Details
Creator Newell, Robert, 1822-1897, photographer.
Contributor Strickland, William, 1787-1854, architect.
Title Custom House, Philadelphia, Pa. [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1865
Date ca. 1865
Physical Description 1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 8 x 17 cm.(3.25 x 6.75 in.)
Description View looking east on Chestnut Street, south side, showing the government building at 420 Chestnut Street. Originally built as the Second Bank of the United States in 1824 after the designs of Philadelphia architect William Strickland, the building served as the U.S. Custom House from 1845 to 1935. Also shows adjacent buildings including the Philadelphia Bank Building (400-408 Chestnut, built 1836) and Healy & Co., glove manufacturers (4th and Chestnut). Several individuals sit and stand on the steps of the customhouse.
Notes Title from manuscript note on verso.
Attributed to Robert Newell.
Yellow mount with square corners.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject Bank of Philadelphia.
Healy & Co.
United States Custom House (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Customhouses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Banks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 420.
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 400 block -- South side.
Genre Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Stereographs -- 1860-1870.
Associated name Strickland, William, 1787-1854, architect.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereos - Newell - Government Buildings [7992.F.9]
Accession number 7992.F.9