Creator |
R. Newell & Son, photographer. |
Contributor |
Smith, Robert, 1722-1777, architect. |
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Kiralfy Bros., publisher. |
Title |
Carpenter's Hall [graphic] / Photo. by R. Newell & Son. |
Publisher |
Philadelphia: Kiralfy Bros |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1876 |
Date |
c1876 |
Physical Description |
1 photographic print: albumen stereograph mount; 10.5 x 18 cm. (4 x 7 inx.) |
Description |
View from Chestnut Street looking south at Carpenters Hall taken about 1872. First floor windows flanking central door have
closed shutters and sign on pediment is missing, possibly in preparation for demolition of adjacent building completed by
1873. The Hall, built between 1770 and 1774 by the Carpenter's Company of the City and County of Philadelphia after designs
by member Robert Smith, served as the meeting place for the First Continental Congress in 1774.
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Is part of |
Unidentified series. 4 |
Notes |
Photographer's imprint printed on mount. |
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Imprint printed on verso. |
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Title from manuscript note on mount. |
|
Pink mount and orange verso with rounded corners. |
|
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with corrections. |
|
Gift of Jane Carson James. |
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Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
Biographical / historical note |
Newell & Son, a partnership between Robert Newell and his son Henry, was active from around 1870 until 1897 and the death
of the elder Newell.
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Subject |
Carpenters' Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
Geographic subject |
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 320-322. |
Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880. |
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Stereographs -- 1870-1880. |
Associated name |
Smith, Robert, 1722-1777, architect. |
Printer |
Kiralfy Bros., publisher. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Newell - association [P.9299.126 (James)] |
Accession number |
P.9299.126 |