Benedict Arnold Mansion (Mount Pleasant), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, H-2342b

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1890-1939

GUSN

GUSN-380203

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Halliday Historic Photograph Company photographic collection, 1890s-1930s
Negatives
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Benedict Arnold Mansion (Mount Pleasant), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, H-2342b
(current record)

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Halliday Historic Photograph Company photographic collection, 1890s-1930s
- Negatives
  - Pennsylvania
    - Philadelphia
      - William Penn House, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, H-2340
      - Tom Moore Cottage, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, H-2341
      - Benedict Arnold Mansion (Mount Pleasant), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, H-2342a
      - Benedict Arnold Mansion (Mount Pleasant), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, H-2342b (current record)
      - Cottage of "Ye Olden Time", entrance to Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, H-2343
      - Memorial Hall, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, H-2344
      - Belmont Mansion, Belmont Mansion Drive, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, H-2345

Description

The image depicts the Benedict Arnold Mansion, also known as Mount Pleasant, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The mansion is a large, two-story stone building with a prominent entrance and central staircase, flanked by windows with shutters. To the right is a smaller two-story structure with a distinctive mansard roof and visible chimney. The surrounding trees are bare.

Details

Descriptive Terms

mansions
residential structures
exterior views
historic houses
trees
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP009750
Halliday negative H-2342b

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC027

Collection Name

Halliday Historic Photograph Company photographic collection, 1890s-1930s

Reference Code

PC027.001.007.001.H-2342b

Places

Philadelphia (Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania)

Record Details

Originator

Halliday Historic Photograph Co.

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Description Level

Item

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