Details
Creator Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer.
Contributor Poulson, Charles A. 1789-1866, collector.
Title Academy of Natural Sciences (undergoing "raising", &c.) and the "La Pierre house" hotel; with the private dwelling house at the S.W. corner of Broad and Chestnut Street. [graphic] / Photograph by Richards.
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1855
Date July 1855
Physical Description 1 photographic print: salted paper mounted on paper; 19 x 16 cm.(7.5 x 6.25 in.)
Description View showing the second building of the Academy of Natural Sciences undergoing expansion adjacent to the La Pierre House hotel on the west side of the 100 block of South Broad Street. Also shows scaffolding attached to the museum and construction materials in the street near a horse-drawn wagon. The Academy building, completed in 1840 after the designs of Philadelphia architect John Notman and raised a story in 1855, housed the museum until 1876. The La Pierre House hotel, completed in 1853 after the designs of Philadelphia architect John McArthur, was expanded and renamed Lafayette Hotel in 1876.
Notes Title and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount.
Date inscribed on negative.
Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 3, page 3. The scrapbooks contained approximately 120 photographs by Philadelphia painter and pioneer photographer Richards of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia commissioned by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
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Reaccessioned as 8339.F.1.
Subject Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.
La Pierre House (Hotel : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Museums and galleries -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Hotels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Carts & wagons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Broad Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- South -- 100 block -- West side.
Genre Salted paper prints -- 1850-1860.
Provenance Poulson, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1789-1866, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo- Richards - Museums [(3)2526.F.3 (Poulson)]
Accession number (3)2526.F.3