Details
Creator Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer.
Contributor McArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect.
Title [Philadelphia City Hall, Common Council Chamber] [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1923
Date ca. 1923
Physical Description 1 photographic print : silver photograph ; 12 x 10 cm. (4.75 x 3.75 in.)
Description Depicts Common Council Chamber (i.e. City Council Chamber, Room # 400). Designed by architect John McArthur, Jr., City Hall was built 1871-1901.
Notes Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Old Common Council Room. It is now used by councilmen as a meeting place between themselves and their constituents, as a place for informal discussions as applied to pending bills; for the smoking of rank cigars and as an employment agency for the faithful. Under the large window are the two marble slabs, "close up" of which is in this collection and in which there is an outline of a woman's form.
Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Subject City Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
City & town halls -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre Gelatin silver prints -- 1920-1930.
Associated name McArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Wilson 44 [P.8513.44]
Accession number P.8513.44