Details
Contributor Strickland, William, 1787-1854, architect.
Title Custom House & Post Office Phila, Pa. [graphic].
Publisher United States
Publisher US. 1885
Date ca. 1885
Physical Description 1 photographic print: gelatin silver on stereograph mount; 9 x 18 cm.(3.5 x 7 in.)
Description View showing the U.S. Customhouse (1845 to 1935) at 420 Chestnut Street, formerly the Second Bank of the United States, and the U.S Post Office (1863-1884) at 426-428 Chestnut Street. Customhouse building built in 1824 after the designs of Philadelphia architect William Strickland. Also shows a lamppost in the foreground; a vendor's stand near the Customhouse; men convening near the post office; and adjacent businesses, including W.F. Warbuton and Son's hat manufactory (430 Chestnut) and Moss & Co., blank books and stationery (432 Chestnut).
Is part of B (Series) 185
Notes Yellow mount with rounded corners.
Title annotated on negative.
Gift of Francis J. Dallett.
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject Moss & Co.
United States Custom House (Philadelphia, Pa.)
W.F. Warbuton and Son.
Customhouses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Post offices -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Banks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Street vendors -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Shops & storefronts -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Hat industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Stationery trade -- 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.9228]
Accession number P.9228