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La Pierre House. [graphic].
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A101782
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Creator
R. Newell & Son.
Contributor
McArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect.
Title
La Pierre House. [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia: Published by R. Newell & Son, photographers
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1875
Date
[ca. 1875]
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 depicts adjacent buildings, including the Academy of Natural Sciences and the Union League. A horse-drawn carriage rests near the hotel.
Is part of
Stereoscopic views. Public buildings and street views. 163
Notes
Yellow mount with rounded corners.
Paper label pasted on verso listing over one hundred Philadelphia views published by the firm.
Manuscript note on mount: Edward Everett Parker, Philadelphia Penn.
Duplicate view published by R. Newell, 724 Arch St. (P.9047.109)
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Biographical / historical note
Newell and Son, a partnership between Robert and his son Henry, was active from around 1870 until 1897 and the death of the elder Newell.
Subject
La Pierre House (Hotel : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Union League of Philadelphia -- Buildings.
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia -- Buildings.
Hotels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Galleries & museums -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Carriages & coaches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Broad Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- South -- 100 block.
Genre
Stereographs -- 1870-1880.
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880.
Associated name
McArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Newell - Hotels [P.9466.21]
Accession number
P.9466.21
In Collections
Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Stereograph Collection
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