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Masonic Hall Chesnut St. Phila'a. erected A.D. 1813 destroyed by fire A.D. 1819 / William Strickland architect ; D. Chillas Lith, 50 S. 3d Street.

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Print shows the Masonic Hall from the street, with horse-drawn coach and pedestrians in the foreground. Includes "inscription on corner stone" at center, below image.

Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year A.D. 1853 by Wm. Spink, Wm. Kneass & Philip R. Engard, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Alois Senefelder, the inventor of lithography, introduced the subject of colored lithography in 1818. Printers in other countries, such as France and England, were also started producing color prints. The first American chromolithograph—a portrait of Reverend F. W. P. Greenwood—was created by William Sharp in 1840. Chromolithographs became so popular in American culture that the era has been labeled as "chromo civilization". During the Victorian times, chromolithographs populated children's and fine arts publications, as well as advertising art, in trade cards, labels, and posters. They were also used for advertisements, popular prints, and medical or scientific books.

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masonic buildings pennsylvania philadelphia city and town life carriages and coaches chromolithographs color masonic hall chesnut masonic hall chesnut st phila fire strickland architect strickland architect chillas chillas lith street history of philadelphia 1853 lithographs prints 19th century historic philadelphia images of philadelphia masons masonry freemasons freemasonry william popular graphic arts david chillas ultra high resolution high resolution architecture library of congress
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01/01/1853
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Chillas, David, lithographer
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Chromolithographs

Chromolithograph is printed by multiple applications of lithographic stones, each using a different color ink.
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