Details
Contributor Mitchell Map Co., publisher.
Title Ten fine steel plate views of places of interest, new map and guide to Philadelphia. [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia : Published by Mitchell Map. Co., 31 South 6th St
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1876
Date [1876]
Physical Description 10 prints : steel engravings ; 14 x 9 cm (5.25 x 3.5 in.) + 1 wrapper 15 x 11 cm (6 x 4 in.)
Description Views include Carpenter's Hall; Centennial Art Gallery; Chestnut St. Bridge; Girard College; Independence Hall in 1876; Lincoln Monument; Masonic Temple; Independence Hall in 1776; United States Mint; and View in Fairmount Park (i.e., Girard Avenue Bridge). Most of the views also show street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn vehicles. Chestnut St. Bridge image includes men in row boats and other small vessels on the Schuylkill River. Carpenter Hall print depicted as a winter view. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art.
Notes Title from wrapper.
Printed on recto of wrapper: Price 25 cts.
Housed with complementary uncut sheet of ten titled views of places of interest in Philadelphia. [P.2011.45.8].
Gift of David Doret.
Subject Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Monuments -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Carpenter's Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Girard College.
Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
United States Mint.
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Buildings.
Horse-drawn vehicles -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Masonic buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Winter -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Chestnut Street Bridge (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Girard Avenue Bridge (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Pictorial works.
Genre Steel engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1870-1880.
Printer Mitchell Map Co., publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *PhPr - Views [P.2011.45.9]
Accession number P.2011.45.9