a834, James Cremer Stereoview, # -, New Masonic Temple, Interior, PA., 1870s For Sale

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a834, James Cremer Stereoview, # -, New Masonic Temple, Interior, PA., 1870s:
$60.00

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You are offerding on an original Stereoview/Stereograph SV card, titled: New Masonic Temple, Interior - Ionic Hall, Philadelphia, PA., by James Cremer/Frederick Gutekunst, card # -, 1870s.

The name of Joe R. Kenney is written on the back.

Looking at this Stereoview through a Viewer, is like using Google 3D when looking at a Map.

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Notes:
The Masonic Temple is a historic Masonic building in Philadelphia. Located at 1 North Broad Street, directly across from Philadelphia City Hall, it serves as the headquarters of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, Free and Accepted Masons. The Temple features the Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania, and receives thousands of visitors every year to view the ornate structure, which includes seven lodge rooms, where today a number of Philadelphia lodges and the Grand Lodge conduct their meetings.

The Temple was designed in the medieval Norman style by James H. Windrim, who was 27 years old at the time he won the design competition. The massive granite cornerstone, weighing ten tons, was leveled on St. John the Baptist\'s Day, June 24, 1868. The ceremonial gavel used on that day by Grand Master Richard Vaux was the same gavel used by President George Washington in leveling the cornerstone of the nation\'s Capitol building in 1793.

The construction was completed five years later, in 1873, and dedicated on September 29th of that year. The interior, designed by George Herzog, was begun in 1887 and took another fifteen years to finish. (ref. wikipedia)

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Size: 4\" by 7\"

Subjects: Historic, Architecture, Knights Templar, Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania (A.F & A. M.), North East Corner Broad and Filbert Streets, Buildings, Furniture, Columns, Carpeting, Chandeliers

                                            James Cremer, 18 South Eighth Street, Philadelphia, PA. (1821-93)

Photographer James Cremer (1821-93) was born in England, and moved to the United States when he was twenty-two. He worked for photographic supply companies in Boston and New York. Cremer established his own photographic supply company in Philadelphia. By 1860, he had a portrait studio and began to publish stereo views. James was a practicing photographer in Philadelphia for 40 years. 

He worked at the beginning stages of the practice, notably practicing photography as an art form. When he realized there was opportunity in stereo cards, he established his own Stereoscopic Emporium, or stereo card publishing business, on South Eighth Street. Cremer was the largest supplier of stereo cards in Philadelphia. In 1876, he was an exhibitor in the Centennial Exposition held in Fairmont Park. He eventually sold his studio and retired to Brooklyn, N.Y.

Date: circa 1870\'s.

Info:
Stereoscopy or Stereoviews have two nearly identical images mounted side by side and were taken by a Stereo Camera. When looked at through a stereo viewer they give a three-dimensional image. Most popular from 1850’s to 1930’s and they usually measure about 3 ½\" by 7\" (please see images).

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Condition: Good-VG (Edge & corner wear, Stains, Writing on the back, Paper loss on the back), (please see the images)

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a834, James Cremer Stereoview, # -, New Masonic Temple, Interior, PA., 1870s

$60.00