Castner Scrapbook v.19, Disasters, Criminal Prisons 1, page 39
Historical Images of Philadelphia Castner Scrapbook Collection
Item Info
Media Type: Scrapbooks
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:
Item 1, left: This is the second half of a newspaper column for an unidentified publication, the first half of which is in the previous item, #pdcc03193. The opinion piece is titled "A London Murder Trial," and compares the swift prosecution of an English murder case in 1907, and the protracted prosecution of a still-ongoing American murder case from 1906, two similar cases handled differently by dissimilar judicial attitudes. Second half of the text for a newspaper column, 5.5 x 27.5 cm, c. 1907.
Item 2, right: Newspaper article and engraving titled, "Last of Historic Pennsylvania Hall. Razing of Building Reconstructed After Burning of Meeting Place of the Abolitionists." Image caption reads, " Destruction of Pennsylvania Hall By Fire. From a drawing made on the spot by John Sartain." The building was at 109 N. 6th Street, and designed--as a meeting place for the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society--by architect Thomas Somerville Stewart. The article details the background history of the Society's involvement in the abolition movement, the building of the hall, and its destruction by fires set by a pro-slavery mob three days after its opening in May 1838. [Note: To see the actual engraving (which affords greater detail), see item #pdcc03139. Of note in the image was the fact that efforts by the fire department were directed to save the adjacent structures, as described in the above article.] The destruction of Pennsylvania Hall was praised in Southern newspapers, but also served to motivate abolitionists in the North. The ruin remained standing until repurposed as a temple for the Odd Fellows Society in 1846. It was ultimately demolished in 1908. Reproduction of an 1838 engraving by John Sartain, for an unidentified newspaper; together, text and image measures 17 x 32.5 cm, while the image alone measures 17 x 11 cm; 1908.
Creation Year: 1845
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.149691
Geocode Latitude:39.952911
Call Number: A917.481 P536 v.19
Creator Name: Castner, Samuel, Jr., 1843-1929 - Compiler
Thomas Somerville Stewart - Architect
John Sartain - Engraver
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