Library Company of Philadelphia - last tea [graphic]
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PicturePublication details: Philadelphia, 1940.Description: 1 drawing etching; sheet 41 x 35 cm (16 x 13.5 in)Notes: Title from item; Date from manuscript note below image: Sketched Nov. 28, 1939; etched April 20, 1940;
Manuscript note on original mount: M. Nefferdorf, Cape May Court House, NJ. The artist is probably Margaret Nefferdorf, a 1925 graduate of the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Arts.Local Notes: Part of the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom (PW-285234-22), 2023-2025.Imprint: PA. Philadelphia. 1940.Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: View depicting the reading room of the Library Company building built 1879-1880 after the designs of Frank Furness at the northwest corner of Juniper and Locust streets (i.e, 1300 block of Locust). Shows men and women looking into exhibition cases. Juniper and Locust Street building was erected as the in-town, centrally located main lending branch of the Library Company established in 1731. The Library Company soon consolidated all operations at its South Broad Street building.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visual Material | Library Company of Philadelphia Graphic Arts Department | Graphic Arts - Women's History | *Ph Pr - Libraries - Library [P.2007.13] | Available | 250355 |
Title from item.
Date from manuscript note below image: Sketched Nov. 28, 1939; etched April 20, 1940.
View depicting the reading room of the Library Company building built 1879-1880 after the designs of Frank Furness at the northwest corner of Juniper and Locust streets (i.e, 1300 block of Locust). Shows men and women looking into exhibition cases. Juniper and Locust Street building was erected as the in-town, centrally located main lending branch of the Library Company established in 1731. The Library Company soon consolidated all operations at its South Broad Street building.
Manuscript note on original mount: M. Nefferdorf, Cape May Court House, NJ. The artist is probably Margaret Nefferdorf, a 1925 graduate of the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Arts.
Part of the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom (PW-285234-22), 2023-2025.