| Creator |
Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer. |
| Contributor |
Fraser, John, 1825-1906, architect. |
|
Huston, Joseph M., 1866-1940, architect. |
|
Daniel H. Burnham & Company, architect. |
| Title |
[Peace Jubilee, Triumphal Arch and Court of Honor, looking northwest from Walnut Street.] [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1898 |
| Date |
October 1898 |
| Physical Description |
1 slide: lantern; 8 x 11 cm.(3 x 4 in.) |
| Description |
Depicts the Triumphal Arch (i.e. Athenean Arch) and temporary columns of the Court of Honor along South Broad Street, showing
pedestrians and horse drawn carriages in the street, looking northwest from Walnut Street. Erected after designs by Joseph
M. Huston for the Peace Jubilee, a celebration of the end of the Spanish American War in 1898. Included a military parade
that passed through the Court of Honor, along with other festivities that lasted several days in October. Includes the Bellevue
Hotel at the northwest corner of Broad and Walnut Streets, opened in 1882 and later merged with the Stratford Hotel; Union
League, built 1864-1865 after the designs of John Fraser (140 S. Broad); Lafayette Hotel, erected in 1853 as the LaPierre
House, expanded and renamed in 1876, and razed circa 1900 (southwest corner Broad and Sansom); Land Title Building, built
1897-1898 after the designs of Daniel H. Burnham & Co. (100-118 S. Broad) and a partial view of City Hall tower.
|
| Notes |
Title supplied by cataloguer. |
|
Gift of Albert L. Doering. |
| Subject |
City Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Union League of Philadelphia. |
|
Bellevue Hotel (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Land Title Building (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Peace. |
|
City & town halls -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Clubhouses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Hotels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Office buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Social & civic facilities -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Broad Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- South -- 100 block -- west side. |
| Genre |
Lantern slides -- 1890-1900. |
| Associated name |
Fraser, John, 1825-1906, architect. |
| Associated name |
Huston, Joseph M., 1866-1940, architect. |
| Associated name |
Daniel H. Burnham & Company, architect. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.239] |
| Accession number |
P.9453.239 |
