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[Arch Street] Friends' Meeting House, Philadelphia, Pa. – Vintage Photo Print

[Arch Street] Friends' Meeting House, Philadelphia, Pa., c[1908] — historic photograph
[Arch Street] Friends' Meeting House, Philadelphia, Pa., c[1908]. Historic photograph 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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A window into the past: [Arch Street] Friends' Meeting House, Philadelphia, Pa., preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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The Arch Street Friends' Meeting House on Arch Street between Fourth and Fifth Streets was completed in 1804 as a central gathering place for Philadelphia's Quakers. After the Society of Friends split in 1827, it served the Orthodox branch of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. This view survives as one of two nearly identical 8 by 10 inch glass dry plate negatives, made around 1908 by the Detroit Publishing Company, which sold large numbers of views of American cities and landmarks in that era. The building's plain lines reflect the Quaker preference for simplicity over ornament.

Created / publishedc[1908]
Medium2 negatives : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesNegatives are close variants. G 4111" on B negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070252. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsFriends' meeting houses.United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 784 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-71837

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