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The House, intended for the President of the United States, in Ninth Street, Philadelphia – Vintage Photo Print

The House, intended for the President of the United States, in Ninth Street, Philadelphia, 1800 — antique engraving
The House, intended for the President of the United States, in Ninth 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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A window into the past: The House, intended for the President of the United States, in Ninth Street, Philadelphia, preserved in this antique engraving. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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A hand-colored engraving of a house on Ninth Street, Philadelphia, shows a building intended for the President of the United States, a detail that ties the view to the city's brief role as the national capital. Philadelphia held that role from 1790 until the government moved to Washington, D.C., in 1800, the same year this plate was published. The print is plate 13 from *The City of Philadelphia... as It Appeared in the Year 1800*, a series by William Birch and Son that recorded the city's buildings and streets at the turn of the century.

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 13. Ref. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Pa.--Phila.(3); Artists, Publ. Ind.; RBD; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,517 × 1,231 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-176074

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