Details
Creator M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer.
Contributor McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title Wylie Memorial Church, Broad & Spruce streets, Philadelphia [graphic].
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1856
Date 1856
Physical Description 1 photographic print : salted paper mounted on cardboard; 29 x 24 cm.(11.5 x 9.5 in.)
Description Exterior view showing the third building of the First Reformed Presbyterian Church (i.e. Wylie Memorial Church) erected in 1854 on the 300 block of Broad Street after the designs of John McArthur, Jr. Also shows partial views of adjacent buildings, including a wood shack adorned with broadsides. Congregation organized in 1798. Church renamed in the early 1890s for long-term pastors T.W.J. Wylie and Samuel Wylie.
Notes Title from manuscript note on mount.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
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 First Reformed Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Presbyterian churches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Broad Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- South -- 300 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 - Churches and Meetinghouses - F [4)1322.F.41a]
Accession number (4)1322.F.41a