| Creator |
M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer. |
| Contributor |
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
|
McArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect. |
| Title |
Entrance to Woodlands Cemetery. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1858 |
| Date |
November 1858 |
| Physical Description |
1 photographic print: albumen; 25 x 34 cm.(10 x 13.5 in.) |
| Description |
Shows the arched gateway entrance to the cemetery chartered in 1840 on the former estate of botanist William Hamilton at 3900
Woodland Avenue in West Philadelphia. View includes a workmen's shed to the right of the image. The entranceway, built after
the designs of John McArthur, Jr., was razed in 1936.
|
| Notes |
Title and date from manuscript note on verso. |
|
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited. |
|
Probably originally part of a McAllister scrapbook. |
|
Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation
with the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1980), entry #153.
|
| 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 |
Woodlands Cemetery (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Cemeteries -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Gates -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Woodland Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 3900. |
|
West Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
| Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1850-1860. |
| Associated name |
McArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect. |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *photo - McClees [8339.F.21] |
| Accession number |
8339.F.21 |
