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The Adelphia Hotel in Philadelphia, PA was designed by architect Horace Trumbauer and opened in 1914.  Features the letter A in the middle of a shield, surrounded by a wreath. Click on each photo below to view additional images and information. Formerly catalogued as O-701.

Specifications

School / Style
Emblematic
Manufacturer
Unknown
Circa Dates
1914
Classification
Category P - P-700
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P-70130

About this record

“A Adelphia Hotel” (catalogue P-70130) is an antique doorknob recorded in the Public Buildings/Seals category (Category P, Single Letters) of the Antique Doorknob Collectors of America archive. It dates to circa 1914; 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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