Laying the cornerstone of the new Masonic temple, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Historic Print

Drawn from the Library of Congress archive, this print depicts Laying the cornerstone of the new Masonic temple, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Library holds one of the most comprehensive collections of American and international historical prints in the world.

Library of Congress record: Created 1853 Nov 21 Date and photographer attribution from a half-tone illustration by Frank H. Taylor in P&P collections File. Note with daguerreotype: Re-sealed but plates were probably reversed the last time this was opened"--W.B. Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1997; (DLC/PP-1997:105). Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Marian S. Carson collection (Library of Congress)" Daguerreotypes 1850-1860.Stereographs 1850-1860.

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