Creator |
McAllister & Brother |
Contributor |
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
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Sidney & Merry, architect. |
Title |
Church of the Covenant.(Protestant Episcopal) Filbert Street, above Seventeenth Street, Philadelphia. [graphic]. |
Publisher |
Philadelphia: McAllister & Brother, 728 Chestnut St |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1862 |
Date |
March 1862, c1862 |
Physical Description |
4 photographic prints: 1 albumen on stereograph mount; 2 albumen mounted on paper; 1 albumen on carte de visite mount; 22
x 17 cm.(8.5 x 6.25 in.) or smaller.
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Description |
Interior and exterior views of the church built 1861 after the designs of Sidney & Merry. Interior views show several men,
possibly church elders, standing near the chancel. Also shows pews and the stone tablet dedicated to the founder of the congregation,
Rev. Dudley A. Tyng, above the altar. Exterior view shows two men in front of the church, adjacent buildings, and a snow covered
mound of dirt beside the church.
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Notes |
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia. |
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Contains two albumen mounted on paper or cardboard with manuscript notes on mount: Rev. D.A. Tyng D.D. from Jno A. McAllister.
Also contains a carte de visite and a stereographic print mounted on a pale yellow mount with square corners and accompanied
by a publisher's label describing the church building and the history of the congregation.
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Biographical / historical note |
McAllister & Brother, opticians, a partnership between brothers William Y., John A., and Thomas H. McAllister, was active
1853-1865.
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Subject |
Church of the Covenant (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Episcopal churches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Altars -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Pews -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Snow -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
Geographic subject |
Filbert Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 1700 block. |
Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870. |
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Stereographs -- 1860-1870. |
Associated name |
Sidney & Merry, architect. |
Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(4)1322.F.68a-[b]; (4)1322.F.67e] |
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Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| cdv - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(4)1322.F.67b] |
Accession number |
(4)1322.F.68a |
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(4)1322.F.68[b] |
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(4)1322.F.67b |
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(4)1322.F.67e |