Details
Contributor McArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect.
Title [Crowd outside the Public Ledger Building, 600-606 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Publisher United States
Publisher United States. 1918
Date [ca. 1918]
Physical Description 1 photographic print : gelatin silver on stereograph mount ; 9 x 18 cm. (3.5 x 7 in.)
Description View looking east from Chestnut Street showing a large crowd gathered on the sidewalk spilling over into the street in front of the Public Ledger Building (600-606 Chestnut Street, built 1866-1867 after designs by John McArthur, Jr.). Includes partial views of Congress Hall (1787-1789) and Independence Hall in the background and the Benjamin Franklin statue on the corner of the building. The spectators read hand-written notes on paper pasted to the first floor windows of the offices.
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
Gray mount with rounded corners.
The Public Ledger Company purchased The Evening Telegraph in 1918.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Subject Public Ledger Building (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Newspaper industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Spectators -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 520.
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 540-548.
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 600-606.
Genre Stereographs -- 1910-1920.
Gelatin silver prints -- 1910-1920.
Associated name McArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - unidentified - Events [P.9047.13]
Accession number P.9047.13