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- Title
- State House. Philadelphia. [graphic] / J. C. Wild ; Lith. of J.T. Bowen.
- Description
- Location: Chestnut and Sixth Streets, southwest corner., Originally published as plate 11 in Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen. Loose print lacking copyright statement., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Library Company of Philadelphia: P. 2195 and in *Am 1848 Wild 3007.Q (Poulson) and in *Am 1848 Wild 1514.F and in *Am 1848 Wild 1515.Q., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
- Creator
- Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846., creator
- Date
- c1840, 1848.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W352-4.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W352.4 [P.2195]
- Title
- Interior view of Independence Hall, Philadelphia. [graphic] / On stone Max Rosenthal.
- Description
- Location: Chestnut Street, Fifth to Sixth., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc47 R815.
- Creator
- Rosenthal, Max, 1833-1918 lithographer., creator
- Date
- 1856.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W185.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W185 [P.2068]
- Title
- [Rear of State House, 520 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia]
- Description
- View showing the rear of the State House built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley at 520 Chestnut Street. Includes pedestrian traffic in Independence Square., Title from manuscript note on mount., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Yellow mount with square corners., 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., Chase, a Baltimore photographer, operated as a stereograph photographer and publisher between circa 1872 to 1890.
- Creator
- Chase, William M., 1818 or 1819-1901
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Chase - Government Buildings [(8)1322.F.9c-1]
- Title
- Rear of Independence Hall
- Description
- View looking from a tree-lined path in Independence Square showing the rear entrance of the State House. Also shows a street lamp., Title from accompanying publisher's label containing a line of descriptive text., Grey paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
- Creator
- M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
- Date
- c1859
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McClees - Government buildings [(8)1322.F.9b]
- Title
- State House, Philadelphia, from Walnut Street
- Description
- Shows four men and a boy standing at the rear gate of the State House on Walnut Street. Also shows a man seated on the gate steps. State House (520 Chestnut) built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley., Attributed to William and Frederick Langenheim., Title printed on mount., Buff paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., 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
- ca. 1856
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Government Buildings [(3)1322.F.9f]
- Title
- Liberty Bell, State House, Philadelphia
- Description
- Interior view showing the Liberty Bell on a pedestal in the State House. State House built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley., Title printed on mount., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Stamped on verso: 198, Gray 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., Presko Binocular Company bought negatives from photographers and published stereographs between 1910 and 1920 in Chicago.
- Date
- [ca. 1910]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Monuments and statues [P.9047.157]
- Title
- The Liberty Bell, Phila. Pa
- Description
- Interior view showing the Liberty Bell hanging on a chain of thirteen links from the ceiling in the Assembly Room of the State House. The State House built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley., Title on negative., Yellow curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- [ca. 1877]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Monuments and statues [P.9567.11]
- Title
- Independence Hall, which first proclaimed Freedom, as "government by the people," -- Philadelphia
- Description
- View of the bell hanging from the ceiling in Independence Hall., Additional places of publication printed on mount include: London; Toronto-Canada; Ottawa-Kansas., Printed on mount: Works and studios. Arlington, N.J.; Westwood, N.J.; and Washington, D.C., Sun sculpture trademark printed on mount., Title printed on mount., Copyrighted 1902 by Underwood & Underwood on recto under title and copyrighted 1904 by Underwood & Underwood on verso., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Explicative paragraph of text describing the history of the Liberty Bell printed on verso. "Liberty Bell; Philadelphia, Pa." printed in five languages below paragraph., Gray 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.
