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Ledger Building. [graphic] / Photographed by Bartlett & French, Phila.
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Creator
Bartlett & French, photographer.
Contributor
McArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect.
Title
Ledger Building. [graphic] / Photographed by Bartlett & French, Phila.
Publisher
[Philadelphia: Bartlett & French]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1868
Date
[ca. 1868]
Physical Description
1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 9 x 17 cm. (3.25 x 6.75 in.)
Description
View of the southwest corner of Sixth and Chestnut Streets showing the newly constructed offices of the Philadelphia newspaper the Public Ledger (designed by Philadelphia architect John McArthur, built 1866-67). Includes the statue of Benjamin Franklin that adorns the corner of the Ledger building. View looks west from 6th Street showing the south side of Chestnut Street between 6th and 7th Streets.
Is part of
Gems of Penn'a scenery. Philadelphia and vicinity. 11
Notes
Title, photographer's imprint and series number from printed label on verso.
Yellow mount with rounded corners.
Published in Robert F. Looney's Old Philadelphia in early photographs 1839-1914 (New York: Dover Publications Inc., 1976), plate 123 without attribution.
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Biographical / historical note
Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French ca. 1867-1869.
Subject
Public Ledger Building (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Commercial streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Newspaper industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 600 block -- South side.
Genre
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Stereographs -- 1860-1870.
Associated name
McArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Bartlett & French - Business [P.9466.2]
Accession number
P.9466.2
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