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Carpenters Hall, 1st Congress 1776, Phila. Pa. [graphic] / Bell, photographer, 1200 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
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Creator
Bell, William, 1830-1910, photographer.
Title
Carpenters Hall, 1st Congress 1776, Phila. Pa. [graphic] / Bell, photographer, 1200 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
Publisher
Philadelphia
Date
[ca. 1874]
Physical Description
1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 9 x 17.5 cm. (3.5 x 7 in.)
Description
Oblique view of the front facade and east flank of the Hall looking southwest down Congress Place. Includes an advertisement painted on a brick chimney in the background reading "A. Dickes, lithographer, 125 S 4th St." The Hall, built between 1770 and 1774 by the Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia after designs by member Robert Smith, served as the meeting place for the First Continental Congress in 1774. The Carpenter's Company, organized 1724, was formed to provide instruction in the science of architecture and financial assistance to members and members' families in need.
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.
Alfred Dickes's photolithography business tenanted 125 South Fourth Street in 1874.
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
Dickes, Alfred.
Carpenters' Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Guildhalls -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 320-322.
Genre
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880.
Stereographs -- 1870-1880.
Associated name
Smith, Robert, 1722-1777, architect.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Bell - Historic Buildings and Sites [P.9079.1]
Accession number
P.9079.1
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Ephemera Collection
Stereograph Collection
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