Contributor |
Hutton, Addison, 1834-1916, architect. |
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Sloan & Hutton, architect. |
Title |
Philadelphia Saving Fund Society. [graphic] |
Publisher |
[Philadelphia] |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1886 |
Date |
[ca. 1886] |
Physical Description |
1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 9 x 17 cm. (3.25 x 6.75 in.) |
Description |
Exterior view from the southeast of the building at 700-710 Walnut Street, built 1868-69, designed by Sloan & Hewitt. Includes
partial view of rear addition built 1885-6, designed by Addison Hutton.
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Is part of |
Philadelphia. Stereoscopic Views. 114 |
Notes |
Title printed on mount. |
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Yellow mount with rounded corners. |
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Gift of Robert M. Vogel. |
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Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the
19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 93.
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Arcadia caption text: Founded in 1816 as the first savings bank in the United States, the Philadelphia Savings Fund Society
(PSFS) commissioned several architecturally significant buildings in the city, the most famous of which is the Art Deco skyscraper
at Twelfth and Market streets. This photograph shows the granite-faced Italianate structure designed for the bank by Addison
Hutton in 1868, which still graces the northwest corner of Washington Square. Savings banks served the needs of “tradesmen,
mechanics, laborers, and domestics” rather than wealthy businessmen and investors. In order to serve of a diverse working-class
population, PSFS was open for business in the evening and hired multi-lingual tellers.
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Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
Subject |
Philadelphia Saving Fund Society. |
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Savings and loan associations -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
Geographic subject |
Walnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 700 block -- West side. |
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Washington Square (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1880-1890. |
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Stereographs -- 1880-1890. |
Associated name |
Hutton, Addison, 1834-1916, architect. |
Associated name |
Sloan & Hutton, architect. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - unidentified - banks [P.9058.171] |
Accession number |
P.9058.171 |