02877ckm a22005051i 4500 000137358 20230712140530.0 khoboo 010316s1868 paunnn kneng u (UPvMLC)mrc04202656 McA-211 10 ppl PPL gihc Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.) photographer. 60640 State House, Philadelphia [graphic] / M.P. Simons, 1320 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. Landscape and portrait photographer. Philadelphia, ca. 1868. 2 photographic prints: albumen on stereograph mounts; 9 x 18 cm.(3.25 x 6.75 in.) Photographer's imprint and title printed on mounts. Orange mounts with rounded corners. Views showing the front and rear of Independence Hall built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley at 520 Chestnut Street. Includes the old City Hall built 1790-1791 after the designs of David Evans, Jr. adorned with lettering reading "Mayors Office" (500 Chestnut); a partial view of Congress Hall built 1787-1789 (540-558 Chestnut); and the entrance to the Prothonotary Office and Supreme Court Eastern District. Also shows a horse-drawn carriage, the Public Ledger Building (600-606 Chestnut), and a street lamp with shades containing text advertising the Mercantile Library. One of images originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia. City Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.) 84988 Congress Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.) 83814 Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.) 3742 Public Ledger Building (Philadelphia, Pa.) Carriages & coaches Pennsylvania Philadelphia. lctgm Gas street lamps Pennsylvania Philadelphia. lctgm Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) 520. Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) 500 block South side. Stereographs 1860-1870. gmgpc Albumen prints 1860-1870. gmgpc SP10 Philadelphia artists. Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. Evans, David, Jr., fl. 1794-1806, architect. Hamilton, Andrew, ca. 1676-1741, architect. Woolley, Edmund, ca. 1695-1771, architect. Imprint PA. Philadelphia. 1868. Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. stereo - Simons - Government buildings [(3)1322.F.8d; P.8497.1] (3)1322.F.8d P.8497.1 stereo - Simons - Government buildings [(3)1322.F.8d; P.8497.1] (3)1322.F.8d; P.8497.1 LCPD stereo - Simons - Government buildings [(3)1322.F.8d; P.8497.1] (CPomAG)00142107 130472 130472 000137358 CONV 00 20051208 1945 000137358 BATCH-UPD 00 20051210 1637 000137358 20060120 1807 000137358 20060201 1533 000137358 JENNY 40 20060714 1231 000137358 JENNY 40 20060714 1232 000137358 JENNY 40 20060721 1118 000137358 20071018 1952 ppl PA. Philadelphia. 1868. Imprint McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. Evans, David, Jr., fl. 1794-1806, architect. Hamilton, Andrew, ca. 1676-1741, architect. Woolley, Edmund, ca. 1695-1771, architect.