File:Destruction by fire of Pennsylvania Hall, the new building of the Abolition Society, on the night of the 17th May LCCN2014645336.jpg

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Note the firemen sending water to adjacent buildings

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English: Title: Destruction by fire of Pennsylvania Hall, the new building of the Abolition Society, on the night of the 17th May
  • Abstract/medium: 1 print : hand-colored lithograph on paper ; sheet 29 x 35 cm.
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Library of Congress

Author Bowen, John T., approximately 1801-1856?, publisher; Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), approximately 1804-1846, artist
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Popular Graphic Arts
Notes
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  • Title from item.
  • "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1838 by J.T. Bowen, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania."
  • Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).
  • Exhibited: "The Civil Rights Act of 1964 : A Long Struggle for Freedom" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., June 2014 - June 2015.
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popular graphic arts · prints and photographs division
Subject
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pennsylvania hall (philadelphia, pa.) · disasters · fires · pennsylvania · philadelphia · fire fighting · firefighting equipment · hose carriages · crowds · abolition movement · city & town life · lithographs · hand-colored
Place
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Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

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