Creator |
Bartlett & French, photographer. |
Contributor |
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
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McArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect. |
Title |
Ledger Building. [graphic] / Photographed by Bartlett & French, Phila. |
Publisher |
[Philadelphia: Bartlett & French] |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1868 |
Date |
[ca. 1868] |
Physical Description |
2 photographic prints: 1 albumen on stereograph mount; 1 albumen; 9 x 17 cm. (3.25 x 6.75 in.) |
Description |
View of the southwest corner of Sixth and Chestnut Streets showing the newly constructed offices of the Philadelphia newspaper
the Public Ledger (designed by Philadelphia architect John McArthur, built 1866-67). Includes the statue of Benjamin Franklin
that adorns the corner of the Ledger building. View looks west from 6th Street showing the south side of Chestnut Street between
6th and 7th Streets.
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Is part of |
Gems of Penn'a scenery. Philadelphia and vicinity. 11 |
Notes |
Title, photographer's imprint and series number from printed label on verso of stereograph. |
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Manuscript note on mount of stereograph: Ledger Building 1867. |
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Stereograph on yellow mount with square corners. |
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Reproduced in Robert F. Looney's Old Philadelphia in early photographs 1839-1914 (New York: Dover Publications Inc., 1976),
plate 123, without attribution.
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Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia. |
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Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
Biographical / historical note |
Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French ca. 1867-1869. |
Subject |
Public Ledger Building (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Commercial streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Newspaper industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
Geographic subject |
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 600 block -- South side. |
Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870. |
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Stereographs -- 1860-1870. |
Associated name |
McArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect. |
Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Bartlett & French - business [(8)1322.F.23e; P.2005.2.2] |
Accession number |
(8)1322.F.23e |
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P.2005.2.2 |