Details
Contributor McArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect.
De Young's Palace Dollar Store, publisher.
Title United States Naval Asylum, Gray's Ferry Road. [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia : Published by De Young's Palace Dollar Store, established 1830, 704 Chestnut St
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1876
Date [ca. 1876]
Physical Description 1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 8 x 17.5 cm. (3 x 7 in.)
Description Oblique, exterior view of Laning Hall of the U.S. Naval Asylum, a convalescence home for retired sailors, constructed 1864-1868 after designs by John McArthur, Jr. at the southwest corner of Gray's Ferry Avenue and Twenty-fourth Street. Replaced original hospital in Biddle Hall.
Is part of American Scenery, Centennial Series, 1776-1876
Notes Title on negative.
Publisher's imprint 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 Robert M. Vogel.
Subject United States. Navy -- Buildings.
United States Naval Home, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Rest homes -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Almshouses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Gray's Ferry Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 2400 block.
Genre Stereographs -- 1870-1880.
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880.
Associated name McArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect.
Printer De Young's Palace Dollar Store, publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - De Young's Palace Dollar Store [P.9047.98]
Accession number P.9047.98