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Library and Surgeons Hall, in Fifth Street, Philadelphia – Vintage Photo Print

Library and Surgeons Hall, in Fifth Street, Philadelphia, 1800 — antique engraving
Library and Surgeons Hall, in Fifth 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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This rare antique engraving captures Library and Surgeons Hall, in Fifth Street, Philadelphia in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Library and Surgeons Hall, in Fifth Street, Philadelphia

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This view shows the Library and Surgeons Hall on Fifth Street, two civic institutions that stood side by side in the city's old center. The Library Company of Philadelphia, founded by Benjamin Franklin and his circle in 1731, was one of the most important subscription libraries in colonial and early national America. William Birch and his son produced this hand-colored engraving as plate 19 of their 1800 series on the city, which recorded Philadelphia's streets and public buildings as the young capital took shape.

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 19. Ref. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Pa.--Phila.(3); Artists, Publ. I.; RBD; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,183 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-110008

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