- Date
- c1904
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Underwood & Underwood - Historic buildings & sites [P.9047.119]
- Title
- View of the ruins caused by the great fire northeast corner of Sixth and Market st. which began on the night of Weds. April 30, 1856 - From the northwest
- Description
- Shows burnt ruins and fire debris lining Sixth Street above Market from the fire begun in the rag and paper warehouse of Jessup & Moore on North Street below Arch. Includes a line of men standing on debris and Independence Hall in the background. The fire razed forty-four buildings, which caused a loss of half of a million dollars., Title and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on accompanying label., Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 5, page 77. The scrapbooks contained photographs of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia collected by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., McClees 1856-5., See clippings in Poulson scrapbook "Illustrations of Philadelphia," vol. 5, p .21., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
- Creator
- M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
- Date
- 1856
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Fires and firefighting [(5)2526.F.9a]
- Title
- Independence Hall or State House, from the N.E. across the ruins made by the great fire N.W. corner of Chestnut & Fifth St
- Description
- View looking northeast showing the State House built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley at 520 Chestnut Street. In the foreground, a partial view of the fire ruins from the expansive fire of the Artisan Building near Fourth and Chestnut streets on April 11th, 1856 is visible. Shows the exposed side of a damaged building adorned with broadsides., Title from transcribed scrapbook inscription., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Probably originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 5, page 30. The scrapbooks contained photographs of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia collected by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., 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 #76., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
- Creator
- M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
- Date
- Spring 1856
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Government Buildings [8339.F.31]
- Title
- Centennial medal
- Description
- Small medal from the 1876 Centennial Exhibition. Obverse inscribed, "Memorial medal, 1776" with image of Independence Hall; reverse inscribed, "Struck Within the International Exhibition 1876.", Gift of Raymond Holstein, 2011.
- Date
- 1876
- Location
- OBJ 888
- Title
- Independence Hall
- Description
- Depicts the south elevation and bell tower of Independence Hall. Built 1732-1748 by Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley. Extensive renovations and additions completed incrementally between 1750 and 1973. Meeting place of the Second Continental Congress from 1775-1783 and the site where the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776., Inscribed in negative: 2247., Title from negative sleeve., Also identified as the Pennsylvania State House.
- Creator
- Hand, Alfred, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1920
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.28]
- Title
- Independence Hall
- Description
- Oblique view of the south elevation and bell tower of Independence Hall from Fifth Street, showing the stone wall that surrounds the square. Built 1732-1748 by Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley. Extensive renovations and additions completed incrementally between 1750 and 1973. Meeting place of the Second Continental Congress from 1775-1783 and the site where the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776., Inscribed in negative: 2248., Title from negative sleeve., Also identified as the Pennsylvania State House.
- Creator
- Hand, Alfred, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1920
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.29]
- Title
- American Hotel, S. M. Heulings proprietor, Chestnut Street bet. Fifth & Sixth, opposite Independence Hall, Philadelphia
- Description
- Pictorial envelope advertising the American Hotel and containing a view of "Independence Hall, Directly Opposite the American Hotel" on the verso. Image also shows the Bailly statue of George Washington and pedestrian traffic, including couples on promenade and in conversation., Title from printed return address., Upper right corner removed., Contains ink-stamp postmark: Philadelphia Oct 3 8 AM., Addressed in manuscript to: Mr. Wm. Fulmer, Bloomsberry, New Jersey., Accompanied by illustrated letterhead completed in manuscript to Mr. Wm. Fulmer ("Dear Bro.") from A.M. Henkel, dated October 2, 1876 describing a wedding trip, including a visit to the Centennial Exhibition. Illustration duplicates illustration on corresponding envelope. [P.2011.10.69a], Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
- Date
- [1876]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Envelopes [P.2011.10.69 & 69a]
- 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
- The Liberty Bell, leaving Philadelphia for Boston, June 15th, 1903
- Description
- View showing the Liberty Bell on a float adorned in patriotic bunting in front of Independence Hall on Chestnut Street. Two military escorts stand nearby. The Liberty Bell traveled to Boston in 1903 for the 128th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill., Additional places of publication printed on mount, including Chicago; London; Hamberg, Ger.; and Milan, Italy., Title printed on mount., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Distributor's imprint printed on mount., Manuscript note in pencil on verso: Mrs. E. B. Dorathy ; Sammy Taylor, Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- 1903
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Griffith & Griffith - Monuments and statues [P.9450.2]
- Title
- Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pa
- Description
- View looking north from a tree-lined path in Independence Square at the rear elevation of the State House built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley. Also includes the front facades of buildings on the north side of Chestnut Street., Copyright 1902 by H.C. White Co. on mount below image., Additional places of publication printed on mount, including Chicago; New York; and London., Title and publisher's imprint printed in gold on mount, along with the following numbers and letters: 973; 917.7, 88, A., Explicative paragraph of text describing Independence Hall printed on verso with series title and stereograph title., Stamped on verso: Fresno County Free Library ; 75, 37, Dark gray 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.
