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The Home of Joshua Humphreys
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Creator
Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927
Title
The Home of Joshua Humphreys
Date
ca. 1923
Description
Depicts the busy intersection near 11th and Chestnut surrounded by residences and tall commercial buildings. The street is filled with pedestrians, as well as an early automobile and a horse-drawn carriage.
Notes
This once stately mansion was yet existant, in 1923, when this sketch was made. It was the home for many years of Joshua Humphreys who is known to history as the designer and builder of naval and other ships of his time. The house is located in Montgomery County near Haverford. Humphreys was a native of Delaware County. He was born in 1751 and lived eighty-seven years. He built many noted vessels of our early navy. Among them the Chesapeake, Constellation, Constitution, President, Congress, and United States. The latter was the only one built by him in Philadelphia. He is spoken as the "father of the American Navy."
Taylor Catalog Number: 310
Is part of
Frank H. Taylor Collection
Identifier
Taylor - Case 3-21 [2717.F]
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Frank H. Taylor Illustration Collection
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