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Strawbridge & Clothier engine room. Mr. Crosby, (the sup[erintenden]t) in foregr[oun]d [graphic].
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Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer.
Title
Strawbridge & Clothier engine room. Mr. Crosby, (the sup[erintenden]t) in foregr[oun]d [graphic].
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1888
Date
February 6, 1888
Physical Description
1 photograph : glass negative ; 4 x 5 in.
Description
Glass negative showing three men, including plant superintendent Daniel Crosby, standing near rows of equipment responsible for generating electricity for Strawbridge & Clothier's department store. Strawbridge & Clothier began as a dry goods store founded by Justus Clayton Strawbridge (1838-1911) and Isaac Hallowell Clothier (1837-1921) in 1868 in Philadelphia. The engine room was relocated from the store’s basement to its stable on the 800 block of Filbert Street circa 1887. A popular department store, branches were built in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware after 1930. Bought by May Department Stores Company in 1996, the stores were rebranded as Macy’s in 2006.
Notes
Title from entry in photographer's diary.
Developed by John Bartlett.
Photographer remarks: Developed by John Bartlett.
Time: 2:30
Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 62.
Arcadia caption text: In c. 1887 Strawbridge & Clothier relocated its engine room from the store basement to the basement of its newly constructed stable across the street on the north side of the 800 block of Filbert Street. The new equipment generated power for the store’s more than 2,000 lamps, making it Philadelphia’s largest private electric plant. In this 1888 image, plant superintendent Daniel Crosby, who lived on the stable’s third floor, stands proudly near the equipment with two of his workers.
Digitization and cataloging edits have been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris.
Edited.
Subject
Strawbridge & Clothier.
Department stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Engine rooms -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Philadelphia artists.
Geographic subject
Filbert Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 811-815.
Genre
Glass negatives -- 1880-1890.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Marriott C. Morris [P.9895.1255]
Accession number
P.9895.1255
In Collections
Marriott C. Morris Collection Negatives
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