- Date
- [Printed ca. 1903; photographed c1902]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - White - Government buildings [P.9047.155]
- Title
- Back of Independence Hall from near 5[th] & Walnut Sts. [Philadelphia]
- Description
- Glass negative showing Independence Hall, a multi-story building with a prominent central spire designed by Andrew Hamilton (1676-1741) and Edmund Woolly (1695-1771) at Fifth and Walnut Streets. The building is seen from a distance across a field dotted with trees. Construction on Independence Hall began in 1732 and completed in 1753. It originally housed all three branches of the Pennsylvania colonial government, as well as being host to the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitutional Convention. The building went through numerous renovations and reconstructions, until in 1950 when the National Park Service restored much of the architecture and interior to its 1776 appearance. It is a part of Independence National Park and a major tourist attraction as of the 21st century., Time: 2:00, Light: Faint sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- April 22, 1887
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1104]
- Title
- State House from 6[th] & Walnut [streets]. [Philadelphia]
- Description
- Glass negative showing Independence Hall, a large building with a prominent central spire designed by Andrew Hamilton (1676-1741) and Edmund Woolly (1695-1771) near Sixth and Walnut Streets. The building is viewed from across a park that is lined with paths and dotted with trees. People walk down the various paths and sit on benches. Construction on Independence Hall began in 1732 and completed in 1753. It originally housed all three branches of the Pennsylvania colonial government, as well as being host to the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitutional Convention. The building went through numerous renovations and reconstructions, until in 1950 when the National Park Service restored much of the architecture and interior to its 1776 appearance. It is a part of Independence National Park and a major tourist attraction as of the 21st century., Photographer remarks: same remark as last. [too fast for stop used], Time: 2:10, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- April 25, 1887
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1108]
- Title
- [George Washington statue in front of Independence Hall, 520 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia]
- Description
- Shows the George Washington marble statue sculpted by Joseph A. Bailly enclosed in ironwork fencing in front of Independence Hall. Statue rests on pedestal inscribed "Erected by the Washington Monument Association of the First School District of Pennsylvania July 4, 1869." Also shows spectators in the background., Title supplied by cataloguer., 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.
- Date
- ca. 1870
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Monuments & statues [1322.F.8b]
- Title
- State-House garden, Philadelphia
- Description
- View showing the well-patronized garden enclosed by a brick wall with a tall gateway with wooden doors on Walnut Street at the rear of the State House. Depicts several individuals at leisure, walking, sitting on a bench, and conversing on the grounds landscaped with trees. The garden grounds purchased in 1760, enclosed in 1770 (the gate given by legislator and State House trustee Joseph Fox), was landscaped under the direction of visiting Jamaican trader and American Philosophical Society member Samuel Vaughan around 1784., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Illustrated in S. Robert Teitelman's Birch's Views of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1982, rev. 2000), pl. 23.
- Creator
- W. Birch & Son
- Date
- 1798
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch's views [Sn 23/P.2276.53]
- Title
- State House garden, Philadelphia
- Description
- View showing the well-patronized garden at the rear of the State House on Walnut Street, enclosed by a brick wall and a tall gateway with wooden doors. Depicts several individuals at leisure, walking, sitting on a bench, and conversing on the landscaped grounds. The grounds purchased in 1760, enclosed in 1770 (the gate given by legislator and State House trustee Joseph Fox), was landscaped with trees and promenades under the direction of visiting Jamaican trader and American Philosophical Society member Samuel Vaughan around 1784., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
- Creator
- Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834
- Date
- [1804]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch's views [Sn 34/P.2276.55]
- Title
- State House
- Description
- Views showing a large gathering of people around a band in Independence Square at the rear of the State House. Also shows guards near the back entrance of the State House, barren trees, and an individual seated near a handcart in front of the rear gate of the square on Walnut Street., Title from photographer's label accompanying stereograph., Stereograph on yellow paper 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
- Moran, John, 1831-1903
- Date
- [ca. 1863]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Government buildings [(8)1322.F.9a-2], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Moran - I [(3)1322.F.9c], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - Moran [(8)1322.F.9e]
- Title
- [Artist's study for the State-House garden, Philadelphia]
- Description
- View showing the well-patronized garden enclosed by a brick wall with a tall gateway with wooden doors on Walnut Street at the rear of the State House. Depicts several individuals at leisure, walking, sitting on a bench, and conversing on the grounds landscaped with trees. The garden grounds purchased in 1760, enclosed in 1770 (the gate given by legislator and State House trustee Joseph Fox), was landscaped under the direction of visiting Jamaican trader and American Philosophical Society member Samuel Vaughan around 1784., Title from plate 23 in the first edition of Birch's "Views of Philadelphia.", Bequest of Charles Poulson, 1866., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a Poulson scrapbook., Reproduced in Julius Sachse's Pictures of old Philadelphia from the originals in the collection of the Library Company of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, 1901), vol. 1, plate 45. (LCP Print Room Albums), See Martin Snyder's "William Birch: His Philadelphia Views," The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 73 (July 1949), p. 271-315.
