First Reformed Presbyterian Church, Broad Street between Spruce and Pine streets, Philadelphia [graphic].

Details

Creator	McAllister & Brother
Contributor	McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title	First Reformed Presbyterian Church, Broad Street between Spruce and Pine streets, Philadelphia [graphic].
Publisher	Philadelphia: McAllister & Brother, 728 Chestnut St
Publisher	PA. Philadelphia. 1860
Date	December 1860, c1860
Physical Description	5 photographic prints: 2 albumen on stereograph mounts; 2 albumen mounted on paper; 1 albumen on carte de visite mount; 13 x 20 cm.(5.25 x 8 in.) or smaller.
Description	Interior views showing the altar of the church built 1853-1854 on the 300 block of South Broad Street after the designs of John McArthur, Jr. Altar is richly paneled and ornamented in front of a recess bordered by perforated scroll ornaments. Also includes partial views of pews. Church later known as Wylie Memorial Church.
Notes	Contains two stereographic images mounted on white paper mounts with square corners and printed titles including one [(4)1322.F.40e], hand-colored and accompanied by publisher's label describing the church building and history of the congregation. Also contains one stereographic image mounted on paper accompanied by publisher's label, one half stereographic image mounted on paper, and one carte de visite.
	(4)1322.F.40c, e, & f are duplicates.
	Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
Biographical / historical note	McAllister & Brother, opticians, a partnership between brothers William Y., John A., and Thomas H. McAllister, was active 1853-1865.
Subject	First Reformed Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
	Presbyterian churches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
	Altars -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
	Pews -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject	Broad Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- South -- 300 block.
Genre	Albumen prints -- 1850-1860.
	Stereographs -- Hand-colored -- 1850-1860.
	Stereographs -- 1850-1860.
	Cartes de visite -- 1850-1860.
Provenance	McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location	Library Company of Philadelphia\| Print Department\| stereo - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(4)1322.F.40b, c, e & f]
	Library Company of Philadelphia\| Print Department\| cdv - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(4)1322.F.40a]
Accession number	(4)1322.F.40a
	(4)1322.F.40b
	(4)1322.F.40c
	(4)1322.F.40e
	(4)1322.F.40f

In Collections

McAllister & Brother Church Photograph Collection

Metadata
MARC XML	10.49 KiB
MODS	4.99 KiB
Dublin Core	3.27 KiB

Files
This object has no downloadable display files or images. If this an item with multiple images, please click on the thumbnail above of the specific image you want to download. If this is a book, click the Pages tab to choose the page you would like to download.
Thumbnail size JPEG	18.24 KiB

Main menu

In Collections