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[Night view of Broad Street with lit tower of City Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania] – Vintage Wall Art

[Night view of Broad Street with lit tower of City Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania], c1916. — historic photograph
[Night view of Broad Street with lit tower of City Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania], c1916.. 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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This rare historic photograph captures [Night view of Broad Street with lit tower of City Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Broad Street runs north past the great tower of Philadelphia's City Hall, which rises above the intersection with Market Street, and this c1916 night view shows the building's lit upper stories and the figure of William Penn at its crown. Designed by John McArthur Jr. and finished in 1901 after nearly three decades of construction, the building was one of the largest municipal structures in the country, and its tower was a civic landmark. Night views like this one, taken when the city's streetlights and building illumination were still a novelty, show how the downtown core looked to residents of the period.

Created / publishedc1916.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1910-1920.
NotesJ217199 U.S. Copyright Office.
SubjectsStreets--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1910-1920. City & town halls--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1910-1920. Night--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,142 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-169648

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