Sujet

House at Philadelphia in which the first congresses were held, 19th-century. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

House at Philadelphia in which the first congresses were held, 19th-century. Independence Hall, (initially called Pennsylvania State House), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Building constructed between 1732 and 1753, designed by Edmund Woolley, (c1695-1771) and Andrew Hamilton, (c1676-1741), and built by Woolley. The Founding Fathers gathered there for the Second Continental Congress (1775-1781) during the American Revolutionary War, adopting the Declaration of Independence, (4 July 1776) and, later, ratifying the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution of the United States of America. (Colorised black and white print).

Date

1840

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/LTL

Notre référence

HRM26A46_266

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

51.5Mo (4.1Mo) / 34.0cm x 38.0cm / 4014 x 4488 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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