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[Eagle Hotel and Farmer's and Mechanic's House, probably at Water and Spruce streets] [graphic].
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Creator
Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860, photographer.
Contributor
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title
[Eagle Hotel and Farmer's and Mechanic's House, probably at Water and Spruce streets] [graphic].
Publisher
[Philadelphia]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1860
Date
September 1860
Physical Description
1 photograph : albumen ; sheet 22 x 17 cm (8.75 x 6.75 in.)
Description
View showing the conjoined taverns, probably on the 100 block of Spruce Street. Men, including possibly an African American man, stand near and sit at the entranceways of the Eagle Hotel (right). The seated men sit near barrels. Repaired shingles are visible on the pent roof to the building. Also shows signage adorning the adjacent Farmer's and Mechanic's House indicating the proprietor as Michael MacVey and the street number as 129, as well as a bulkhead cellar door.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Date and photographer's monogram inscribed in negative.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886.
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Subject
Eagle Hotel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Farmer's and Mechanic's House (Philadelphia, Pa.)
African American men -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Men -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Taverns (Inns) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Spruce Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 100 block.
Genre
Albumen prints -- 1850-1860.
Provenance
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - Odiorne - E [(7)1322.F.53e]
Accession number
(7)1322.F.53e
In Collections
Henry B. Odiorne Photograph Collection
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