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[Philadelphia City Hall, view from below of stairwell] [graphic].
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A62979
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Creator
Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer.
Contributor
McArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect.
Title
[Philadelphia City Hall, view from below of stairwell] [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1923
Date
ca. 1923
Physical Description
1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 12 x 10 cm. (4.5 x 3.75 in.)
Description
Designed by architect John McArthur, Jr., City Hall was built 1871-1901.
Notes
Photographer's manuscript note on verso: City Hall: self-supporting stairway, corner towers. Looking directly upward. Stairs of Granite. Banisters [sic] of Bronz [sic]. 156 steps.
Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Subject
City & town halls -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Stairways -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre
Gelatin silver prints -- 1920-1930.
Associated name
McArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Wilson 39 [P.8513.39]
Accession number
P.8513.39
In Collections
George Mark Wilson Photograph Collection
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