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[Philadelphia City Hall, detail of column in Common Council Chamber] [graphic].
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A63105
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Creator
Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer.
Contributor
McArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect.
Title
[Philadelphia City Hall, detail of column in Common Council Chamber] [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1923
Date
ca. 1923
Physical Description
1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 12 x 12 cm. (4.75 x 4.75 in.)
Description
Depicts detail of column in 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: Outline of mermaid in granite column of Orphans Court, 4" floor City Hall. This and other similar markings appear in stone by chance according to the cut, polish and location or run of the dark veins or lighter divisions of the stone - as the case may be. There is a striking outline of a dog in the wainscoating [sic] of this room but its location is too dark for photography. (Tell about the janitor giving the mermaid a bath with a bucket of water, soap and scrub brush).
Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited
Subject
City Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
City & town halls -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Stonework -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre
Gelatin silver prints -- 1920-1930.
Associated name
McArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Wilson 35 [P.8513.35]
Accession number
P.8513.35
In Collections
George Mark Wilson Photograph Collection
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