Architects: Machinery Hall -- Henry Pettit & Joseph M. Wislon; Judges' Hall -- H.J. Schwarzmann; Pennsylvania Railroad Office -- Joseph M. Wilson; World's Ticket Office -- H.J. Schwarzmann; Centennial Photographic Association Building -- H.J. Schwarzmann.
Artist of the "Washington" monument is M. Dickerson Eyre.
Belmont Avenue with Bartholdi's Fountain prominent, lamp-lined walkways, landscaped grounds, the Washington monument and pedestrians, and several buildings, including Machinery Hall, Judges' Hall, Pennsylvania Railroad Office, Frank Leslie's Pavilion, World's Ticket Office, and Centennial Photographic Association Building.
Exterior view of Memorial Hall. On top of building are birds and statues. In the foreground are "The Navy", sculpted by Larkin G. Mead, shrubs, railroad tracks, and Winged horses. Image is identical to P.8700.2.
Exterior view of Memorial Hall. On top of building are birds and statues. In the foreground are "The Navy", sculpted by Larkin G. Mead, shrubs, railroad tracks, and Winged horses. Image is identical to P-8700.1.
View of the prominent hotel erected in 1868 at 1500-1506 Chestnut Street. White men and women pedestrians stroll the sidewalk, and an African American man passes by on his horse-drawn cart. Businesses line Chestnut Street, including: George E. Dearborn, piano dealer; a paper hangings store; and a custom shirt proprietor. The hotel, named after the previously existing "Colonnade Row" of early nineteenth-century pillared, porched townhouses, was demolished in 1925 for the erection of the Franklin Trust Company building. Also includes the fenced obelisk monument to James Henry Fowles, former rector of the church previously located at the northwest corner of Fifteenth and Chestnut streets, the Church of the Epiphany., Title from manuscript note on verso., Purchase 1984., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date
[1896]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - unidentified - hotels [P.9005.19]
Print commemorating the Washington Monument after the designs of Robert Mills and constructed 1848 to 1884 in Washington, D.C. In the center, shows the original designs created by Mills of a large obelisk with a colonnaded building at the base. On top of the building's portico are sculptures of Washington standing in a chariot holding the reins of six horses. Flanking the staircase leading to the monument are sculptures of Patrick Henry and Jefferson. In the background, the White House and U.S. Capitol building are visible. Numerous pedestrians walk around the monument and other landmarks. An eagle soars through the air in the left. Below the image are three vignettes depicting Washington resigning his commission to Congress; a bust-length portrait of Washington; and the signing of the Declaration of Independence., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Copyright 1885, by S.H. Austin, 129 S. 7th St. Phila., Gift of David Doret.
Creator
Hunter, Thomas, approximately 1828-approximately 1894, artist
Date
1885
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Doret and Mitchell Collection – Prints [P.2022.62.3.42]
Exterior view of Memorial Hall. On top of Memorial Hall are birds and statues. In the foreground are "The Navy", sculptor Larkin G. Mead of the Ames Manufacturing Company, shrubs, and Winged horses owned by the Fairmount Park Commission and a passenger train.
Architects: Machinery Hall -- Henry Pettit & Joseph M. Wilson; Judges' Hall -- H.J. Schwarzmann; Pennsylvania Railroad Office -- Joseph M. Wilson; World's Ticket Office -- H.J. Schwarzmann; Centennial Photographic Association Building -- H.J. Schwarzmann.
Artist of the "Washington" monument is M. Dickerson Eyre.
Belmont Avenue with Bartholdi's Fountain prominent, lamp-lined walkways, landscaped grounds, the Washington monument and pedestrians, and several buildings, including Machinery Hall, Judges' Hall, Pennsylvania Railroad Office, Frank Leslie's Pavilion, World's Ticket Office, and Centennial Photographic Association Building.
