Item Info
Item No: pdcp00597
Title: City Hall - Postcard
Additional Title: Philadelphia City Hall
Historic Street Address:
Broad & Market Streets
Media Type: Photographic Prints
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:
Located: Postcard Collection Under: Philadelphia - City Hall - 1950
City Hall designed by John McArthur Jr (1823–1890). Built 1871-1901.
[ON REVERSE] CITY HALL FROM REYBURN PLAZA Height of Tower 547 Feet. The statue of William Penn crowning the tower is 37 feet high and weighs 52,400 pounds.
Copyrighted 1937 & Publ. by K. F. Lutz, Philadelpia 43, Pa. No. 100.
Creation Year: ca. 1937
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.163526
Geocode Latitude:39.952450
Creator Name: Lutz, K. F. (Karl F.), 1896- - Photographer
McArthur, John, 1823-1890 - Architect