Musical Fund Hall, Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia, Pa. [graphic]

Format:

Image

Contributor:

Strickland, William.

Le Brun, Napoleon, 1821-1901.

Smith, Addison.

Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia.

Visual Materials Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theaters--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

808 Locust St. (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Musical Fund Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Local Subjects:

808 Locust St. (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Musical Fund Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Physical Description:

1 photoprint : b&w ; 10 x 8 in.

Contained In:

Irvin R. Glazer theaters collection. Graphics series.

Place of Publication:

1917, 1984.

Notes:

1984 photoprint of a Nov. 12, 1917 image of the Hall. The original photographer is unidentified, as is the original and reproduction service of the later photo. The original photo number "5055" and the date can be seen on the front of the image. The identification of the building & society as seen on the facade of the building itself, with the Society "Institute February 29, 1820".

Glazer, Philadelphia theatres, A-Z, gives the address as 806-810 Locust St., with William Strickland as the 1824 designer architect, Napoleon LeBrun responsible for the facade in 1847, and Addison Smith redesigned interior & exterior in 1891.

Forms part of: Irvin R. Glazer theaters collection. Graphics series.

Cited in:

Glazer, 172.