| Creator |
Cremer, James, 1821-1893, photographer. |
| Contributor |
Strickland, William, 1787-1854, architect. |
| Title |
Custom House [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
United States |
| Publisher |
US. 1885 |
| Date |
ca. 1870, ca. 1885 |
| Physical Description |
1 photographic print: gelatin silver on stereograph mount; 9 x 18 cm.(3.5 x 7 in.) |
| Description |
View looking west from Fourth Street showing the U.S. Customhouse at 420 Chestnut Street, formerly the Second Bank of the
United States (1816-1836), built in 1824 after the designs of Philadelphia architect William Strickland. Served as customhouse
from 1845 to 1935. Includes partial views of adjacent buildings: the Philadelphia Bank Building (400-408 Chestnut Street,
built 1836) and the U.S. Post Office and U.S. Courts building (426-428 Chestnut Street, 1863-1884). Men work on scaffolding
attached to the bank building and two street vendors operate near the customhouse.
|
| Notes |
Title supplied by cataloguer. |
|
Yellow mount with rounded corners. |
|
Negative annotated: Custm[sic] House. |
|
Reissue of an earlier view entitled "Custom House, Philadelphia" by James Cremer of Philadelphia. ((8)1322.F.21a) |
|
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
| Subject |
United States Custom House (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Customhouses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Post offices -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Banks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Street vendors -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 400 block. |
| Genre |
Stereographs -- 1880-1890. |
|
Gelatin silver prints -- 1880-1890. |
| Associated name |
Strickland, William, 1787-1854, architect. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - unidentified - Government Buildings [P.9107.3] |
| Accession number |
P.9107.3 |
