Details
Contributor Hamilton, Andrew, ca. 1676-1741, architect.
Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, publisher.
Woolley, Edmund, ca. 1695-1771, architect.
Title Independence Hall postcards. [graphic].
Date 1905-1935
Physical Description 25 photomechanical prints (postcards): photolithograph; 9 x 15 cm.(3.5 x 5.5 in.)
Description Contains views of Independence Hall including exterior views of the front facade on Chestnut Street; oblique views of the state building from Fifth and Sixth Streets and the rear elevation facing Independence Square showing the Commodore Barry Monument designed by Samuel Murray in 1908. Interior views portray the room where the Declaration of Independence was signed, also called the Assembly Room, Philadelphia Room, Declaration Chamber and Independence Chamber. Others include the banquet room, Supreme Court room, main stairway and the ballroom.
Notes Contains 12 postcards printed in color and 13 printed in black and white.
Built 1732-1748 by Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley. Extensive renovations and additions completed incrementally between 1750 and 1973. Meeting place of the Second Continental Congress from 1775-1783 and the site where the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776.
Also identified as the Pennsylvania State House.
About one third (11 out of 23) of the postcards were issued by the Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence.
Accession numbers: P.8712.5e, P.8712.5k, P.9048.260, P.9048.281, P.9049.27, P.9049.35, P.9049.41, P.9050.66, P.9076.6, P.9076.17, P.9105.20 - 22. P.9441.3, P.9441.5 - 11, P.9441.13 - 16.
Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
City & town halls -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Monuments & memorials -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Plazas -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 520.
Genre Photomechanical prints -- Color -- 1900-1940.
Photomechanical prints -- 1900-1910.
Postcards -- 1900-1940.
Associated name Hamilton, Andrew, ca. 1676-1741, architect.
Associated name Woolley, Edmund, ca. 1695-1771, architect.
Printer Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| LCP postcards - Historic buildings and sites - [various]
Accession number various
P.9049.35
P.9049.41