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Custom House Philada. [graphic] / Bartlett & Smith, photographers.
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Creator
Bartlett & Smith, photographer.
Contributor
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Strickland, William, 1787-1854, architect.
Title
Custom House Philada. [graphic] / Bartlett & Smith, photographers.
Publisher
Philadelphia
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1869
Date
ca. 1869
Physical Description
1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 9 x 18 cm.(3.25 x 6.75 in.)
Description
Exterior view showing the United States Custom House at 420 Chestnut Street, formerly the Second Bank of the United States (1816-1836), built in 1824 after the designs of Philadelphia architect William Strickland. U.S. Custom House occupied the site from 1845 to 1935. Includes pedestrian traffic and a partial view of a street vendor's stand near a gate.
Notes
Title from manuscript note on mount.
Photographer's imprint embossed on mount.
Yellow mount with square corners.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject
United States Custom House (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Bank of the United States (1816-1836)
Customhouses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Street vendors -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 420.
Genre
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Stereographs -- 1860-1870.
Associated name
Strickland, William, 1787-1854, architect.
Provenance
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo -Bartlett & Smith - Government Buildings [(8)1322.F.21d]
Accession number
(8)1322.F.21d
In Collections
Bartlett & Smith Stereograph Collection
Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Stereograph Collection
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