Details
Contributor Hamilton, Andrew, ca. 1676-1741, architect.
Keystone View Company, publisher.
Murray, Samuel, 1869-1941, sculptor.
Woolley, Edmund, ca. 1695-1771, architect.
Title Independence Hall, where Declaration of Independence was signed 1776, Philadelphia, Pa. [graphic].
Publisher Meadville, Pa. : Keystone View Company, manufacturers, publishers, copyrighted made in U.S.A
Publisher PA. Meadville. 1907
Date [ca. 1907]
Physical Description 2 photographic prints : gelatin silver on stereograph mount ; 9 x 18 cm. (3.5 x 7 in.)
Description Views look north from Independence Square at the rear elevation of the State House built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley. Show the statue of Commodore John Barry sculpted by Samuel Murray in 1906 and presented to the City of Philadelphia by the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick in 1907. Also include a temporary frame structure adorned with American shields set up behind the statue near the rear entrance and pedestrians walking through the square.
Is part of Unidentified series 29575 T
Notes Title printed on mounts.
Additional places of publication printed on mount, including New York, NY; Portland, Oregon; London, Eng.; and Sydney, Aus.
Publisher's imprint printed on mount.
Printed above image on mount: T25*
Explicative paragraph of text providing brief history of Independence Hall printed on versos.
Gray curved mount with rounded corners.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
One of the images gift of Robert M. Vogel [P.9047.154]
Subject Barry, John, 1745-1803 -- Statues.
United States. Navy -- Officers.
Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Geographic subject Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 520.
Independence Square (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Gelatin silver prints -- 1900-1910.
Stereographs -- 1900-1910.
Associated name Hamilton, Andrew, ca. 1676-1741, architect.
Associated name Murray, Samuel, 1869-1941, sculptor.
Associated name Woolley, Edmund, ca. 1695-1771, architect.
Printer Keystone View Company, publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Keystone View Company - Historic buildings and sites [P.9047.154 and P.9580.1]
Accession number P.9047.154
P.9580.1