| Creator |
Kilburn, B. W. (Benjamin West), 1827-1909. |
| Contributor |
Hutton, Addison, 1834-1916, architect. |
|
McArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect. |
| Title |
Philadelphia's pride, her public building, Pa., U.S.A. [graphic] / Photographed and published by B.W. Kilburn, Littleton,
N.H.
|
| Publisher |
Littleton, N.H. ; B. W. Kilburn |
| Publisher |
N.H. Littleton. 1891 |
| Date |
c1891 |
| Physical Description |
1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 9 x 18 cm. (3.5 x 7 in.) |
| Description |
View looking north toward City Hall (built 1871-1901, John McArthur, Jr., architect) from South Broad Street, where construction
on the tower, begun in 1884, is still in progress. In the left foreground stands the Lafayette Hotel, formerly La Pierre House
built 1853 after designs by Philadelphia architect John McArthur, Jr., at the northwest corner of Broad and Sansom Streets.
The hotel was expanded and renamed in 1876. In the right background stands the Girard Trust Company building at the northeast
corner of Broad and Chestnut Streets built 1888-89 after designs by Addison Hutton. Also shows pedestrians on the sidewalks
and horse-drawn vehicles, including a double-decker omnibus traveling north on Broad Street and private coaches moving in
both directions.
|
| Is part of |
Unidentified series 6475 |
| Notes |
Title printed on mount. |
|
Photographer's imprint printed on verso. |
|
Buff curved mount with rounded corners. |
|
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
|
Gift of Robert M. Vogel. |
| Subject |
City Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Girard Trust Company. |
|
Lafayette Hotel (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
City & town halls -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Hotels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Trust companies -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Commercial streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Horse-drawn vehicles -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Broad Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- South -- 000 block. |
|
Broad Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- South -- 100 block. |
|
Penn Square (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
| Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1890-1900. |
|
Stereographs -- 1890-1900. |
| Associated name |
Hutton, Addison, 1834-1916, architect. |
| Associated name |
McArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Kilburn - Government buildings [P.9047.116] |
| Accession number |
P.9047.116 |
