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- Title
- Grand Lodge Room, New Masonic Hall, Philadelphia
- Description
- Interior of the Masonic Hall built 1853-1855 after the designs of Sloan & Stewart at 713-721 Chestnut Street. Shows the west wall of the Grand Lodge Room constructed after the designs of Collins & Autenrieth. Includes statuary, carpeting, a chandelier, the Grand Master 's chair, ornately decorated architectural elements, and a book on a pedestal. Hall razed by fire in 1886., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Buff mount with square corners., Accompanied by label containing an engraving of the front facade of the hall by Dewitt C. Baxter, a brief description of the construction of the building, and a list of Grand Officers who participated in the dedication., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation with the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1980), entry # 101., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
- Creator
- W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
- Date
- c1860
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Associations [(8)1322.F.37e]
- Title
- Grand Lodge Room, New Masonic Hall, Philadelphia
- Description
- Interior of the Masonic Hall built 1853-1855 after the designs of Sloan & Stewart at 713-721 Chestnut Street. Shows the west wall of the Grand Lodge Room constructed after the designs of Collins & Autenrieth. Includes statuary, carpeting, a chandelier, the Grand Master 's chair, ornately decorated architectural elements, and a book on a pedestal. Hall razed by fire in 1886., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Buff mount with square corners., Accompanied by label containing an engraving of the front facade of the hall by Dewitt C. Baxter, a brief description of the construction of the building, and a list of Grand Officers who participated in the dedication., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation with the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1980), entry # 101., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
- Creator
- W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
- Date
- c1860
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Associations [(8)1322.F.37e]
- Title
- Grand Lodge Room, New Masonic Hall, Philadelphia
- Description
- Interior of the Masonic Hall built 1853-1855 after the designs of Sloan & Stewart at 713-721 Chestnut Street. Shows the west wall of the Grand Lodge Room constructed after the designs of Collins & Autenrieth. Includes statuary, carpeting, a chandelier, the Grand Master 's chair, ornately decorated architectural elements, and a book on a pedestal. Hall razed by fire in 1886., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Buff mount with square corners., Accompanied by label containing an engraving of the front facade of the hall by Dewitt C. Baxter, a brief description of the construction of the building, and a list of Grand Officers who participated in the dedication., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation with the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1980), entry # 101., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
- Creator
- W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
- Date
- c1860
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Associations [(8)1322.F.37e]
- Title
- Grand Lodge Room, New Masonic Hall, Philadelphia
- Description
- Interior of the Masonic Hall built 1853-1855 after the designs of Sloan & Stewart at 713-721 Chestnut Street. Shows the north wall of the Grand Lodge Room constructed after the designs of Collins & Autenrieth. Includes statuary, carpeting, a chandelier, pews, and ornately decorated architectural elements. Hall razed by fire in 1886., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Buff mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
- Date
- ca. 1860
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Associations [(8)1322.F.37f]
- Title
- Grand Lodge Room, New Masonic Hall, Philadelphia
- Description
- Interior of the Masonic Hall built 1853-1855 after the designs of Sloan & Stewart at 713-721 Chestnut Street. Shows the north wall of the Grand Lodge Room constructed after the designs of Collins & Autenrieth. Includes statuary, carpeting, a chandelier, pews, and ornately decorated architectural elements. Hall razed by fire in 1886., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Buff mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
- Date
- ca. 1860
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Associations [(8)1322.F.37f]
- Title
- Grand Lodge Room, New Masonic Hall, Philadelphia
- Description
- Interior of the Masonic Hall built 1853-1855 after the designs of Sloan & Stewart at 713-721 Chestnut Street. Shows the north wall of the Grand Lodge Room constructed after the designs of Collins & Autenrieth. Includes statuary, carpeting, a chandelier, pews, and ornately decorated architectural elements. Hall razed by fire in 1886., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Buff mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
- Date
- ca. 1860
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Associations [(8)1322.F.37f]
- Title
- Corinthian Hall, east, Masonic Temple, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A
- Description
- Interior view of the unfinished, Greek Corinthian-style Grand Lodge Room in Philadelphia's Masonic Hall, looking toward the east wall. Includes rows of benches and large chandeliers hanging down from the high ceiling. Designed by James H. Windrim, Philadelphia's Masonic Hall, located at Broad and Filbert Streets, was dedicated in 1873, but the Grand Lodge Room was not completed until 1903., 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 - Associations [P.9047.117]
- Title
- Interior views of the New Masonic Temple, Phila
- Description
- Series of titled interior views of the New Masonic Temple in Philadelphia include, "Norman Room, west," "Norman Room, east," "Ionic Room, east," "Lobby to the Grand Chamber," "Grand Chamber Room, east," "Lobby to Grand Lodge," "Grand Lodge Room, south," "Egyptian Room, west," "Grand Lodge Room, west," and "Library". Views depict the furniture and architectural details of various rooms within the temple, including rows of benches, high-backed chairs, large chandeliers, ornate carpet, desks, and bookshelves. Designed by James H. Windrim, Philadelphia's Masonic Hall, located at Broad and Filbert Streets, was dedicated in 1873, but many of the interior rooms were not completed until decades later., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint printed on mounts., Distributor's imprint printed on mounts and on versos., Explicative paragraph of text providing brief history of Masonic Temple entitled, "Masonic Temple, Philadelphia" printed on all versos, except for one [P.9644.8]. Text surrounded by decorative border., Orange mounts with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Frederick Gutekunst's photographs documenting Masonic Hall were used to illustrate Dedication Memorial of the New Masonic Temple, Philadelphia, September 26th, 29th, 30th, 1873. (Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1875).
- Creator
- Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917, photographer
- Date
- c1873
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Gutekunst - Associations [P.8616.2; P.8944.1-4; P.8944.6-7; P.8944.9; P.9082.2; P.9644.8; P.9734.4]