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[Old City Hall, Philadelphia, Penn., where U.S. Supreme Court was in session, 1791-1800] – Antique Print

[Old City Hall, Philadelphia, Penn., where U.S. Supreme Court was in session, 1791-1800], 1922 April 30. — historic photograph
[Old City Hall, Philadelphia, Penn., where U.S. Supreme Court was in session, 1791-1800], 1922 April 30.. 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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[Old City Hall, Philadelphia, Penn., where U.S. Supreme Court was in session, 1791-1800] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Old City Hall, Philadelphia, Penn., where U.S. Supreme Court was in session, 1791-1800]

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Old City Hall at Fifth and Chestnut Streets is the building this print records, and it served as the seat of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1791 to 1800, while Philadelphia was the national capital. The Court heard its cases there until the government moved to Washington, D.C., in 1800, so the building holds an early place in the country's judicial history. This 1922 photograph shows the structure decades after the justices left, when it was valued as a surviving example of the young republic's public architecture. The caption's dates come from an older card and have been revised, so the details are worth checking against other sources.

Created / published1922 April 30.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesNo. 18898. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: Supreme Court; City Halls; Geogr.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,210 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-142828

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