Details
Creator Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer.
Title Broad St. from the Academy of Music. [graphic] / Photographed by J. Moran, Philadelphia. Views in Philadelphia, public buildings, streets, interiors, &c.
Publisher Philadelphia
Date [ca. 1863]
Physical Description 1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 8 x 17 cm. (3 x 6.75 in.)
Description View looking north on South Broad Street from the Academy of Music showing two horse-drawn vehicles in the foreground and buildings adjacent to the main thoroughfare, including the second building of the Academy of Natural Sciences (built 1839-1840, John Notman, architect) and La Pierre House Hotel (built 1853, John McArthur, architect) in the distant left background. Row homes are visible on the east side of the street in the foreground and a four story building with gothic-arch windows on the west side, possibly the future site of the Stratford Hotel. Construction of the Union League and City Hall has not yet begun.
Is part of Landscape studies No. 572 1/2
Notes Title from manuscript note on verso.
Photographer's label pasted on verso.
Yellow mount with square corners.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia -- Buildings.
La Pierre House (Hotel : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Horse-drawn vehicles -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Galleries & museums -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Hotels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Broad Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- South -- 100 block.
Broad Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- South -- 200 block.
Genre Stereographs -- 1860-1870.
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Moran - Streets [P.8464.16]
Accession number P.8464.16