Cremer, James 1821-1893 McArthur, John 1823-1890 architect Walter, Thomas Ustick 1804-1887 architect still image Graphic Stereographs -- 1870-1880 Albumen prints -- 1870-1880 Progress photographs -- 1870-1880 pau Philadelphia PA. Philadelphia James Cremer December 1873-September 1875 1873 1875 monographic eng

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14 photographic prints : albumen on stereograph mount ; 12 x 18 cm. (4.75 x 7 in.) and smaller. 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). James Cremer, 18 South Eighth Street, Philadelphia, photographer and publisher. 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. 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. City Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.) La Salle College High School Pennsylvania Railroad Buildings City & town halls Pennsylvania Philadelphia Public buildings Pennsylvania Philadelphia Design and construction Construction Pennsylvania Philadelphia Construction equipment Pennsylvania Philadelphia Construction workers Pennsylvania Philadelphia Scaffolding Pennsylvania Philadelphia Masonic buildings Pennsylvania Philadelphia Churches Pennsylvania Philadelphia Dwellings Pennsylvania Philadelphia Advertisements Pennsylvania Philadelphia Broadsides Pennsylvania Philadelphia Penn Square (Philadelphia, Pa.) Broad Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) North 000 block Broad Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) South 000 block Market Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1300 block Market Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1400 block 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 Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Construction [P.9006.1-8; P.9079.5; P.9840.3-7] No. 2, 3, 8, 11, 13, 20 No. 1-3, 5-9 gihc ppl 010323 20230712170824.0 264175 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.6 using a version of MARC21slim2MODS3-6.xsl (Revision 1.116 2016/3/15) modified by the Library Company of Philadelphia (modified 2023-10-02)