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Philadelphia - Old City: Second Bank of the United States The Second Bank of the United States, located at 420 Chestnut Street, was chartered in 1816 under James Madison’s administration to control post-War of 1812 inflation. Designed by William Strickland in the Greek Revival style and inspired by the Parthenon, the bank operated as the depository for federal funds until 1833, when President Andrew Jackson redirected funds to state banks, viewing the institution as a source of political corruption. The bank lost its federal charter in 1836 and ceased operations in 1841. The building subsequently housed a state-chartered bank and later served as the Philadelphia Customs House from 1845 to 1935.
Today, the building is part of Independence National Historical Park and features the “People of Independence” exhibit, a portrait gallery with 185 paintings of historical figures, including works by Charles Willson Peale. The Greek Revival architecture, characterized by Doric columns and Pennsylvania blue marble, contrasts with the prevalent Federal-style buildings in Philadelphia.
Independence National Historical Park, a 55-acre park established in 1948 administered by the National Park Service, preserves several sites associated with the American Revolution and the founding of the United States. The centerpiece of the park is Independence Mall and Independence Hall, Congress Hall and the Liberty Bell Center. Other notable landmarks include the First Bank of the United States, Free Quaker Meeting House, Franklin Court, Christ Church, Carpenters' Hall, and Washington Square. The Second Bank of the United States was added to the Park's properties in 2006.
Second Bank of the United States National Register #87001293 (1987)
Independence National Park Historic District National Register #66000675 (1966)
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Brymay safety matches ghost sign, Lillie Road, West Brompton, London A ghost sign is an old hand-painted advertising sign that has been preserved on a building for an extended period of time. The sign may be kept for its nostalgic appeal, or simply indifference by the owner.
Bryant & May was a British match manufacturer, which today only exists as a brand name owned by Swedish Match. The company was formed in the mid-19th century as a dry goods trader, with its first match works, the Bryant & May Factory, located in Bow, London. It later opened other factories in the United Kingdom, Australia, and other parts of the world.
The firm was formed in 1843 by Quakers William Bryant and Francis May and survived as an independent concern for over seventy years before undergoing a series of mergers with other matchmakers and later consumer products companies.
Bryant & May was involved in three of the most divisive industrial episodes of the nineteenth century: the sweating of domestic out-workers, the wage "fines" that led to the London matchgirls strike of 1888 and the scandal of "phossy jaw".
Swedish Match owns the registered Bryant & May trade name alongside those of many formerly independent companies once within the Bryant & May group.
Match-making was a particularly dangerous job in the 1800s. Workers – mainly women – employed by companies such as Bryant & May to make matches commonly experienced a condition known as phossy jaw. This was caused by poisoning from the yellow phosphorous used in the head of the match.
Phossy jaw was a terribly disfiguring and sometimes fatal condition. Eventually, a combination of this health danger, poor pay and long hours led to the formation of a trade union for the workers. The Match Girls Strike of 1888, led by social activist Annie Besant (1847-1933), was a landmark industrial action and led to better pay. In 1901, Bryant & May finally stopped using yellow phosphorous in their matches.
20190508_DSC_9721.jpg Distinct Quaker Moth in our yard in Lincoln
1977 Quaker State Ad From the February/March 1977 Edition of School Bus Fleet. I am not claiming ownership for this picture and am only uploading for archival purposes.
P1000139 ASP - Quaker Lake
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Quaker Street - London
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Monochrome Monday Just another from this location that I thought worked nicely as a Monochrome Monday offering.
Canadian Pacific GP20C-ECO 2261 on CPKC train G-18 is making a switch move on the weedy yard track beside the big Blue Seal Feeds mill which has been a stalwart customer for as long as their has been a railroad here. In fact the first mill was built by the Southeastern Railroad as an outlet for Canadian grains. In there was a great tragedy here when the mill, then owned jointly by the Canadian Pacific and Boston and Maine and leased to Quaker Oats, exploded killing 13 and destroying 75 freight cars. Damage was reported at $400,000 or just under $10 million equivalent today!
Rebuilt, the mill belonged to Quaker Oats until 1941 when the Lawrence, Mass based H.K. Webster company acquired it to produce its Blue Seal brand of feeds. Blue Seal was acquired by Varied Investments Inc. which also owned Kent Feeds of Muscatine, IA. Operated as separate companies until 2010 when they were merged to become KNG (Kent Nutrition Group) their products are still marketed regionally under their historic brand names.
