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4 b&w photos
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5 data pages
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1 photo caption pages


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TITLE:
Benjamin Rush Birthplace, Red Lion Road, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

CALL NUMBER:
HABS PA,51-PHILA,556-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 4   (4 x 5 in. and 5 x 7 in.)
Data Page(s): 4 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1933.

CREATOR:
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HABS PA-1796

Significance: Benjamin Rush, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and a member of a socially prominent Philadelphia family, was born in this house.

SUBJECTS:
PENNSYLVANIA--Philadelphia County--Philadelphia

COLLECTION:
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.pa0790

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s): 
1. GENERAL VIEW AND SOUTHEAST (FRONT) ELEVATION
2. VIEW OF NORTH FRAME ADDITION WITH SCREENED PORCH. Photocopy of original 5' x 7' photo by the same photographer.
3. ROOF FRAMING DETAIL AND MORTISE-AND-TENON JOINT. Which part of the house not determined.
4. Photocopy of old exterior photograph, GENERAL VIEW OF HOUSE, early 20th century

CONTROL #:
PA0790

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