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La Pierre House. [graphic] / Photographed by R. Newell, 724 Arch St., Philadelphia.
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Creator
Newell, Robert, 1822-1897.
Contributor
McArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect.
Title
La Pierre House. [graphic] / Photographed by R. Newell, 724 Arch St., Philadelphia.
Publisher
[Philadelphia: Robert Newell]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1875
Date
[ca. 1870]
Physical Description
1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 9 x 18 cm.(3.5 x 7 in.)
Description
View from above Chestnut Street showing the hotel at Broad and Sansom streets opened by George W. and J.G. Edwards in 1853. The hotel built after the designs of John McArthur, Jr. was expanded and renamed the Lafayette Hotel in 1876. View also includes the adjacent buildings of the third building of the Academy of Natural Sciences (1840-1876) and the Union League (built 1865) at Broad and Sansom streets. A horse-drawn carriage rests near the hotel.
Notes
Green mount with rounded corners.
Title from photographer's label pasted on verso.
Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Poor condition. Glue stained.
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject
La Pierre House (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Union League of Philadelphia -- Buildings.
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia -- Buildings.
Hotels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Museums and galleries -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Carriages & coaches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Broad Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- South -- 200 block.
Genre
Stereographs -- 1860-1870.
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Associated name
McArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Newell - Hotels [P.9047.109]
Accession number
P.9047.109
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Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Stereograph Collection
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