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Library and Surgeons Hall, in Fifth Street, Philadelphia – Historic Photograph Print

Library and Surgeons Hall, in Fifth Street, Philadelphia, 1800 — antique engraving
Library and Surgeons Hall, in Fifth Street, Philadelphia, 1800. Antique engraving from the Philadelphia collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with Library and Surgeons Hall, in Fifth Street, Philadelphia, an antique engraving rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Library and Surgeons Hall, in Fifth Street, Philadelphia

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Few sights in the 1800 city series stand out as this one does: a pairing of a library and a surgeons' hall on Fifth Street, two institutions that reflected Philadelphia's reputation for learning and medicine. The Library Company of Philadelphia, founded in 1731 with Benjamin Franklin among its early members, was a leading subscription library in America, and its Fifth Street home drew visitors and scholars. The engraving comes from *The City of Philadelphia... as It Appeared in the Year 1800* by William Birch and Son, a publication that recorded the city's streets and buildings at the turn of the century. Birch, an English-born engraver who had settled in the city in the 1790s, produced these hand-colored views to document a rapidly growing capital.

Created / published1800
Medium1 print : engraving, hand-colored.
SubjectsHand-colored engraving by Wm. Birch & Son. Illus. in: The City of Philadelphia...as It Appeared in the Year 1800..., 1800. Plate 19. Ref. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Pa.--Phila.(3); Artists, Publ. I.; RBD; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,526 × 1,243 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-176081

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