I'm going to have time to look at every photo, but perhaps someone else can find one that shows the root beer stand on Elm Avenue. If you do, please post it and we'll make arrangements to send you a free ACL Book. In the meantime, click on the picture of the Hotel on the website and it will take you to a super-zoom page where you can examine the photo in detail. Every image on the site has the zoom feature ...

Free Library of Philadelphia

https://libwww.freelibrary.org/digital/item/46799

Hires 1876 Trans Contiental Hotel.jpg
 

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I found this on the Library website and thought it was kind of interesting. But no root beer fountain in this particular image ...

Hires 1876 Elm Avenue Opposite Main Building (2).jpg

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Here's where the last image originated ...

Harper's Weekly magazine ~ September 30, 1876

At the bottom it says Elm Avenue was destroyed by fire on September 9, 1876

Hires 1876 Harper's Weekly September 30, 1876.jpg

And please stay tuned - I found a "soda fountain" outside the main building near ...
 

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Reminder ...

February 5, 1876

1. "promising to erect a fountain that would cost fifteen thousand dollars"

2. "purchased a lot of ground directly opposite the main building just outside the Park"

3. "here he intends to erect a fountain eighteen feet long and fifteen high"

4. "and to cost between five and six thousand dollars"

Hires 1876 Reading Times Oenn. Feb 5, 1876 (4).jpg

Coincidence or Connection?

Tufts' Arctic Soda (Advertising Card - Front)

Hires 1876 Tuft's Fountain Near Globe Hotel Outside of Park Front.jpg

Same Card - (Back)

1. "J.W. Tufts' Arctic Pavilion"

2. "33 Feet High - Value $25,000

3. "Near Globe Hotel just outside Exhibition Grounds"

4 "and near Penn. R.R. Depot"

Hires 1876 Tuft's Fountain Near Globe Hotel Outside of Park.jpg

Map showing Globe Hotel and Penn. R.R. Depot

Hires 1876 Exposition Main Building Map (5).jpg

Question mark placed at possible location of Tufts' Pavilion ?

Hires 1876 Exposition Main Building Map (4).jpg

Illustration showing Trans Continental Hotel and Globe Hotel

Hires 1876 Postcard Trans Continental Hotel Intersection of Elm and Belmont Avenue.jpg

J.W. Tufts' also had a massive soda fountain inside one of the Exhibition buildings

Tuft's Soda Fountain 1876 Philadelphia Exhibition (2).jpg


Questions:

1. I wonder why J.W. Tufts' had a soda fountain pavilion outside of the park?

2. I wonder if J.W. Tufts and Charles Hires got together, with Tufts building the fountain and Hires running it?
 

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In Search of ...

Tufts' Soda Fountain Pavilion outside the park near the Globe Hotel and the Pennsylvania Railroad Depot ...

Hires 1876 Exposition Main Building (3).jpg

Hires 1876 Exposition Main Building (4).jpg

Hires 1876 Exposition Aerial View (3).jpg

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Tufts' Soda Water Pavilion ~ Philadelphia, Pa. ~ Outside the Exhibition ~ 1876

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P.S.

The walls of Tufts' Pavilion are covered top-to-bottom with words - possibly advertising

For Thirsty Millions +++ Other Words

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Here's the two Hires diaries from Allan Petretti's 1996 book ...

Hires Diaries Allan Petretti Book 1996 (2).jpg

The one I have is from 1885

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