This facility was once much busier and into the 1980s even rated it's own dedicated switcher and was a bastion of Alco power including the home of one of the five RS2s on the roster purposely built for service on CP's lines in Maine and Vermont. Today it remains one of only three customers CPKC presently serves on its Vermont lines and is direct link to the long and storied past of this once important route. To read all about the history of this line see the earlier post of this train at the border crossing.
Richford, Vermont
Friday June 21, 2024
Friends Meeting House, Market St, Charlbury, Chipping Norton OX7 3PH, Charlbury, England, United Kingdom, UK, Europe Friends Meeting House, Market St, Charlbury, Chipping Norton OX7 3PH, Charlbury, England, United Kingdom, UK
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Crocigrapha normani (Norman's Quaker) - Lambton County, Ontario Larva of Crocigrapha normani (Norman's Quaker). Photographed at Lambton Shores, Lambton County, Ontario on 9 June 2021.
Philadelphia - Old City: Congress Hall - Joint Committee Room Congress Hall, located at 6th and Chestnut Street, was constructed in 1787-89 to the Georgian Revival style design of Samuel Lewis as an extension to Independence Hall. It served as the United States Congress’s meeting place when Philadelphia was the nation’s capital from 1790-1800. On the first floor is the Lower House, or House Chamber, which was occupied by the House of Representatives. The upper floor, or Senate Chamber, was occupied, by the upper house, or the Senate. Significant events during this period include the second inauguration of President George Washington in 1793, the inauguration of John Adams in 1797, the ratification of the Bill of Rights, and the enactment of Alexander Hamilton’s proposals for a mint and national bank. The admission of Vermont, Kentucky, and Tennessee as states also occurred here. After Congress departed for Washington, D.C., the Hall reverted back to the Philadelphia County Courthouse into the 19th century and restored to its original appearance in 1912.
Independence National Historical Park, a 55-acre park established in 1948 administered by the National Park Service, preserves several sites associated with the American Revolution and the founding of the United States. The centerpiece of the park is Independence Mall and Independence Hall, Congress Hall and the Liberty Bell Center. Other notable landmarks include the First Bank of the United States, the Second Bank of the United States, Free Quaker Meeting House, Franklin Court, Christ Church, Carpenters' Hall, and Washington Square.
Independence National Park Historic District National Register #66000675 (1966)
Philadelphia - Old City: Congress Hall - West Committee Room A portrait of Marie Antoinette by Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun (1788) that was presented as a gift from the French monarch following the American Revolution hangs in the West Committee Room, on the second floor.
Congress Hall, located at 6th and Chestnut Street, was constructed in 1787-89 to the Georgian Revival style design of Samuel Lewis as an extension to Independence Hall. It served as the United States Congress’s meeting place when Philadelphia was the nation’s capital from 1790-1800. On the first floor is the Lower House, or House Chamber, which was occupied by the House of Representatives. The upper floor, or Senate Chamber, was occupied, by the upper house, or the Senate. Significant events during this period include the second inauguration of President George Washington in 1793, the inauguration of John Adams in 1797, the ratification of the Bill of Rights, and the enactment of Alexander Hamilton’s proposals for a mint and national bank. The admission of Vermont, Kentucky, and Tennessee as states also occurred here. After Congress departed for Washington, D.C., the Hall reverted back to the Philadelphia County Courthouse into the 19th century and restored to its original appearance in 1912.
Independence National Historical Park, a 55-acre park established in 1948 administered by the National Park Service, preserves several sites associated with the American Revolution and the founding of the United States. The centerpiece of the park is Independence Mall and Independence Hall, Congress Hall and the Liberty Bell Center. Other notable landmarks include the First Bank of the United States, the Second Bank of the United States, Free Quaker Meeting House, Franklin Court, Christ Church, Carpenters' Hall, and Washington Square.
