Title

Carpenters' Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 1914. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Carpenters' Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 1914. Vintage postcard showing the exterior of Carpenters' Hall, a two storey, red brick building in the Georgian style. Carpenters' Hall was built in 1773 by the Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia, who still own the building today. It was an important meeting place in the early history of the United States, hosting the First Continental Congress of the United Colonies of North America in 1774.
Curt Teich Postcard Archives

Date

2007

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Curt Teich Postcard Archives

Reference

HRM19D82_342

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

40,1Mb (3,5Mb) / 9,9in x 15,8in / 2961 x 4734 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior building buildings architecture country steps color colour independence step entrance war brick location century Philadelphia Pennsylvania cupola rebellion revolution concept outside georgian red brick United States of America United States Architectural Feature 18th century 1910s 20th century American Revolutionary War Eighteenth Century American America USA American Revolution 1775-1783 American War of Independence 1775-1783 Carpenters' Hall TGN photograph postcard Curt Teich Postcard Archives Unknown photograph postcard