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Town Hall from Rittenhouse St., [Germantown] [graphic].
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Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer.
Title
Town Hall from Rittenhouse St., [Germantown] [graphic].
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1883
Date
September 4, 1883
Physical Description
1 photograph: glass negative; 4 x 5 in.
Description
Glass negative showing the Germantown Town Hall, a three-story building with a prominent spire. Buildings stand in front of the town hall across from a yard strewn with construction debris. A sign reading "[...]use and Sign Painter" is visible on the left while a sign reading "Horse Shoeing" is visible on the right. The Germantown Town Hall was authorized by the legislature in 1848 and built circa 1854. A hospital during the Civil War, the building was declared unsound in 1920.
Notes
Photographer remarks: Weak negative.
Time: 10:30 A.M.
Light: Fair.
Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris.
Edited.
Subject
City & town halls -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Historic buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Philadelphia artists.
Geographic subject
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Rittenhouse Street (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre
Glass negatives.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.181]
Accession number
P.9895.181
In Collections
Marriott C. Morris Collection Negatives
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