| Creator |
Walker, Lewis E. (Lewis Emory), 1822-1880. |
| Contributor |
Haviland, John, 1792-1852, architect. |
|
Potter, Edward Tuckerman, 1831-1904, architect. |
| Title |
Looking west [sic] from Colosseum. Philadelphia, Pa. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
Warsaw, N.Y. : L. E. Walker, publisher |
| Publisher |
N.Y. Warsaw. 1876 |
| Date |
[ca. 1876] |
| Physical Description |
1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 11 x 17.5 cm. (4.5 x 7 in.) |
| Description |
Rooftop view looking south from the tower observatory of the Colosseum at the southeast corner of Broad and Locust Streets
showing a partial view of the Beth Eden Baptist church built circa 1869 after designs by Edward Tuckerman Potter; a partially
obscured view of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb (i.e., Deaf & Dumb Asylum) built 1824-26 after designs
by John Haviland; and brick row houses facing Broad Street and Spruce Street. Originally constructed in 1873 in New York City,
the Colosseum was dismantled and rebuilt in Philadelphia to exhibit cycloramas during the Centennial celebration in 1876.
Removed to Boston in 1883 and stables built on the site by John Wanamaker.
|
| Is part of |
Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia 1876. |
| Notes |
Title printed on mount. |
|
Publisher's imprint printed on mount. |
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White mount with rounded corners. |
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Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
| Subject |
Beth Eden Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Colosseum (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb. |
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Baptist churches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Deaf -- Education -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Row houses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Broad Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- South -- 258-260. |
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Broad Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- South -- 320. |
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Broad Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- South -- 300 block. |
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Spruce Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 1400-1402. |
| Genre |
Stereographs -- 1870-1880. |
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Albumen prints -- 1870-1880. |
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Cityscapes -- 1870-1880. |
| Associated name |
Haviland, John, 1792-1852, architect. |
| Associated name |
Potter, Edward Tuckerman, 1831-1904, architect. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Walker - Views [P.8452] |
| Accession number |
P.8452 |
