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Chestnut Hill restaurants collection
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Held at: Chestnut Hill Historical Society [Contact Us]8708 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia, PA, 19118
This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Chestnut Hill Historical Society. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
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21 West and Depot were two restaurants located in Chestnut Hill. 21 West, owned by Mary C. Fretz, was opened in the mid-1960s, went bankrupt, and closed circa 1987. Melvin Grebe built the building on Highland Ave. in mid-1960s and got 21 West as a tenant. Depot Restaurant was located at 8515 Germantown Ave. Around 1976, an 1890s caboose from Northern NJ Railroad was installed behind the restaurant, which is no longer there.
This collection includes menus, plans, and information on 21 West and Depot restaurants, 1960s-1994. Records from Depot restaurant include wine lists, list of live entertainers, photo of waitresses, checks, contact sheets of caboose installation (1976). Records from 21 West restaurant include wine list, architectural plans, menus, and insurance policy.
Gift of Richard W. Snowden, 1994.
Summary descriptive information on this collection was compiled in 2011-2012 as part of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania’s Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories (HCI-PSAR), using data provided by the Chestnut Hill Historical Society. The HCI-PSAR project was funded by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
This is a preliminary finding aid. No physical processing, rehousing, reorganizing, or folder listing was done in the HCI-PSAR project.
Organization
- 21 West (Restaurant : Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa.).
- Depot (Restaurant : Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa.).
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- Chestnut Hill Historical Society
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- Finding aid prepared by staff of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories using data provided by the Chestnut Hill Historical Society.
- Sponsor
- This preliminary finding aid was created by staff of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania’s Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories (HCI-PSAR) using data provided by the Chestnut Hill Historical Society. The HCI-PSAR project was made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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