[U.S. Customs House, Philadelphia] – Antique Wall Art
![[U.S. Customs House, Philadelphia], [ca. 1850] — historic image](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/d1/d124bde84662-L.webp)
(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 image captures [U.S. Customs House, Philadelphia] in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[U.S. Customs House, Philadelphia]
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Few civic buildings of the early republic were as closely tied to the nation's finances as the Customs House on Chestnut Street in Philadelphia. William Strickland designed the Greek Revival structure, which was begun in 1818 as the home of the Second Bank of the United States. After the bank's federal charter ended in 1836, the government later took over the building for customs business. This albumen transparency, made around 1850, shows the building during that period. Albumen transparencies were glass-plate positives meant to be viewed with light shining through them, so their clarity and tonal range are part of what makes them worth studying.
| Created / published | [ca. 1850] |
|---|---|
| Genre | Albumen transparencies 1840-1860. |
| Notes | Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress). Unprocessed in D 024 |
| Subjects | Customs houses--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1840-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,792 × 4,686 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220104 |
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