| Creator |
Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860, photographer. |
| Contributor |
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
| Title |
[Myers, Claghorn & Co. auction store, 232 Market Street] [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1860 |
| Date |
ca. 1860 |
| Physical Description |
1 photographic print: albumen; 22 x 17 cm.(8.75 x 6.75 in.) |
| Description |
View showing loaded horse-drawn carts in front of the auction store. Also shows adjacent businesses, including a drugstore
and Joseph C. Grubb & Co., guns, rifles, pistols, cutlery, and plated wares. Grubb & Co. storefront adorned with a large model
of a rifle. Also shows a man leaning on a crate standing next to barrels at the street corner. Auction store razed December
1860.
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| Notes |
Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne. |
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Title supplied by cataloguer. |
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Manuscript note on mount: corner of Bank and Market St. |
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Inscribed in negative: 17. |
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Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia. |
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Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited. |
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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. 56.
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Arcadia caption text: In 1836 John B. Myers and John W. Claghorn established an auction and commission merchant business and
were soon joined by Claghorn’s son and future partner James. This view, taken c. 1860, shows the Myers, Claghorn & Co. building
located on the south side of Market between Second and Third streets. A ramp at the front entrance facilitated easier movement
of goods in and out of the building. After retiring from the business in 1861, James Claghorn worked tirelessly for the Union
League and became a well-known art collector and patron of the arts.
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| Subject |
Joseph C. Grubb & Co. |
|
Myers, Claghorn & Co. |
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Auctioneers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Firearms industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Drugstores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Carts & wagons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Commercial streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Market Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 232. |
|
Market Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 200 block. |
| Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1850-1860. |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - Odiorne - M [(7)1322.F.37a] |
| Accession number |
(7)1322.F.37a |