Independence National Park Historic District National Register #66000675 (1966)
Philadelphia - Old City: Congress Hall - East Committee Room Congress Hall, located at 6th and Chestnut Street, was constructed in 1787-89 to the Georgian Revival style design of Samuel Lewis as an extension to Independence Hall. It served as the United States Congress’s meeting place when Philadelphia was the nation’s capital from 1790-1800. On the first floor is the Lower House, or House Chamber, which was occupied by the House of Representatives. The upper floor, or Senate Chamber, was occupied, by the upper house, or the Senate. Significant events during this period include the second inauguration of President George Washington in 1793, the inauguration of John Adams in 1797, the ratification of the Bill of Rights, and the enactment of Alexander Hamilton’s proposals for a mint and national bank. The admission of Vermont, Kentucky, and Tennessee as states also occurred here. After Congress departed for Washington, D.C., the Hall reverted back to the Philadelphia County Courthouse into the 19th century and restored to its original appearance in 1912.
A portrait of King Louis XVI by Joseph-Siffred Duplessis that was presented as a gift from the French monarch following the American Revolution hangs in the East Committee Room, on the second floor.
Independence National Historical Park, a 55-acre park established in 1948 administered by the National Park Service, preserves several sites associated with the American Revolution and the founding of the United States. The centerpiece of the park is Independence Mall and Independence Hall, Congress Hall and the Liberty Bell Center. Other notable landmarks include the First Bank of the United States, the Second Bank of the United States, Free Quaker Meeting House, Franklin Court, Christ Church, Carpenters' Hall, and Washington Square.
Independence National Park Historic District National Register #66000675 (1966)
Philadelphia - Old City: Congress Hall - East Committee Room A portrait of King Louis XVI by Joseph-Siffred Duplessis that was presented as a gift from the French monarch following the American Revolution hangs in the East Committee Room, on the second floor.
Congress Hall, located at 6th and Chestnut Street, was constructed in 1787-89 to the Georgian Revival style design of Samuel Lewis as an extension to Independence Hall. It served as the United States Congress’s meeting place when Philadelphia was the nation’s capital from 1790-1800. On the first floor is the Lower House, or House Chamber, which was occupied by the House of Representatives. The upper floor, or Senate Chamber, was occupied, by the upper house, or the Senate. Significant events during this period include the second inauguration of President George Washington in 1793, the inauguration of John Adams in 1797, the ratification of the Bill of Rights, and the enactment of Alexander Hamilton’s proposals for a mint and national bank. The admission of Vermont, Kentucky, and Tennessee as states also occurred here. After Congress departed for Washington, D.C., the Hall reverted back to the Philadelphia County Courthouse into the 19th century and restored to its original appearance in 1912.
Independence National Historical Park, a 55-acre park established in 1948 administered by the National Park Service, preserves several sites associated with the American Revolution and the founding of the United States. The centerpiece of the park is Independence Mall and Independence Hall, Congress Hall and the Liberty Bell Center. Other notable landmarks include the First Bank of the United States, the Second Bank of the United States, Free Quaker Meeting House, Franklin Court, Christ Church, Carpenters' Hall, and Washington Square.
Independence National Park Historic District National Register #66000675 (1966)
Philadelphia - Old City: Congress Hall - West Committee Room Congress Hall, located at 6th and Chestnut Street, was constructed in 1787-89 to the Georgian Revival style design of Samuel Lewis as an extension to Independence Hall. It served as the United States Congress’s meeting place when Philadelphia was the nation’s capital from 1790-1800. On the first floor is the Lower House, or House Chamber, which was occupied by the House of Representatives. The upper floor, or Senate Chamber, was occupied, by the upper house, or the Senate. Significant events during this period include the second inauguration of President George Washington in 1793, the inauguration of John Adams in 1797, the ratification of the Bill of Rights, and the enactment of Alexander Hamilton’s proposals for a mint and national bank. The admission of Vermont, Kentucky, and Tennessee as states also occurred here. After Congress departed for Washington, D.C., the Hall reverted back to the Philadelphia County Courthouse into the 19th century and restored to its original appearance in 1912.
A portrait of Marie Antoinette by Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun (1788) that was presented as a gift from the French monarch following the American Revolution hangs in the West Committee Room, on the second floor.
Independence National Historical Park, a 55-acre park established in 1948 administered by the National Park Service, preserves several sites associated with the American Revolution and the founding of the United States. The centerpiece of the park is Independence Mall and Independence Hall, Congress Hall and the Liberty Bell Center. Other notable landmarks include the First Bank of the United States, the Second Bank of the United States, Free Quaker Meeting House, Franklin Court, Christ Church, Carpenters' Hall, and Washington Square.
