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The foundation of the Union League House, Phil. [graphic]
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Creator
Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer.
Title
The foundation of the Union League House, Phil. [graphic]
Publisher
Philadelphia
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1864
Date
[1864]
Physical Description
1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 9 x 18 cm. (3.5x 7 in.)
Description
Construction site for the Union League building showing workers beginning work on the foundation. Academy of Natural Sciences visible in background. Union League established to raise funds and recruits for the Union cause. Groundbreaking for Union League building at Broad and Sansom streets took plance on March 1,1864 and the building opened on May 11, 1865.
Notes
Buff mount with square corners.
Title from manuscript note on verso.
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject
Union League of Philadelphia -- Buildings.
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia -- Buildings.
Construction -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Broad Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- South -- 100 block.
Genre
Stereographs -- 1860-1870.
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Moran - associations [P.8464.23]
Accession number
P.8464.23
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Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Stereograph Collection
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