| Contributor |
Fleischner, Philip, publisher. |
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Hutton, Addison, 1834-1916, architect. |
|
Windrim, James H. 1840-1919, architect. |
| Title |
Methodist Episcopal Church and Masonic Temple. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia : Philip Fleischner, 208 N. 8th St., publisher, stationer & importer |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1876 |
| Date |
[ca. 1876] |
| Physical Description |
1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 9 x 17.5 cm. (3.5 x 7 in.) |
| Description |
View looking south from the sidewalk in front of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts showing buildings on the east side
of Broad Street near Arch Street, including the Arch Street Methodist Episcopal Church (1344-48 Arch, built 1869-70, Addison
Hutton, architect) and Masonic Temple (1-33 North Broad, built 1868-73, James H. Windrim, architect). In the foreground, a
broadside advertising PAFA's exhibition of "engravings, etchings, and mezzotints" stands on the sidewalk and a sign advertising
"Dying Lioness, the bronze group," hangs from a nearby building. Also shows a construction site with unhitched coaches and
drays across the street. The skeleton of the lower levels of City Hall is partially visible in the background.
|
| Is part of |
Philadelphia City and Park. |
| Notes |
Title from printed series list on verso. Includes two other series, "Philadelphia Centennial Views" and "Miscellaneous."Printed
on verso: Philad'a Stereo. Publishing Company.
|
|
Publisher's imprint on mount. |
|
Orange curved mount with rounded corners. |
|
Purchased by the Fairmount Park Art Association, the Dying Lioness statue group arrived in Philadelphia in the fall of 1875,
before it was installed on the Centennial Exhibition grounds. It moved to the Philadelphia Zoological Gardens entrance after
the fair.
|
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Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
| Subject |
Arch Street Methodist Episcopal Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Methodist Episcopal churches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Masonic buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Broadsides -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Construction -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Carts & wagons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Arch Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 1344-1348. |
|
Broad Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- North -- 1-33. |
| Genre |
Stereographs -- 1870-1880. |
|
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880. |
| Associated name |
Hutton, Addison, 1834-1916, architect. |
| Associated name |
Windrim, James H. (James Hamilton), 1840-1919, architect. |
| Printer |
Fleischner, Philip, publisher. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Fleischner - Religion [P.9117.1] |
| Accession number |
P.9117.1 |
