Details
Creator Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist.
Contributor P. S. Duval & Son, printer.
Title Armory of the First Troop Philadelphia City Calvary. [graphic] / Jas. Queen, del.
Publisher Philadelphia: Lithd. & printd in oil colors at P. S. Duval & Son
Date [ca. 1863]
Physical Description 1 print : chromolithograph mounted on cardboard; 38 x 51 cm.(15 x 20 in.)
Description View of the first permanent First City Troop armory erected in 1863 at 21st and Ludlow streets below Market Street. Shows mounted members of the troop, including a bugler making a call, creating a formation on the street beside the building. Troop members on foot enter the building and walk on the sidewalk as two on mounts exit from the side of the armory. Also shows civilian spectators and pedestrians, including a gentleman tipping his hat to a couple of ladies. Armory was rebuilt in 1874. The First City Troop, a private military organization and one of the oldest continually mounted U.S. military units, was organized in 1774 to defend against British invasion.
Is referenced by Wainwright 20
Notes Manuscript note on recto: With kind regards to Thomas Wallis, son of Genl. H. S. Huidekoper, W. S. Vols. From the General's comrade in the field.
Inscribed on recto: 21st St. South of Market.
Inscribed on verso: Walter Huidekoper May 8, 1944.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 24
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 5 P 544
Trimmed.
Subject Pennsylvania. National Guard. Troop of Philadelphia City Cavalry, 1st.
Armories -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre Chromolithographs -- 1860-1870.
Location Historical Society of Pennsylvania | HSP Bb 5 P 544