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[Chestnut Street, rooftop view east from Odiorne's studio at 920 Chestnut] [graphic].
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Creator
Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860.
Contributor
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
McArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect.
Title
[Chestnut Street, rooftop view east from Odiorne's studio at 920 Chestnut] [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1859
Date
ca. 1859
Physical Description
1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 8 x 18 cm.(3.25 x 6.75 in.)
Description
Rooftop view showing predominately the 800 block of Chestnut Street. Includes the Continental Hotel, completed in 1860 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr. (824-838 Chestnut). Also shows the Masonic Temple in the distance (713-721 Chestnut). American flags adorn many of the buildings. Street and pedestrian traffic is visible.
Notes
Buff mount with square corners.
Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne.
Title supplied by cataloguer.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject
Continental Hotel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Hotels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 800 block.
Genre
Stereographs -- 1850-1860.
Albumen prints -- 1850-1860.
Cityscapes -- 1850-1860.
Associated name
McArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect.
Provenance
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Odiorne - Streets [(8)1322.F.29f]
Accession number
(8)1322.F.29f
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Henry B. Odiorne Photograph Collection
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