Details
Creator Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860.
Contributor McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title [Chestnut Street between Sixth and Seventh streets; construction] [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1860
Date [ca. 1860]
Physical Description 1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 8 x 17 cm.(3.25 x 6.75 in.)
Description View showing the north side of the 600 block of Chestnut Street, including Jayne's Marble Building during the final stages of construction (615-619 Chestnut). The office building, completed in 1860, was commissioned by patent medicine manufacturer Dr. David Jayne. In the foreground, women with parasols stand on the sidewalk between a horse-drawn workmen's wagon and a pulley attached to the building. Construction materials line the sidewalk. Also shows adjacent businesses, including J.S. Eshelman, cloths, cassimeres, and trimmings store, tenanting Jaynes other office building, Jayne's Hall, built 1856 (625 Chestnut). Lampposts are visible in the lower right corners of the image.
Notes Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne.
Title supplied by cataloguer.
Pale yellow mount with square corners.
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 Jayne's Marble Building.
Jayne's Hall.
Office buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Fabric shops -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Construction -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Carts & wagons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 600 block -- North side.
Genre Stereographs -- 1850-1860.
Albumen prints -- 1850-1860.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Odiorne - Streets [(8)1322.F.23f]
Accession number (8)1322.F.23f