Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Co. building

Zantzinger, Borie & Medary

Building a Nation - Indiana Limestone Photograph Collection

A previously unknown collection of over 25,000 black and white architectural photographs were discovered in a dilapidated house owned by the Indiana Limestone Company in Bedford, Indiana. These images of residences, churches, universities, museums, businesses, and public and municipal buildings, many of which were designed by prominent architects, document the use of Indiana limestone throughout the United States from the late 1800s to mid-1900s. Remarkably holistic in scope, these photographs and their accompanying metadata can be studied across major disciplines such as American history, architectural history, history of technology, urban studies, history of photography, historic preservation, labor history, and the history of geology. The Indiana Geological Survey, the custodian of the Indiana Limestone Photograph Collection, in partnership with the Indiana University Libraries has been cataloging, digitizing, archiving, and publishing online a growing subset of the photographs thanks to funding provided by Indiana University’s Office of the Vice Provost for Research and an LSTA grant awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and administered by the Indiana State Library.

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Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Co. building Público Deposited

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Description

Now known as the Ruth and Raymond G. Perelman Building - Philadelphia Museum of Art

Location

Street Address: 2525 Pennsylvania Ave
Coordinates: 39.967614, -75.179356

ILCO ID

PA6146_6

Caption

Photographer/Studio: Tebbs & Knell, Inc.
Cut Stone Contractor: Ingalls Stone Co.

City

Philadelphia

Filename

VAC5094-04188

Subject

Office buildings
Details
Stone carving
Insurance companies

State

Title

Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Co. building

Architect

Zantzinger, Borie & Medary

Physical Description

Kind of Stone: Variegated

Negative Number

102015

Persistent URL

http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/images/VAC5094/VAC5094-04188

Source Metadata Identifier

VAC5094-04188

Holding Location

Bloomington - Indiana Geological and Water Survey
Geology Building
1001 E. 10th St.
Bloomington, IN 47405
Contact at igsacm@iu.edu, 812-855-7636

Campus

IU Bloomington

Building Date

1927

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Building a Nation - Indiana Limestone Photograph Collection

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