Details
Creator Bell, William, 1830-1910, photographer.
Contributor Sloan & Stewart, architect.
Title Masonic Temple on Chestnut St. between 7th & 8th Sts. Phil. Pa. [graphic] / Bell, photographer, 1200 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
Publisher Philadelphia
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1872
Date [ca. 1872]
Physical Description 1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 9 x 18 cm. (3.5 x 7 in.)
Description View looking northwest at the front facade of the hall built 1853-1855 after the designs of Sloan & Stewart. View also shows adjacent businesses with bare awnings, including the Washington House hotel (709-711 Chestnut), and other commercial store fronts west of the hall. Flags fly from 712 Chestnut in the foreground, one reads "one dollar, 712" A horse-drawn cart travels east on Chestnut Street in the distance. Building sold circa 1873 following the completion of the new Masonic Temple on North Broad Street.
Is part of American Scenery.
Notes Title from photographer's manuscript note on label pasted on verso.
Photographer's imprint from label pasted on verso.
Orange mount with rounded corners.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Biographical / historical note Bell began his photographic career in 1848 working for his brother-in-law's daguerreotype studio in Philadelphia and thereafter was associated with many commercial studios as partner or sole proprietor. He served as the chief photographer for the U.S. Army Medical Museum in 1865 and replaced Timothy O'Sullivan on George M. Wheeler's survey of the territories west of the 100th meridian in 1872. He returned to Philadelphia, went into business with his future son-in-law William Rau in 1875, and was active in the photography community until his death in 1910.
Subject Washington House (Hotel : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Masonic buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Hotels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Commercial streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Storefronts -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 713-721.
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 700 block -- south side.
Genre Albumen prints -- 1870-1880.
Stereographs -- 1870-1880.
Associated name Sloan & Stewart, architect.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Bell - Associations [P.9047.97]
Accession number P.9047.97