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U.S. Mint [Philadelphia, Pa.] [graphic] / J.W. Hurn 1319 Chestnut Street.
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Creator
Hurn, J. W., photographer.
Contributor
Strickland, William, 1787-1854, architect.
Title
U.S. Mint [Philadelphia, Pa.] [graphic] / J.W. Hurn 1319 Chestnut Street.
Publisher
[Philadelphia: J.W. Hurn]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1874
Date
[ca. 1870]
Physical Description
1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 9 x 18 cm.(3.25 x 6.75 in.)
Description
Exterior view showing the front of the second mint building at 1331-1337 Chestnut Street (northwest corner of Juniper and 13th streets) completed in 1833 after the designs of William Strickland and possibly John Haviland. The mint operated at the site until 1902 when the agency relocated and the building was razed. Trees protected by tree boxes line the street in the foreground.
Notes
Title from manuscript note on verso.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount.
Date from manuscript note on verso.
Yellow mount with square corners.
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject
United States Mint.
Mints -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 1331-1337.
Genre
Stereographs -- 1860-1870.
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Associated name
Strickland, William, 1787-1854, architect.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Hurn - Government Buildings [P.9462.3]
Accession number
P.9462.3
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Printed and Graphic Ephemera
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