- Creator
- Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1798]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department drawings & watercolors - Birch - State House Garden [P.9668]
- Title
- "The boys in blue," returning the state flags to the governor of Pennsylvania, Independence Square, Philadelphia July 4th, 1866. [graphic] / Rea & Sharp, engravers.
- Description
- Copyright secured., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited, Shows a large crowd of spectators surrounding a platform of dignitaries in Independence Square for the July 4th celebration commemorating the return of colors to the state by the Pennsylvania regiments. American flags and banners adorn the rear of Independence Hall. Several military personnel, flags, and a banner advertising King & Baird, book & job printers, are visible in the foreground. Veterans from over one-hundred regiments and the orphan children of soldiers and sailors killed during the Civil War attended the ceremony officiated by Mayor General George G. Meade and Governor Andrew G. Curtin.
- Creator
- Rea & Sharp engraver., creator
- Date
- [1866]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *Ph Pr - Gov't Buildings - I [5779.7]
- Title
- The offering of the carriers of the press to their patrons. January 1st, 1863. [graphic].
- Description
- Contains seven vignettes: Signing of the Declaration of Independence; Hall of Independence - Front; Hall of Independence - Rear; Carpenters' Hall; Carpenters' Hall - Interior; House in which the Declaration was written, and Hall of Independence - Interior., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
- Date
- 1862.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W387.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W387 [P.2213]
- Title
- Independence Hall postcards
- Description
- Contains views of Independence Hall including exterior views of the front facade on Chestnut Street; oblique views of the state building from Fifth and Sixth Streets and the rear elevation facing Independence Square showing the Commodore Barry Monument designed by Samuel Murray in 1908. Interior views portray the room where the Declaration of Independence was signed, also called the Assembly Room, Philadelphia Room, Declaration Chamber and Independence Chamber. Others include the banquet room, Supreme Court room, main stairway and the ballroom., Contains 12 postcards printed in color and 13 printed in black and white., Built 1732-1748 by Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley. Extensive renovations and additions completed incrementally between 1750 and 1973. Meeting place of the Second Continental Congress from 1775-1783 and the site where the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776., Also identified as the Pennsylvania State House., About one third (11 out of 23) of the postcards were issued by the Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence., Accession numbers: P.8712.5e, P.8712.5k, P.9048.260, P.9048.281, P.9049.27, P.9049.35, P.9049.41, P.9050.66, P.9076.6, P.9076.17, P.9105.20 - 22. P.9441.3, P.9441.5 - 11, P.9441.13 - 16., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- 1905-1935
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Historic buildings and sites - [various]
- Title
- Clock tower of Independence Hall, Philada
- Description
- Depicts the bell tower of Independence Hall looking west. Constructed from 1750 to 1753, about ten years after Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley built the original portion of the building. Bell tower reconstructed by William Strickland in 1828. The mansard roof of the original Public Ledger building is visible in the background., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount.
