Despite the NYPL having captioned this as being in Washington, D.C., <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Clindberg" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Clindberg">User:Clindberg</a>—in remarks originally made at <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jmabel/Stereo_cards_of_Washington,_D.C." title="User talk:Jmabel/Stereo cards of Washington, D.C.">User talk:Jmabel/Stereo cards of Washington, D.C.</a>—identifies this as Rudolf Siemering's 1897 Washington Monument in Philadelphia. Photo of it <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/chibeba/2643320336/">here</a> taken from the Art Museum steps: the road layout has apparently changed considerably around there since.
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Unknown artist<span style="display: none;">Unknown artist</span></div>
<p>Created: 1859-1905.
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Coverage: 1859?-1905?.
Source Imprint: 1897-1905?.
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Digital item published 1-25-2006; updated 2-12-2009.
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