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Beitler's Tavern

Object number86.1.264 a-c

Date1857

MediumCanvas; Oil; Wood; Metal

Credit LineGift of Thomas Mellon II Estate

DescriptionOil painting on canvas. Red building (looks like a small barn) with a pile of firewood to the side. Canvas stretched on wood stretcher with Foam-core backing board.DimensionsHeight x Width (a,b Before Conservation with original frame): 20.5 × 26.25 in. (52.1 × 66.7 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (a - unframed - After conservation): 14 × 20 × 1.375 in. (35.6 × 50.8 × 3.5 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (a,c - After conservation with new frame): 16.688 × 22.625 × 1.938 in. (42.4 × 57.5 × 4.9 cm)
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Gold plaque with inscribed text: "BEITLERS TAVERN / SOUTH SIDE OF GREENSBURG PIKE / NOW PENN AVE NEAR SHADY / PAINTED BY / JOSEPH R. WOODWELL / ABOUT 1857."
Historical NotesJohn Beitler owned a downtown tavern before moving to East Liberty in 1815. Beitler's Tavern was located on Penn Avenue at Collins Avenue. It was famous for dinners of spring chicken and waffles. Part of a large donation made in 1947 by the estate of Thomas Mellon II.

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