- Creator
- Browne, John C. (John Coates), 1838-1918, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1913
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.174]
- Title
- Independence Hall postcards
- Description
- Contains architectural images and copies of paintings depicting Independence Hall and the leading politicians associated with the Declaration of Independence. Architectural images include exterior views of the front facade on Chestnut Street; oblique views of the state building from Fifth and Sixth Streets and the rear elevation facing Independence Square showing the Commodore Barry Monument designed by Samuel Murray in 1908. The overwhelming majority of interior views portray the room where the Declaration of Independence was signed, also called the Assembly Room, Philadelphia Room, Declaration Chamber and Independence Chamber. Others include the banquet room, Supreme Court room, main stairway and the ballroom. Paintings include portraits of Robert Morris, Richard Henry Lee, Samuel Huntingdon, Thomas McKean and Benjamin Franklin and the signing of the Declaration by these iconic figures. Also depicted is a popular series called the Cradle of Liberty, a collage of exterior and interior images of Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell and George Washington., Contains 188 postcards printed in color and 97 printed in black and white. Also contains 25 linen postcards., Built 1732-1748 by Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley. Extensive renovations and additions completed incrementally between 1750 and 1973. Meeting place of the Second Continental Congress from 1775-1783 and the site where the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776., Also identified as the Pennsylvania State House., 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
- 1900-1950
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Independence Hall - 122 - 127]
- Title
- [Collecting cards depicting Centennial Exhibition buildings]
- Description
- Series of cards depicting Centennial Exhibition buildings. Includes U.S Government Building, Machinery Hall, Ladies Pavilion, Centennial Art Gallery, Agricultural Hall, and Main Exhibition Building. Also contains views of "Original Independence Hall, 1776" and "New Masonic Temple, Philadelphia, 1876." Images of exhibition buildings include length and width measurements. Majority of the buildings were built after the designs of Herman Schwartzmann, Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. The centennial of the United States was celebrated through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art in West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Michael Zinman.
- Date
- [1876]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Michael Zinman World's Fairs Collection - Trade cards [P.2008.36.90-97]
- Title
- [Liberty Bell in the Assembly Room, Independence Hall, 520 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia]
- Description
- Shows the bell installed in the gallery in 1852 surrounded by patriotic symbols and emblems in iron work, including liberty caps and shields. Iron work fencing encloses the bell., Attributed to John Moran., Title supplied by cataloguer., Unmounted half stereograph., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1863
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran -Monuments & statues - L [8339.F.24]
- Title
- Rear view of State House from Walnut St[reet]
- Description
- Glass negative showing exterior view of the back of the Independence Hall. A wide path with benches leads through a Independence Square toward the building. Pedestrians pass through the square on the flagstone walks under the trees that dot the park. Construction on Independence Hall began in 1732 and completed in 1753 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton (1676-1741) and Edmund Woolly (1695-1771). It originally housed all three branches of the Pennsylvania colonial government, as well as being host to the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitutional Convention. The building went through numerous renovations and reconstructions, until in 1950 when the National Park Service restored much of the architecture and interior to its 1776 appearance. It is a part of Independence National Park and a major tourist attraction as of the 21st century., Title from entry in photographer's diary., Inscribed in negative: No. 14., Photographer remarks: too fast for stop used., Time: 2:00, Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 119., Arcadia caption text: Originally known as the State House Yard, Independence Square, on the 500 block of Walnut Street, was purchased in 1729 by the Pennsylvania Assembly for the erection of the State House. When the city bought the square in 1816, the undeveloped portion north of Walnut Street had been enclosed by fencing and was used as a public green for community meetings and demonstrations. The above view, taken in 1887, shows the square after its major redesign into geometric form, and includes the new flagstone walks, from the plans of William Dixey, City Commissioner of Property., Digitization and cataloging edits have been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- April 25, 1887
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris [P.9895.1107]
- Title
- Independence Hall, where Declaration of Independence was signed 1776, Philadelphia, Pa
- Description
- Views look north from Independence Square at the rear elevation of the State House built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley. Show the statue of Commodore John Barry sculpted by Samuel Murray in 1906 and presented to the City of Philadelphia by the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick in 1907. Also include a temporary frame structure adorned with American shields set up behind the statue near the rear entrance and pedestrians walking through the square., Title printed on mounts., Additional places of publication printed on mount, including New York, NY; Portland, Oregon; London, Eng.; and Sydney, Aus., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Printed above image on mount: T25*, Explicative paragraph of text providing brief history of Independence Hall printed on versos., Gray curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., One of the images gift of Robert M. Vogel [P.9047.154]
- Date
- [ca. 1907]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Keystone View Company - Historic buildings and sites [P.9047.154 and P.9580.1]
- Title
- The old Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pa
- Description
- Interior view showing the Liberty Bell in the Assembly Room when utilized as an exhibit gallery at the State House. State House built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley., Title printed on mount., Additional places of publication printed on mount, including New York, NY; Portland, Oregon; London, Eng.; and Sydney, Aus., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Printed above image on mount: 80, Explicative paragraph of text providing brief history of the Liberty Bell printed on verso. Includes latitude and longitude: Lat. 40 degrees N.; Long. 75 degrees W., Gray curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- [ca. 1907]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Keystone View Company - Monuments and statues [P.9573.22]
- Title
- The old Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A
- Description
- Interior view showing the Liberty Bell in the Assembly Room when utilized as an exhibit gallery at the State House. State House built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley., Printed on mount: Copyright 1899 by B.L. Singley., Printed on verso: Copyright 1910 by Keystone View Company., Title printed on mount., Additional places of publication printed on mount, including New York, N.Y.; Portland, Oregon; London, Eng.; and Sydney, Aus., Publisher's imprint printed on mount and on verso., Explicative paragraph of text providing brief history of the Liberty Bell printed on verso., Gray 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.
