TITLE ON OBJECT: Independence Chamber.
TITLE ON OBJECT: Independence Hall or "State House," Philadelphia.

ca. 1876
PUBLISHER: Cremer, James
albumen print stereograph
9.3 x 7.8 cm. (each) on 10.0 x 17.8 cm. mount
Museum Purchase: ex-collection Fred S. Lightfoot
81:6818:0006

OLD GEH NUMBER: EHPC 25

INSCRIPTION: mount recto-(printed) "James Cremer, Photographer and Publisher, 18 South Eighth Street, Philadelphia." (in image) "Independence Chamber." mount verso-(printed) "Independence Hall or 'State House,' Philadelphia." "It was in the room now known as 'Independence Chamber,' in June 1775, on motion of Thomas Johnson, of Maryland, that George Washington was unanimously elected Commander-in-Chief of the Armies, raised and to be raised for the defence of America. ..."

FRAME: oversize yellow mount

NOTES: Catalogued 9/98, DZ.

SUBJECT: interior, governmental