| Contributor |
Strickland, William, 1787-1854, architect. |
| Title |
U.S. Mint [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[United States] |
| Publisher |
US. 1875 |
| Date |
[ca. 1875] |
| Physical Description |
1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 10 x 18 cm.(4 x 7 in.) |
| Description |
View showing the second mint building at 1331-1337 Chestnut Street (northwest corner of Juniper and Thirteenth streets) completed
in 1833 after the designs of William Strickland, and possibly John Haviland. The mint operated at the site until 1902 when
the mint relocated and the building was razed. Trees line the sidewalk in front of the building. Also shows a partial view
of a horse-drawn carriage.
|
| Notes |
Title from manuscript note on mount. |
|
Orange mount with rounded corners. |
|
Inscribed on negative: 147. |
|
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited. |
|
Gift of Jane Carson James. |
|
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. |
|
Carriages & coaches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 1331-1337. |
| Genre |
Stereographs -- 1870-1880. |
|
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880. |
| Associated name |
Strickland, William, 1787-1854, architect. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - unidentified - Government Buildings [P.9299.19] |
| Accession number |
P.9299.19 |
