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Masonic Hall, Philadelphia. [graphic] / J.W. Hurn, No. 1319 Chestnut St., Philada.
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A98878
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Creator
Hurn, J. W. (John White), d. 1887, photographer.
Contributor
Sloan & Stewart, architect.
Title
Masonic Hall, Philadelphia. [graphic] / J.W. Hurn, No. 1319 Chestnut St., Philada.
Publisher
Philadelphia
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1866
Date
[ca. 1866]
Physical Description
1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 8 x 17 cm. (3 x 6.75 in.)
Description
View looking northwest at the front facade of the hall built 1853-1855 after the designs of Sloan & Stewart. Includes a partial view of the Washington House hotel (709-711 Chestnut Street). Building sold circa 1873 following the completion of the new Masonic Temple on North Broad Street.
Notes
Title from printed label pasted on verso.
Photographer's imprint on mount.
Yellow mount with square corners.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject
Washington House (Hotel : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Masonic buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Hotels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 709-711.
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 713-721.
Genre
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Stereographs -- 1860-1870.
Associated name
Sloan & Stewart, architect.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Hurn - Associations [P.9466.23]
Accession number
P.9466.23
In Collections
Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Stereograph Collection
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