Philadelphia Club
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Philadelphia Club was founded in 1834 and is located at 13th and Walnut Streets in Center City Philadelphia. It is the oldest city club in the United States and one of the oldest gentlemen's clubs. Notable members have included George Meade, Owen Wister, and many members of the Du Pont and Biddle families.
Philadelphia Club in 1916
The Philadelphia Club, a 1912 illustration by Joseph Pennell
Gentlemen's club
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A gentlemen's club is a private social club of a type originally set up by men from Britain's upper classes in the 18th and succeeding centuries.
Reform Club, a prominent club in London since the early 19th century
The bar at the Savile Club, 69 Brook Street, London
A Club of Gentlemen by Joseph Highmore, c. 1730
Scene in a gentlemen's club: a cartoon of 1883 by Charles Keene