File:Basement Profiles - Free Library of Philadelphia, Thomas Holme Branch, 7810 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA HABS PA-6754 (sheet 5 of 6).tif
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Basement Profiles - Free Library of Philadelphia, Thomas Holme Branch, 7810 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA | |||||
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Photographer |
Arzola, Robert R. |
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Title |
Basement Profiles - Free Library of Philadelphia, Thomas Holme Branch, 7810 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA |
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Description |
Carnegie, Andrew; Castor, Horace W., architect; Preservation Alliance of Greater Phildelphia, sponsor; Arzola, Robert R, project manager |
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Depicted place | Pennsylvania; Philadelphia County; Philadelphia | ||||
Date | 2008 | ||||
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print |
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HABS PA-6754 (sheet 5 of 6) |
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Philadelphia was the recipient of one of the largest Carnegie grants for library construction. Although the city was among the first to establish a free library system, it had no purpose-built structures prior to the Carnegie endowment. The branch libraries were built between 1905 and 1930, under the direction of the city appointed Carnegie Fund Committee, and designed by a "who's-who" of Philadelphia's architects. The twenty extant branch libraries remain as a remarkable intact and cohesive grouping, rivaled only by that of New York City, with fifty-seven. The Thomas Holme Branch was designed by architect Horace W. Castor, of the firm of Sterns and Castor, and is the quintessential Carnegie branch library. It follows the almost formulaic model that came to define Carnegie Libraries nationwide, consisting of a Beaux Arts style, brick structure in a T-shaped configuration. Thomas Holme is the smallest of the Philadelphia branch libraries, yet no less distinctive in its detailing. The library is named for William Penn's surveyor general, who was given this land as payment for his services in laying out the town of Philadelphia. The lot was donated by the local Lower Dublin Academy through an endowment established by the Holme family for educational purposes. While originally providing for a school, a library was considered by the trustees and the community to be a significant educational contribution, a concept shared by the Carnegie Corporation.
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Source | https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/pa4072.sheet.00005a | ||||
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Object location | 39° 57′ 07.99″ N, 75° 09′ 51.01″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 39.952220; -75.164170 |
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Camera manufacturer | Dell |
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Camera model | Precision T7400 |
Author | HABS/HAER/HALS, National Park Service |
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Pixel composition | Black and white (White is 0) |
Orientation | Normal |
Number of components | 1 |
Number of rows per strip | 6 |
Horizontal resolution | 400 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 400 dpi |
Data arrangement | chunky format |
Software used | Adobe Acrobat Professional 9.0 |
File change date and time | 2009:12:16 19:44:54 |