Exterior view of the Girard Trust Company building constructed in 1905 to 1907 based on designs by Furness, Evans & Co. with detailing by McKim, Mead & White at 34-60 South Broad Street, Philadelphia. Shows the building, inspired by the Roman Pantheon, with porticos supported by Ionic columns, pediments decorated with a portrait of Stephen Girard and ships, and a dome. Numerous pedestrians walk along the sidewalks. Also visible are City Hall and the Land Title Building., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from date of construction of the building and accompanying label., Labels removed from the frame: For [Girard Trust Ceo.], Order No. [A149], Date [6-8-08], Ketterlinus Litho Mfg. Co. Philadelphia. [R356]. Mellon Bank No #1., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2022.
Date
[ca. 1908]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2022.62.3.18]
Depicts the Triumphal Arch (i.e. Athenean Arch) and temporary columns of the Court of Honor along South Broad Street, showing pedestrians and horse drawn carriages in the street, looking northwest from Walnut Street. Erected after designs by Joseph M. Huston for the Peace Jubilee, a celebration of the end of the Spanish American War in 1898. Included a military parade that passed through the Court of Honor, along with other festivities that lasted several days in October. Includes the Bellevue Hotel at the northwest corner of Broad and Walnut Streets, opened in 1882 and later merged with the Stratford Hotel; Union League, built 1864-1865 after the designs of John Fraser (140 S. Broad); Lafayette Hotel, erected in 1853 as the LaPierre House, expanded and renamed in 1876, and razed circa 1900 (southwest corner Broad and Sansom); Land Title Building, built 1897-1898 after the designs of Daniel H. Burnham & Co. (100-118 S. Broad) and a partial view of City Hall tower., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator
Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date
October 1898
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.239]
Depicts the Triumphal Arch (i.e. Athenean Arch) and temporary columns of the Court of Honor along South Broad Street, showing pedestrians and horse drawn carts in the street, looking north from Walnut Street. Erected after designs by Joseph M. Huston for the Peace Jubilee, a celebration of the end of the Spanish American War in 1898. Included a military parade that passed through the Court of Honor, along with other festivities that lasted several days in October. Includes the Union League, built 1864-1865 after the designs of John Fraser (140 S. Broad); Lafayette Hotel, erected in 1853 as the LaPierre House, expanded and renamed in 1876, and razed circa 1900 (southwest corner Broad and Sansom); Land Title Building, built 1897-1898 after the designs of Daniel H. Burnham & Co. (100-118 S. Broad) and the south facade of City Hall building and tower decorated with patriotic bunting., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator
Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date
October 1898
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.241]
