Details
Creator M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.) photographer.
Title [Academy of the Visitation, soutwest corner Broad and Poplar streets, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Date ca. 1853
Physical Description 1 photographic print: salted paper; 14 x 20 cm. (5.5 x 7.75 in.)
Description Exterior view of the religious educational institution incorporated in 1850 under the direction of the Ladies of Visitation. The Academy, the former residence of gentleman Benjamin Stiles, also housed the Convent of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The order was founded in Philadelphia in 1848.
Notes Manuscript note on recto: SW Corner Broad & Poplar Sts.
Title supplied by cataloguer.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
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 Stiles, Benjamin -- Homes and haunts.
Church schools -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Convents -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Broad Street (Philadelphia, Pa. -- 500 block.
Genre Salted paper prints -- 1850-1860.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - McClees - Education [(7)1322.F.23b]
Accession number (7)1322.F.23b