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Creator Cremer, James, 1821-1893.
Title Porter & Coates' Bookstore, (interior view, from the front). [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia] : From James Cremer's Stereoscopic Emporium, 18 South Eighth St
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1870
Date [ca. 1875]
Physical Description 1 photograph : albumen on card mount ; mount 10 x 18 cm (4 x 7 in.) (stereograph format)
Description View showing the interior of Porter & Coates' Bookstore (822 Chestnut) from the front. Book-filled cabinets and tables line the walls. There are three chairs for customers to sit. A grand staircase with a sign that reads, "Art Gallery," stained glass window, ornate moldings, and tile floor adorn the store. Robert Porter (1842-1899) and Henry T. Coates (1843-1910) formed Porter & Coates in 1867. They published over a hundred children's or juvenile libraries, series, and sets. The store at 822 Chestnut Street operated from 1869 to 1885. After Porter died in 1899, Coates renamed the firm Henry T. Coates & Co.
Notes Title printed on mount.
Date inferred from content.
Distributor's label pasted on verso.
Photographer and publisher inferred from distributor's label pasted on verso.
Stamped on recto: Henry T. Coates, Jr.
Yellow mount with rounded corners.
Gift of Raymond Holstein.
Subject Porter & Coates.
Books.
Bookstores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Galleries (Display spaces) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 822.
Genre Albumen prints -- 1870-1880.
Stereographs -- 1870-1880.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Holstein stereo - Streets - Chestnut Street [P.2011.47.1857]
Accession number P.2011.47.1857

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