Details
Creator Brightbill, George M., collector.
Title Post Office and Federal Building postcards. [graphic].
Date 1900-1920
Physical Description 45 photomechanical prints (postcards): photolithograph; 9 x 15 cm.(3.5 x 5.5 in.)
Description Contains images of the United States Post Office and Courthouse situated on the 900 block of Market and Chestnut Streets. Built 1873-1884 after designs by John McArthur, Jr. and Alfred Bult Mullett. Depicts exterior views of the building from Market and Chestnut Streets. Some images include the Philadelphia Record building (917-19 Chestnut Street). Also includes statues of McKinley and Benjamin Franklin in the post office. Sculpted by John J. Boyle in 1899, the Benjamin Franklin statue is now located on Locust Walk on Penn's campus.
Notes Contains 30 postcards printed in color and 15 printed in black and white.
Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject Government facilities -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Post offices -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 900 block.
Genre Photomechanical prints -- Color -- 1900-1920.
Photomechanical prints -- 1900-1910.
Postcards -- 1900-1920.
Associated name Boyle, John, J., 1851-1917, sculptor.
Associated name McArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect.
Associated name Mullett, Alfred Bult, 1834-1890, architect.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Brightbill postcards [Post Office - 140]
Accession number 140-a03-c