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Masonic Hall, Phila. [graphic].
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A99437
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Creator
Cremer, James, 1821-1893.
Contributor
Sloan & Stewart, architect.
Title
Masonic Hall, Phila. [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia : From James Cremer's stereoscopic emporium, 18 South Eighth St. Stereoscopes and views, wholesale and retail
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1872
Date
[ca. 1872]
Physical Description
1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 10 x 17.5 cm. (4 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 the printing and engraving establishment of Rowley & Chew (723 Chestnut) immediately west of the hall. Awnings obscure most of the storefronts on the ground level. Building sold circa 1873 following the completion of the new Masonic Temple on North Broad Street.
Notes
Title from photographer's label pasted on verso.
Photographer's imprint from label pasted on verso.
Yellow mount with rounded corners.
Rowley & Chew relocated from 14-16 South Seventh Street to 723 Chestnut Street in 1872.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Subject
Rowley & Chew.
Masonic buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Printing industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Commercial streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Awnings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 713-721.
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 723.
Genre
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880.
Stereographs -- 1870-1880.
Associated name
Sloan & Stewart, architect.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Cremer - Associations [P.9047.80]
Accession number
P.9047.80
In Collections
Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Stereograph Collection
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