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Title: Congress Hall postcards
Description: Exterior views of Congress Hall built 1787-1789, where U.S. Congress met until the criminal courts occupied the building after 1800. Also includes interior views of main hall ornamented with original furniture and portraits of statesmen., Contains 9 postcards printed in color and 4 printed in black and white., Majority of the color postcards were issued by P. Sander, Philadelphia and Atlantic City., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1900-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Congress Hall - 58]

Title: Independance [sic] Hall
Description: View looking southeast at the front of Independence Hall built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley at 520 Chestnut Street. Shows a partial view of Congress Hall built 1787-1789 (540-558 Chestnut) and the Prothonotary Office and Court of Common Pleas. Also includes a group of men standing on the sidewalk and piles of stones lining the street in the foreground., Title from manuscript note on verso., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: McAllister, W. Y. (William Young), 1812-1896
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister, W.Y. - Government buildings [P.8457]

Title: Independence Hall
Description: View looking southwest showing the south side of the 500 block of Chestnut Street, including the front of the State House built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley. Also shows a partial view in the left foreground of old City Hall built 1790-1791 after the designs of David Evans, Jr. (500 Chestnut), Congress Hall built 1787-1789 (540-558 Chestnut), and the commercial building at the southwest corner of Sixth and Chestnut Streets where John McArthur would consruct the Public Ledger building 1866-1867 (600 Chestnut Street) in the distant right background., One of 107 titles printed in series list on verso (No. 139-245)., Publisher's imprint on verso., Yellow curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of David Doret.
Creator: R. Newell & Son
Date: [photographed ca. 1865, printed ca. 1872]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Government buildings [P.2010.6.13]

Title: State House, Philadelphia
Description: View looking southwest showing the south side of the 500 block of Chestnut Street, including the front of the State House built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley. Also shows a partial view in the left foreground of old City Hall built 1790-1791 after the designs of David Evans, Jr. (500 Chestnut), Congress Hall built 1787-1789 (540-558 Chestnut), and the commercial building at the southwest corner of Sixth and Chestnut Streets where John McArthur would consruct the Public Ledger building 1866-1867 (600 Chestnut Street) in the distant right background., Title from manuscript note on label accompanying stereograph., Publisher's imprint on label accompanying stereograph., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Robert Newell's son Henry entered the business in 1872 and the name changed to "R. Newell & Son".
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Government buildings [1322.F.8a]

Title: State House Philadelphia
Description: View looking southwest showing the south side of the 500 block of Chestnut Street, including the front of the State House built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley. Also shows a partial view in the left foreground of old City Hall built 1790-1791 after the designs of David Evans, Jr. (500 Chestnut), Congress Hall built 1787-1789 (540-558 Chestnut), and the commercial building at the southwest corner of Sixth and Chestnut Streets where John McArthur would consruct the Public Ledger building 1866-1867 (600 Chestnut Street) in the distant right background., Title from manuscript note on verso., Attributed to Robert Newell., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Government buildings [7992.F.7]

Title: Ring, Grandpa, ring! Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A
Description: Rooftop view looking west showing the bell tower and rooftop of the State House constructed 1732-1748 after designs by Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley. Also shows Congress Hall (540-558 Chestnut) built 1787-89 and the Public Ledger building (600-606 Chestnut) built 1866-67 after designs by John McArthur, Jr. Includes smokestacks and rooflines of buildings in the distance and pedestrian and vehicle traffic on Chestnut Street., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Creator: Kilburn, B. W. (Benjamin West), 1827-1909
Date: c1891
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Kilburn - Historic buildings and sites [P.9047.140]

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