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City Hall and Penn Square, Broad and Market Streets, Philadelphia. [graphic].
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Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer.
Contributor
MacArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect.
Walter, Thomas U., consultant.
Title
City Hall and Penn Square, Broad and Market Streets, Philadelphia. [graphic].
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1931-1933
Date
1931-1933
Physical Description
2 negatives : nitrate ; 21 x 25 cm. (8 x 10 in.)
Description
Aerial views of Philadelphia's City Hall, originally known as the New Public Buildings, and Penn Square at Broad and Market Streets in Philadelphia. Built from 1871-1901 after the designs of architect John MacArthur, Jr. with Thomas U. Walter as a consultant on the project. Views show City Hall from the north in its entirety as well as a vertical perspective that looks into the interior courtyard.
Notes
Negative number: 14412n, 15887n.
Subject
City Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
City & town halls -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Courthouses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Plazas -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Market Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 1300 block.
Broad Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 000-100 block -- South.
Genre
Nitrate negatives -- 1930-1940.
Aerial photographs -- 1930-1940.
Associated name
MacArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect.
Associated name
Walter, Thomas U., consultant.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Aero Service [P.8990.14412n; P.8990.15887n]
Accession number
P.8990.14412n
P.8990.15887n
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Aero Service Corporation Photographic Negative Collection
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