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Masonic Temple. [graphic].
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Creator
Purviance, W. T. (William T.)
Contributor
Windrim, James H. 1840-1919, architect.
Title
Masonic Temple. [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia : By Purviance, publisher of the scenery of the Adirondacks, Watkins Glen, Erie Railway, Onoko Glen, Ithica Gorge, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park, Mauch Chunk, &c
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1873
Date
[ca. 1873]
Physical Description
1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 11 x 18 cm. (4.25 x 7 in.)
Description
View looking northeast at the west front and south flank of the temple on North Broad Street built 1868-1873 after the designs of Freemason and Philadelphia architect James H. Windrim to accommodate the local lodge's increasing membership. Includes large slabs of stone and horse-drawn carts and drays in the foreground, presumably for construction of City Hall (not pictured). Also shows the front facade of the building at the northwest corner of North Broad and Filbert Streets.
Is part of
Gems of American Scenery.
Notes
Title on negative.
Publisher's imprint printed on mount.
Yellow curved mount with rounded corners.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of F.J. Dallet.
Subject
Masonic buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Construction -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Broad Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- North -- 1-33.
Filbert Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 1501.
Genre
Stereographs -- 1870-1880.
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880.
Associated name
Windrim, James H. (James Hamilton), 1840-1919, architect.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Purviance - Associations [P.9418.4]
Accession number
P.9418.4
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