Details
Contributor McArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect.
Title New public buildings, Philadelphia. [graphic].
Publisher [United States]
Date [ca. 1880]
Physical Description 1 photograph : albumen on card mount ; mount 30 x 24 cm (12 x 9.25 in.)
Description Exterior view of City Hall constructed 1871 to 1901 after designs by John McArthur Jr. at 1 Penn Square, Philadelphia while under construction. Shows construction materials surrounding the building both inside and outside of the fence. Some scaffolding is visible on the roof in the left and around several statues in the right. Building lacks William Penn statue.
Is part of Unidentified series. 97
Notes Title from text printed on mount.
Date inferred from content.
Text on negative: No. 97. New Public Buildings.
Gift of David Doret, 2011.
Image of Girard Avenue Bridge mounted on verso: photo - unidentified - government buildings [P.2011.45.15].
Subject City Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
City & town halls -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Construction -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Penn Square (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Albumen prints -- 1870-1880.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo- unidentified - government buildings [P.2011.45.14]
Accession number P.2011.45.14