File:COMMITTEE OF ASSEMBLY CHAMBER; EAST WALL. Glass plate stereopair number PA-1430-139 LC-HABS-GS05-CA-E 157.4860. Left (printed) - Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, HABS PA,51-PHILA,6-645.tif

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COMMITTEE OF ASSEMBLY CHAMBER; EAST WALL. Glass plate stereopair number PA-1430-139 LC-HABS-GS05-CA-E 157.4860. Left (printed) - Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Photographer
Dennett, Muessig and Associates, Limited
Title
COMMITTEE OF ASSEMBLY CHAMBER; EAST WALL. Glass plate stereopair number PA-1430-139 LC-HABS-GS05-CA-E 157.4860. Left (printed) - Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Depicted place Pennsylvania; Philadelphia County; Philadelphia
Date 1985
date QS:P571,+1985-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions 2.5 x 3.5 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HABS PA,51-PHILA,6-645
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: It was constructed 1733-56 to serve as the State House for the colony of Pennsylvania. The building is most widely known for the events that occurred in the assembly room where the Second Continental Congress signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776, and in 1781 received ratification for the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first comprehensive frame of government. In 1787 the Constitutional Convention met in the assembly room to draft and sign the U.S. Constitution...
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1429
  • Survey number: HABS PA-1430
  • Building/structure dates: after. 1731- before. 1754 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1828 Subsequent Work
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This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 66000683.

Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/pa0939.photos.368832p
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Public domain This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information.
Object location39° 57′ 00″ N, 75° 09′ 00″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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