Details
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