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Anonymous, Vauxhall Garden at northeast corner of Broad and Walnut Streets[verso], June 7, 1820, pencil, 27.5 x 10.5 cm., [K: 7–33]. David J. Kennedy Watercolors, Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

Inscription: June 7, 1820 / Vauxhill Garden as it appeared on the Raising of the Balloon on Sept. 6, 1819. [?] & burnt down same evening. The Gas gone out, and the outside audience being dissapointed [sic] threw stones at it over the fence and cut it, so it proved a failure & ended in a Riot[?]. The board on end fence was 9 feet high whitewasher and about 3 inches deep along the top was pitched in order to keep down the boys & Cubmen who would climb up. and look over the top. Lot put on Walnut St. to Juniper & on Broad St. for[?] Walnut & George[.] Pagoda 50 feet diameter with O.G Roof painted Lt. Green & cresent [sic] & vain on top—pagoda stood about the centre of lot. No houses on Chestnut st–Juniper st built up.

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