- Date
- c1910
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Keystone View Company - Monuments and statues [P.9047.139]
- 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
- The old Liberty Bell
- Description
- View shows the bell installed in the gallery of Independence Hall surrounded by patriotic symbols and emblems in iron work, including liberty caps and shields. State House built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley., Written on negative and printed on label pasted on verso: entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1872 by Chase & Town in the office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington D.C., Title printed on label pasted on verso., Publisher's imprint printed on label pasted on verso., Mint green mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- R. Newell & Son
- Date
- c1872
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Monuments and statues [P.8709.4]
- Title
- Washington statue--front of Independence Hall
- Description
- View showing the George Washington marble statue sculpted by Joseph A. Bailly enclosed in ironwork fencing in front of Independence Hall. Statue rests on pedestal inscribed "Erected by the Washington Monument Association of the First School District of Pennsylvania July 4, 1869." Also shows spectators in the background., Title printed on verso with eighty-one other numbered titles in the series (No. 356-437)., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Buff mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
- Creator
- R. Newell & Son
- Date
- c1876
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Monuments and statues [P.9299.27]
- 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
- [The Liberty Bell]
- Description
- View shows the bell surrounded by patriotic symbols and emblems in iron work, including liberty caps and shields. State House built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley., Copyrighted by Chase & Town in 1872 in Washington, D.C., Title supplied by cataloger., Publisher's imprint printed on verso., Pink mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
- Creator
- R. Newell & Son, photographer
- Date
- photographed c1872, printed c1876
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Monuments and statues [P.9299.113]
- Title
- Washington Monument, front of Independence Hall, Philadelphia
- Description
- View of the marble statue designed by Joseph Bailly erected in front of the State House by the "Washington Monument Association of the First School District of Pennsylvania July 4, 1869." The base of the statue is adorned in patriotic bunting. In the background, shields depicting state seals hang from windows on the upper stories of the state house below flags and shields. Original statue removed to City Hall in 1908 and bronze cast erected in its place., Title and photographer's imprint on mount., Curved orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., George Barker was a prolific New York stereographer in the 1860s whose gallery catered to the tourist trade in Niagara Falls.
- Creator
- Barker, George, 1844-1894, photographer
- Date
- [photographed ca. 1869, printed ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Barker - Monuments and statues [P.9573.17]
- Title
- Washington Monument and Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pa
- Description
- View of the marble statue designed by Joseph Bailly erected in front of the State House by the "Washington Monument Association of the First School District of Pennsylvania July 4, 1869." The base of the statue is adorned in patriotic bunting. In the background, shields depicting state seals hang from windows on the upper stories of the state house below flags and shields. Original statue removed to City Hall in 1908 and bronze cast erected in its place., Additional places of publication printed on mount. Includes Liverpool, Toronto-Canada and Ottowa-Kansas., Title, photographer's, publisher's and distributor's imprint on mount. Mount includes two small circular stamps on the left-hand side: "Grand diamond badge prize" and "Eleven first prize medals.", Title printed in six languages on verso., Curved cream 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., George Barker was a prolific New York stereographer in the 1860s whose gallery catered to the tourist trade in Niagara Falls.
