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City Hall, Philadelphia, Pa. – Antique Wall Art

City Hall, Philadelphia, Pa., c1899. — historic photograph
City Hall, Philadelphia, Pa., c1899.. 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: City Hall, 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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City Hall, Philadelphia, Pa.

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Philadelphia's City Hall, the massive granite and marble building that anchors Center Square at the junction of Broad and Market Streets, is the subject here, shown in a view from around 1899. Construction on the building began in 1871 under architect John McArthur Jr. and was not finished until 1901, so this picture captures it during its final decades of construction. The photograph was copyrighted by R. Newell & Son, a firm that produced many views of American cities in this era. The record comes from an old caption card and has not been independently verified, so the exact date and vantage point are worth checking against other sources.

Created / publishedc1899.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhoto copyrighted by R. Newell & Son. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,226 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-147352

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