Independence National Park Historic District National Register #66000675 (1966)
Philadelphia - Old City: Congress Hall - Senate Secretary's Office Congress Hall, located at 6th and Chestnut Street, was constructed in 1787-89 to the Georgian Revival style design of Samuel Lewis as an extension to Independence Hall. It served as the United States Congress’s meeting place when Philadelphia was the nation’s capital from 1790-1800. On the first floor is the Lower House, or House Chamber, which was occupied by the House of Representatives. The upper floor, or Senate Chamber, was occupied, by the upper house, or the Senate. Significant events during this period include the second inauguration of President George Washington in 1793, the inauguration of John Adams in 1797, the ratification of the Bill of Rights, and the enactment of Alexander Hamilton’s proposals for a mint and national bank. The admission of Vermont, Kentucky, and Tennessee as states also occurred here. After Congress departed for Washington, D.C., the Hall reverted back to the Philadelphia County Courthouse into the 19th century and restored to its original appearance in 1912.
Independence National Historical Park, a 55-acre park established in 1948 administered by the National Park Service, preserves several sites associated with the American Revolution and the founding of the United States. The centerpiece of the park is Independence Mall and Independence Hall, Congress Hall and the Liberty Bell Center. Other notable landmarks include the First Bank of the United States, the Second Bank of the United States, Free Quaker Meeting House, Franklin Court, Christ Church, Carpenters' Hall, and Washington Square.
Independence National Park Historic District National Register #66000675 (1966)
Philadelphia - Old City: Congress Hall - Lower House Congress Hall, located at 6th and Chestnut Street, was constructed in 1787-89 to the Georgian Revival style design of Samuel Lewis as an extension to Independence Hall. It served as the United States Congress’s meeting place when Philadelphia was the nation’s capital from 1790-1800. Significant events during this period include the second inauguration of President George Washington in 1793, the inauguration of John Adams in 1797, the ratification of the Bill of Rights, and the enactment of Alexander Hamilton’s proposals for a mint and national bank. The admission of Vermont, Kentucky, and Tennessee as states also occurred here. After Congress departed for Washington, D.C., the Hall reverted back to the Philadelphia County Courthouse into the 19th century and restored to its original appearance in 1912.
On the first floor is the Lower House, or House Chamber, which was occupied by the House of Representatives. The upper floor, or Senate Chamber, was occupied, by the upper house, or the Senate.
Independence National Historical Park, a 55-acre park established in 1948 administered by the National Park Service, preserves several sites associated with the American Revolution and the founding of the United States. The centerpiece of the park is Independence Mall and Independence Hall, Congress Hall and the Liberty Bell Center. Other notable landmarks include the First Bank of the United States, the Second Bank of the United States, Free Quaker Meeting House, Franklin Court, Christ Church, Carpenters' Hall, and Washington Square.
Independence National Park Historic District National Register #66000675 (1966)
Philadelphia - Old City: Congress Hall - Lower House Congress Hall, located at 6th and Chestnut Street, was constructed in 1787-89 to the Georgian Revival style design of Samuel Lewis as an extension to Independence Hall. It served as the United States Congress’s meeting place when Philadelphia was the nation’s capital from 1790-1800. Significant events during this period include the second inauguration of President George Washington in 1793, the inauguration of John Adams in 1797, the ratification of the Bill of Rights, and the enactment of Alexander Hamilton’s proposals for a mint and national bank. The admission of Vermont, Kentucky, and Tennessee as states also occurred here. After Congress departed for Washington, D.C., the Hall reverted back to the Philadelphia County Courthouse into the 19th century and restored to its original appearance in 1912.
On the first floor is the Lower House, or House Chamber, which was occupied by the House of Representatives. The upper floor, or Senate Chamber, was occupied, by the upper house, or the Senate.
Independence National Historical Park, a 55-acre park established in 1948 administered by the National Park Service, preserves several sites associated with the American Revolution and the founding of the United States. The centerpiece of the park is Independence Mall and Independence Hall, Congress Hall and the Liberty Bell Center. Other notable landmarks include the First Bank of the United States, the Second Bank of the United States, Free Quaker Meeting House, Franklin Court, Christ Church, Carpenters' Hall, and Washington Square.
Independence National Park Historic District National Register #66000675 (1966)