United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. The Franklin Institute. Founded in 1824, originally housed in Independence Hall. It soon was moved to the east side of 7th street into the building depicted in this engraving. In the 1930's the Institute moved to its current location and this building became the home of the Atwater Kent Museum, at present "The Philadelphia History Museum". Engraving by Traversier. Panorama Universal. History of the United States of America, from 1st edition of Jean B.G. Roux de Rochelle's Etats-Unis d'Amérique in 1837. Spanish edition, printed in Barcelona, 1850.
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United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. The Franklin Institute. Founded in 1824, originally housed in Independence Hall. It soon was moved to the east side of 7th street into the building depicted in this engraving. In the 1930's the Institute moved to its current location and this building became the home of the Atwater Kent Museum, at present "The Philadelphia History Museum". Engraving by Traversier. Panorama Universal. History of the United States of America, from 1st edition of Jean B.G. Roux de Rochelle's Etats-Unis d'Amérique in 1837. Spanish edition, printed in Barcelona, 1850.

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