- Creator
- Barker, George, 1844-1894, photographer
- Date
- [photographed ca. 1869, printed ca. 1895]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Barker - Monuments and statues [P.9047.120]
- Title
- Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, [Philadelphia]
- Description
- Glass negative showing the Liberty Bell suspended from a pulley inside Independence Hall. The bell is inscribed with words and Roman numerals and has a large crack down the center. Construction on Independence Hall began in 1732 and completed in 1753 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton (1676-1741) and Edmund Woolley (1695-1771). It originally housed all three branches of the Pennsylvania colonial government, as well as being host to the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitutional Convention. The building went through numerous renovations and reconstructions, until in 1950 when the National Park Service restored much of the architecture and interior to its 1776 appearance. It is a part of Independence National Park and a major tourist attraction as of the 21st century. The Liberty Bell was commissioned in 1752 by the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly. It first cracked after its arrival in Philadelphia and was recast twice by John Pass and John Stow. The large distinctive crack formed sometime in the early 19th century. The bell moved from Independence Hall to a nearby glass pavilion in 1976, and from there to Liberty Bell Center in 2003., Time: 2:30, Light: Sun shining outside. Too short exp[sosure]., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- April 25, 1887
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1109]
- Title
- State House, (rear.)
- Description
- View looking north from a tree-lined path in Independence Square at the rear elevation of the State House built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley. Also shows a street lamp., Title from photographer's label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French circa 1867-1869.
- Creator
- Bartlett & French
- Date
- [ca. 1868]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Government Buildings [P.8484.17]
- Title
- Interior of Independence Hall
- Description
- View showing William Rush's wood statue of George Washington (carved 1815, installed 1824) in the Assembly Room of the State House. Also shows framed portrait paintings, predominately from the Charles Wilson Peale collection; a framed commemorative print in honor of the Declaration of Independence; a bronze eagle; a clock; and partial views of Thomas Sully's portrait painting of Lafayette and chairs adorning the room., Title printed on mount., Manuscript note on mount: 1859 - Rush's statue of Washington., White paper mount with square corners., Attributed to James E. McClees., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
- Creator
- M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
- Date
- 1859
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McClees - Government buildings [(8)1322.F.8f]
- Title
- [Congress Hall, southeast corner of Chestnut and Sixth Street, Phila.]
- Description
- View looking southeast showing Congress Hall, built 1787-1789 at 540-558 Chestnut to house the Pennsylvania district and county courts. Also served as the first quarters of the U.S. Congress 1790 - 1800. Includes the State House built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley (520 Chestnut Street) and the old City Hall built 1790-1791 after the designs of David Evans, Jr. (500 Chestnut). Also shows a vendor stand near Congress Hall., Title and photographer from duplicate in Poulson scrapbook "A collection of Miscellaneous Scraps: Illuminating the history of the city of Philadelphia in the 'olden time,'" volume 5, page 50., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
- Creator
- Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
- Date
- ca. 1859
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Government Buildings - C [(3)1322.F.7a]
- Title
- [George Washington statue in front of Independence Hall, 520 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia]
- Description
- View showing the George Washington marble statue sculpted by Joseph A. Bailly enclosed in ironwork fencing in front of Independence Hall. Statue rests on pedestal inscribed "Erected by the Washington Monument Association of the First School District of Pennsylvania July 4, 1869." Also shows spectators in the background., Titled supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint in red text on mount., Printed text in paragraph form on verso describes history of Independence Hall and is surmounted by vignette of the seal of Pennsylvania and surrounded by a decorative border., Yellow curved mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Cremer, James, 1821-1893
- Date
- [ca. 1875]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Monuments and statues [P.9260.31]
- Title
- ASSU Illustration 7796
- Description
- Block numbered in three places: 7796., Image of interior of Independence Hall, Philadelphia; male and female visitors include one black woman. Two decorative rondelles in corners depict a statue of George Washington and the Liberty Bell, flanking an eagle., Signed: Lauderbach, sc.; S [i.e., Seymour?]., Illustration appears in Child's world, v. 33, no. 3 (Feb., 1876?), p. 1.
- Date
- [1876?]
- Location
- Boxed with **Per C51.7 11590.F (Teitelman)
- Title
- [President-elect Abraham Lincoln raising flag in front of Independence Hall in honor of admission of Kansas to the Union, February 22, 1861] [graphic].
- Description
- Title supplied by cataloguer., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Reproduced as a wood engraving in Harper's Weekly, March 9, 1861, p. 145., Reissued and copyrighted by Theodore S. Hacker in 1865., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Shows Lincoln raising a large American flag while upon a flag-draped platform in front of Independence Hall. Dignitaries stand near the president, a crowd of spectators, including men in trees, surrounds the platform, and guards protect the stage.
- Creator
- Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg) photographer., creator
- Date
- [February 22, 1861]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. photo - Richards - Events [(3)1322.F.7b]