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Also known as: Philadelphia Custom House (1844-1932); Old Custom House
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D E S I G N   D R A W I N G S   /   S K E T C H E S   —   (1 image)
[Proposal for the alteration of the front of the Custom House, Philadelphia, PA]
Front and Side Elevations
(Thomas Ustick Walter, Architect, c. 1854)
Thomas Ustick Walter Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia.
Local ID #: WTU*062*001
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A S - B U I L T   P H O T O G R A P H S   —   (29 images, first 5 shown - show all images in this category)
Custom House
Local ID #: PhilaBourse-061a
Engelhardt, George Washington, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, The Book of Its Bourse & Co-operating Bodies, Philadelphia, Lippincott Press, 1898-99., p. 61
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United States Custom House
(1899)
The Official Office Building Directory and Architectural Handbook of Philadelphia, The Commercial Publishing and Directory Co., Philadelphia, 1899, p. 220
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[Second Bank of the United States]
Second Bank at Night
(Joel Rice, photographer, 3/7/2004)
PAB Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia.
Local ID #: 146-DP-013-001
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[Second Bank/Old Custom House]
NPS Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia.
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[Second Bank of the U.S.]
(Dillon, James L., Photographer)
James Dillon Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia.
Local ID #: 32-P-145-007
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P R I N T S   —   (5 images, all shown)
[United States Bank]
U. S. Bank
(Wild & Chevalier, 1838)
Local ID #: AI Oversize 1838 Wild
Wild, J. C. Panorama and Views of Philadelphia and its Vicinity.... (Philadelphia: J.B. Chevalier, 1838). , p. Plate 2
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[420 Chestnut Street - Second Bank of the United States]
(City of Philadelphia, Records Department)
Philadelphia Historical Commission Files, Philadelphia Historical Commission.
Local ID #: 44150
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[U. S. Custom House, Philadelphia]
Thomas Ustick Walter Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia.
Local ID #: 122-PR-004
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[No. 11, September 1879, 400 Block Chestnut St., South Side]
Baxter's Panoramic Business Directories, Athenaeum of Philadelphia.
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[Plate 6, South Side]
Rae, Julio H. Rae's Philadelphia Pictorial Directory & Panoramic Advertiser. Philadelphia: Julio H. Rae, 1851., p. Plate 6, South Side
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O T H E R   I M A G E S   —   (2 images, all shown)
[Philosophical Hall, American Philosophical Society and Second Bank by Luciano Guarnieri]
(Luciano Guarniari)
Athenaeum of Philadelphia.
Local ID #: 87.1.7
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Bank of the United States Banknote
(1838)
Athenaeum of Philadelphia.
Local ID #: 001-M-001
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