Rear of Independence Hall – Historic Print
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Rear of Independence Hall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Rear of Independence Hall
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Bicycles and tricycles appear in this 1890 view of the rear of Independence Hall in Philadelphia, which sets it apart from the more familiar front-facade images of the building. The stereograph card, numbered 916, was made by the photographer George Barker, who lived from 1844 to 1894. Stereo cards like this were sold in sets and viewed through a hand-held stereoscope, letting parlor audiences see famous places in apparent three dimensions. The presence of cycles in the street reflects the bicycle craze of the late 1880s and 1890s, when the safety bicycle spread quickly among city riders.
| Created / published | 1890 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Notes | No. 916. Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress). Title from item. · Barker George 1844-1894 photographer. |
| Subjects | Independence Hall (Philadelphia Pa.)--1880-1900. Bicycles & tricycles--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1880-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Stereograph Cards |
| Original scan | 5,575 × 3,556 px · prints to 19 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | tif09251_RearofIndependenceHall |
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