Depicts building facade located at 1400 S. 10th St. which architect Thomas Ustick Walter designed. Constructed 1836, it was demolished 1968 and was an excellent example of Egyptian Revival architecture in the United States. The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. retains the front portico., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Not in Egypt. The north wing of Moyamensing prison. The women's department. Sad to relate such a department is necessary. (Get more dates). Symbol of Egyptian "Scarabeus"., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Duplicate: P.8513.13: same neg., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator
Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date
ca. 1923
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 211 [P.8513.211], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson211.htm