File:Ricketts Circus and Congress Hall Philadelphia 1797.jpg

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English: Philadelphia County Courthouse/Congress Hall (left) and Category:Ricketts's Circus (also called Ricketts's Art Pantheon or Amphitheater) (center) at the corner of Chestnut Street and 6th Street in Philadelphia in 1797. (Note: Some sources incorrectly give the depicted location as Market Street and 12th Street, which is the original location of Ricketts's Circus.) Ricketts's Circus burned down on August 17, 1799.
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Source Historical Society of Pennsylvania, David J. Kennedy Watercolors Collection
Author 1870 watercolor by David J. Kennedy, after an original 1840 painting by F.J. Dreer, Esq.


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