View looking northeast showing the west front and north flank of the new Masonic Temple, built 1868-1873 after the designs of Freemason and Philadelphia architect James H. Windrim. Also shows construction materials and a dray in the street in front of City Hall in the right foreground., Attributed to Robert Newell., Title from manuscript note 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., Gift of David Doret.
Creator
Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date
[ca. 1873]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Associations [P.2010.6.19]
View looking southeast at the Methodist Episcopal church constructed 1869-70 after designs by Addison Hutton. Shows the west front of the adjacent Masonic Temple built 1868-1873 after the designs of James H. Windrim, a coach parked in the right foreground, and the liquor store operated by Charles P. Collins at the northeast corner of Broad and Arch Streets., Title from two different manuscript notes on verso., Photographer's imprint stamped 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., Gift of David Doret.
Creator
R. Newell & Son
Date
[ca. 1873]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Religion [P.2010.6.18]
Views include Carpenter's Hall; Centennial Art Gallery; Chestnut St. Bridge; Girard College; Independence Hall in 1876; Lincoln Monument; Masonic Temple; Independence Hall in 1776; United States Mint; and View in Fairmount Park (i.e., Girard Avenue Bridge). Most of the views also show street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn vehicles. Chestnut St. Bridge image includes men in row boats and other small vessels on the Schuylkill River. Carpenter Hall print depicted as a winter view. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title from wrapper., Printed on recto of wrapper: Price 25 cts., Housed with complementary uncut sheet of ten titled views of places of interest in Philadelphia. [P.2011.45.8]., Gift of David Doret.
Date
[1876]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *PhPr - Views [P.2011.45.9]
Views include Carpenter's Hall; Centennial Art Gallery; Chestnut St. Bridge; Girard College; Independence Hall in 1876; Lincoln Monument; Masonic Temple; Independence Hall in 1776; United States Mint; and View in Fairmount Park (i.e., Girard Avenue Bridge). Most of the views also show street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn vehicles. Chestnut St. Bridge image includes men in row boats and other small vessels on the Schuylkill River. Carpenter Hall print depicted as a winter view. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title from wrapper., Printed on recto of wrapper: Price 25 cts., Housed with complementary uncut sheet of ten titled views of places of interest in Philadelphia. [P.2011.45.8]., Gift of David Doret.
Date
[1876]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *PhPr - Views [P.2011.45.9]
