Thought to be from the 1881 original section of Philadelphia's Broad Street Station for the Pennsylvania Railroad. Local engineers and architects Wilson Brothers designed the building. The station was expanded in 1892 by architect Frank Furness, using theP-48050doorknob. Click on each photo below to view additional images and information.
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Catalogue entry P-480701 is an antique doorknob recorded in the Public Buildings/Seals category (Category P, Multi-Letters) of the Antique Doorknob Collectors of America archive. It dates to circa 1881; the maker has not been identified. The pattern belongs to the Emblematic school of ornament.
Moving off a platform we had outgrown
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