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Congress Hall and New Theatre, in Chestnut Street, Philadelphia – Antique Photo Print

Congress Hall and New Theatre, in Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, 1800 — antique engraving
Congress Hall and New Theatre, in Chestnut 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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Step back in time with Congress Hall and New Theatre, in Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, an antique engraving rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Congress Hall and New Theatre, in Chestnut Street, Philadelphia

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Congress Hall and the New theater stood on Chestnut Street, and this hand-colored engraving shows them as they appeared in 1800, the year the federal government left Philadelphia for Washington. Congress Hall housed the national legislature during the years the city served as the capital. The view comes from *The City of Philadelphia... as It Appeared in the Year 1800*, a series of plates by William Birch and his son Thomas, who recorded the city's streets and buildings. Because the color was applied by hand, individual impressions vary in tone.

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 20. Ref. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Artists, P.I.; Theatres; Street Vendors; RBD; Pa.--Phila.(4); Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,351 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-132269

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