| Creator |
M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer. |
| Contributor |
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
| Title |
Wood & Perot factory [graphic] |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1858 |
| Date |
ca. 1858 |
| Physical Description |
1 photographic print: albumen; 25 x 34 cm.(10 x 13.5 in.) |
| Description |
View of the ironwork manufactory, known as the Philadelphia Ornamental Iron Works, at 1136 Ridge Avenue. Building adorned
with a large cast iron statue of Henry Clay on its roof and signage advertisng "Iron Railings Vernadahs, Balconies, Counters,
&c." Also shows neighboring businesses including F.R. Missimer, house & sign painter; a hotel with restaurant; plumber shop;
and confectionery. Chairs, crates, and a handcart line the sidewalk. A horse-drawn wagon rests in front of the manufactory.
Wood & Perot, a partnership between Robert Wood and Elliston Perot, was active between 1857 and 1865.
|
| Notes |
Title from manuscript note on verso. |
|
Probably originally part of a McAllister scrapbook. |
|
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited. |
|
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 #233.
|
| 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 |
Missimer, F.R. |
|
Wood & Perot -- Buildings. |
|
Iron-works -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Foundries -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Stores & shops -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Carts & wagons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Ridge Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 1136. |
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Ridge Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 1100 block. |
|
Ridge Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 1200 block. |
| Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1850-1860. |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *photo - McClees [8339.F.22] |
| Accession number |
8339.F.22 |
