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Creator M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.) photographer.
Contributor McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title North side of Chestnut above 7th [graphic].
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1853
Date ca. 1853
Physical Description 1 photographic print: salted paper; 20 x 15 cm.(7.75 x 6 in.)
Description View looking east from below Eighth Street showing businesses, including tenants of the Masonic Hall, on the 700 block of Chestnut Street. Shows A. Hildebrandt, fancy baskets and toys and G.W. Stead, cigar store (713-721 Chestnut) adjacent to the Washington House hotel (709-711 Chestnut). Hotel under the proprietorship of A.F. Glass. Storefronts demolished in 1853 for the erection of the new Masonic Hall.
Notes Title from manuscript note on recto.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
McClees 1853-4.
Biographical / historical note McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Subject Hildebrandt, A.
Stead, G.W.
Washington House (Hotel : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Hotels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Basket industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Cigar industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 700 block -- North side.
Genre Salted paper prints -- 1850-1860.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - McClees - Streets - Chestnut [(7)1322.F.39a]
Accession number (7)1322.F.39a