05344ckm a22008291i 4500 000278052 20230712170824.0 kh boc 010323i18731875paunnn kneng d NEHE-183 10 ppl PPL gihc Cremer, James, 1821-1893. 45727 Views of construction of New City Building, Philadelphia, John McArthur, Jr., architect. [graphic] / James Cremer, 18 South Eighth Street, Philadelphia, photographer and publisher. Philadelphia : James Cremer, December 1873-September 1875. 14 photographic prints : albumen on stereograph mount ; 12 x 18 cm. (4.75 x 7 in.) and smaller. Views of construction in sub-basement No. 2, 3, 8, 11, 13, 20 Views of construction No. 1-3, 5-9 Six are from the Views of construction in sub-basement series and eight are from the Views of construction series. Series titled "Views of construction in sub-basement" (P.9840.3-7) copyrighted 1873 by James Cremer. Photographer's imprint on mounts. Dates on versos. Printed text on versos list names of architects and the Board of Commissioners. Yellow mounts with rounded corners. Progress photographs of the early construction of City Hall built 1871-1901 on Penn Square after the designs of John McArthur, Jr. Photographs show different stages of the construction of the foundation and lower floor of the building between 1873 and 1875. Includes images of the dirt sub-basement; construction materials, equipment, and workers; and partially completed walls and abutments. Several of the views include scaffolding; horse-drawn carts; pulleys; piles of construction debris; and workers and well-dressed men, probably the commissioners, reviewing and posed on or near constructed parts of the building and construction materials. Views also show surrounding cityscape, including the west and south elevations of Masonic Temple (Broad and Filbert); the Pennsylvania Railroad freight depot (13th and Market); the towers of the gothic-style St. John the Evangelist Church (23-25 South 13th); West Penn Square Academy (s.w. corner of Market and Merrick); the spire of the Arch Street Methodist Episcopal Church (s.w. corner Broad and Arch); La Salle College High School (n.e. corner Broad and Filbert); and dwellings facing Penn Square. Also shows broadsides posted to the fence surrounding the construction site advertising Pugh & Creauthers furniture manufacturers and dealers (228 So. 2nd St.); Fox's New American Theatre; Arion Pianos (1308 Chestnut); and Secor Sewing Machines (Eighth and Walnut). From 1873 to 1875, Cremer documented the construction of Philadelphia's City Hall in a series of stereographs produced for the Commissioner for the Erection of the Public Building. See also albums - Cremer [(1)23455.D and (2)23455.D] Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. City Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.) 84988 La Salle College High School. Pennsylvania Railroad Buildings. City & town halls Pennsylvania Philadelphia. lctgm Public buildings Pennsylvania Philadelphia Design and construction. Construction Pennsylvania Philadelphia. lctgm Construction equipment Pennsylvania Philadelphia. lctgm Construction workers Pennsylvania Philadelphia. lctgm Scaffolding Pennsylvania Philadelphia. lctgm Masonic buildings Pennsylvania Philadelphia. lctgm Churches Pennsylvania Philadelphia. lctgm Dwellings Pennsylvania Philadelphia. lctgm Advertisements Pennsylvania Philadelphia. lctgm Broadsides Pennsylvania Philadelphia. lctgm Penn Square (Philadelphia, Pa.) Broad Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) North 000 block. local Broad Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) South 000 block. local Market Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1300 block. local Market Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1400 block. local Stereographs 1870-1880. gmgpc Albumen prints 1870-1880. gmgpc Progress photographs 1870-1880. gmgpc SP10 Philadelphia artists. McArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect. Walter, Thomas Ustick, 1804-1887, architect. Imprint PA. Philadelphia. 1873. Views of construction in sub-basement No. 2, 3, 8, 11, 13, 20 Views of construction No. 1-3, 5-9 Library Company of Philadelphia PRINT PRINT stereo - Cremer - Construction [P.9006.1-8; P.9079.5; P.9840.3-7] P.9006.1 P.9006.2 P.9006.3 P.9006.4 P.9006.5 P.9006.6 P.9006.7 P.9006.8 P.9079.5 P.9840.3 P.9840.4 P.9840.5 P.9840.6 P.9840.7 264175 264175 000278052 LINDAW 40 20100721 1232 000278052 LINDAW 40 20100721 1426 000278052 LINDAW 40 20100723 1002 000278052 LINDAW 40 20100723 1035 000278052 LINDAW 40 20100728 1201 000278052 LINDAW 40 20111110 1144 ppl PA. Philadelphia. 1873. Imprint McArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect. Walter, Thomas Ustick, 1804-1887, architect.