| Contributor |
Smith, Robert, 1722-1777, architect. |
|
E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm), publisher. |
| Title |
[Carpenters' Hall, Philadelphia, Pa.] [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
New York : Published by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., Emporium of American and foreign stereoscopic views, chromos, albums, magic
lanterns and slides, 591 Broadway, opposite Metropolitan Hotel
|
| Publisher |
N.Y. New York. 1875 |
| Date |
[ca. 1875] |
| Physical Description |
2 photographic prints : albumen on stereograph mounts ; 8 x 18 cm. (3.5 x 9 in.) |
| Description |
Series of views entitled "Carpenters' Hall, Philadelphia, Pa." and "Interior view of Carpenters' Hall, Philadelphia, Pa."
showing the exterior and interior of the hall built 1770-1774 by the builders association, Carpenters' Company of the City
and County of Philadelphia, after designs by member Robert Smith. Exterior view shows the front facade from Carpenter's Court
flanked by two towering brick buildings. Interior view shows a Palladian door flanked by two columns and surmounted by a plaque
on the wall reading "Within these Walls Henry, Hancock, & Adams inspired the Delegates of the Colonies with Nerve & Sinew
for the Toils of War Resulting in Our National Independence." Building 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 |
Popular Series. American Views No. 10530-10531 |
| Notes |
Title supplied by cataloger. |
|
Photographer's imprint from labels pasted on versos. Labels include vignettes showing a camera on a tripod superimposed on
a scenic mountain view surmounted by medals in the sky, awarded to E. & H.T. Anthony in Austria (1840), Berlin (1840), and
at the American Institute Fair (1870, 1872, 1873). To the right of this main vignette are medals awarded at the Vienna Exhibtion
(1873); the Kings Co. Industrial Fair (1873) and the Franklin Institute (1873) bordered by decorative foliage.
|
|
Orange mounts with rounded corners. |
|
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
|
Gift of William L. Schaeffer. |
| Biographical / historical note |
E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. was one of the largest suppliers of photographic apparatus in the second half of the nineteenth century.
Their business moved from 501 Broadway to 591 Broadway in 1869.
|
| Subject |
Carpenters' Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Guildhalls -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Interiors -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 320-322. |
| Genre |
Stereographs -- 1870-1880. |
|
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880. |
| Associated name |
Smith, Robert, 1722-1777, architect. |
| Printer |
E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm), publisher. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Anthony - Associations [P.9113.1-2] |
| Accession number |
P.9113.1 |
|
P.9113.2 |
