[Moyamensing Prison, Debtor's Wing, 1400 South Tenth Street, Philadelphia]
Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark)
1879-1925
photographer
Walter, Thomas Ustick
1804-1887
architect
still image
Graphic
Gelatin silver prints -- 1920-1930
pau
Philadelphia
PA. Philadelphia
ca. 1923
1923
monographic
eng
1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 10 x 10 cm. (3.75 x 4 in.)
Depicts building facade located at 1400 S. 10th St. which architect Thomas Ustick Walter designed. Constructed 1836, it was demolished 1968 and was an excellent example of Egyptian Revival architecture in the United States. The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. retains the front portico.
Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Not in Egypt. The north wing of Moyamensing prison. The women's department. Sad to relate such a department is necessary. (Get more dates). Symbol of Egyptian "Scarabeus".
Forms part of: George Mark Wilson Photograph Collection.
Moyamensing Prison (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Prisons
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Tenth Street (Philadelphia, Pa.)
South
1400
P.8513.211
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