Destruction by fire of Pennsylvania Hall, the new building of the Abolition Society, on the night of the 17th May – Vintage Wall Art
![Destruction by fire of Pennsylvania Hall, the new building of the Abolition Society, on the night of the 17th May, [no date recorded on shelflist card] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/2f/2f33a4e9a4e3-L.webp)
(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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This historic print of Destruction by fire of Pennsylvania Hall, the new building of the Abolition Society, on the night of the 17th May brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Destruction by fire of Pennsylvania Hall, the new building of the Abolition Society, on the night of the 17th May
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Few fires in Philadelphia drew as much attention as the one that destroyed Pennsylvania Hall on the night of May 17, 1838. The Abolition Society had built the hall as a meeting place for debate on slavery, and it had opened only days earlier in a city where antislavery views were unpopular. A mob gathered outside, and the blaze spread through the building while firefighters struggled to work their engines through the crowd. The shelflist card associates the print with a J.T. Bowen, but no date is recorded, so its origin remains unverified.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on shelflist card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Bowen, J.T. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,244 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-109637 |
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