Details
Title View from State House. [graphic].
Publisher [United States]
Publisher UNITED STATES. 1875
Date [ca. 1875]
Physical Description 1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 8 x 17 cm. (3.25 x 6.75 in.)
Description Panoramic view showing the north side of the the 600 block of Chestnut Street, including the office buildings constructed for patent medicine manufacturer Dr. David Jayne. Includes Rockhill & Wilson, clothiers (603-605 Chestnut); the Bulletin Building (607 Chestnut, built 1866); the Jayne Office Building known as the Commonwealth Building (611-613 Chestnut); Jayne's Marble Building (615-619 Chestnut, built 1860); and Jayne's Hall (625-631 Chestnut, built 1856). Visible on the 700 block is a sign for "Greene's" and the front facade of the old Masonic Hall (713-721 Chestnut, built 1852-1853).
Notes Yellow mount with rounded corners.
Title printed on mount below image.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject Bulletin Building (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Jayne's Hall.
Jayne's Marble Building.
Jayne Office Building.
Rockhill & Wilson.
Commercial streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Office buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Clothing stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Masonic buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 600 block -- North side.
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 700 block -- North side.
Genre Stereographs -- 1870-1880.
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880.
Panoramic photographs -- 1870-1880.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - unidentified - Views [P.9644.27]
Accession number P.9644.27