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City Museum, Callowhill St. below Fifth St. Philadelphia
View showing the museum originally built as a church in 1823 at 415-417 Callowhill Street. A group of men and women enter one of the seventh entrances in the left of the image. A sign reading "Star Hall" hangs above the door and a flag marked "City Museum" adorns the roof of the...
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| Date: | 1858 |
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| Dimensions: | 43 x 36 cm |
| Call Number: | Bb 09 C 581 |
| Format: | Electronic |
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Wagner & M'Guigan
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| Copyright: | Please contact Historical Society of Pennsylvania Rights and Reproductions (rnr@hsp.org) |
| Online Access: | https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/14646 |
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View showing the museum originally built as a church in 1823 at 415-417 Callowhill Street. A group of men and women enter one of the seventh entrances in the left of the image. A sign reading "Star Hall" hangs above the door and a flag marked "City Museum" adorns the roof of the building. Materials are displayed in several of the windows and two men stand at another entrance. Also includes pedestrians on the sidewalk walking near a street lamp. The museum opened in 1854 and housed natural history, science and portrait exhibits on the lower floor and a theatre on the upper floor. Museum burned in 1868. |
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