| Creator |
Purviance, W. T. (William T.) |
| Contributor |
Cremer, James, 1821-1893, distributor. |
|
McArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect. |
|
James S. Earle & Sons, distributor. |
|
Wilson, Hood, & Co., distributor. |
|
Sloan & Stewart, architect. |
| Title |
Philad[elphi]a - from State House steeple [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[Philadelphia: William T. Purviance] |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1870 |
| Date |
[ca. 1870] |
| Physical Description |
1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 9 x 18 cm.(3.5 x 7 in.) |
| Description |
Panoramic view looking northwest from the State House at 520 Chestnut Street. Includes: Rockhill & Wilson, clothiers (605
Chestnut); the Bulletin Building newspaper office (607 Chestnut, built 1866); Jayne's Hall (625-631 Chestnut, constructed
1856); the Public Ledger Building newspaper office (600-606 Chestnut), built 1866-67 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr.;
and the Masonic Hall (713-721 Chestnut), built 1853-1855 after the designs of Sloan & Stewart.
|
| Is part of |
Purviance's stereoscopic views on the Pennsylvania Central Railroad |
| Notes |
Yellow mount with rounded corners. |
|
Title from manuscript note on verso. |
|
Distributors' imprints printed on verso: For Sale By James S. Earle & Sons, 816 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. Wilson, Hood,
& Co., 822 Arch St., Philadelphia. James Cremer, 18 S. Eighth St., Philadelphia.
|
|
Gift of Robert M. Vogel. |
|
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
| Subject |
Public Ledger Building (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Bulletin Building (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Commercial streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Newspaper publishing -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Pictorial works. |
| Genre |
Stereographs -- 1860-1870. |
|
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870. |
|
Panoramic photographs -- 1860-1870. |
| Associated name |
McArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect. |
| Associated name |
Sloan & Stewart, architect. |
| Printer |
Cremer, James, 1821-1893, distributor. |
| Printer |
James S. Earle & Sons, distributor. |
|
Wilson, Hood, & Co., distributor. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Purviance - Views [P.9047.108] |
| Accession number |
P.9047.108 |
