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Doorway of Carpenter's Hall, Phila. [graphic].
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Creator
R. Newell & Son.
Contributor
Smith, Robert, 1722-1777, architect.
Title
Doorway of Carpenter's Hall, Phila. [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia : Stereoscopic views published by R. Newell & Son, photographers
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1870
Date
[ca. 1870]
Physical Description
1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 9 x 17.5 cm. (3.5 x 7 in.)
Description
Exterior view showing a man standing in the open front doorway of Carpenter's Hall, which is flanked by chairs and gaslight fixtures. The open back doorway is visible in the background. The Hall, built between 1770 and 1774 by the Carpenter's Company of the City and County of Philadelphia after designs by member Robert Smith, served as the meeting place for the First Continental Congress in 1774.
Notes
One of 82 titles printed in series list on verso (No. 356-437).
Publisher's imprint printed on verso.
Buff mount with rounded corners.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Biographical / historical note
R. Newell & Son, a partnership between Robert Newell and his son Henry, was active from around 1870 until 1897 and the death of the elder Newell.
Subject
Carpenters' Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Doors & doorways -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Gaslight fixtures -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 320-322.
Genre
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Stereographs -- 1860-1870.
Associated name
Smith, Robert, 1722-1777, architect.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Newell - Historic buildings and sites [P.9058.157]
Accession number
P.9058.157
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