Details
Creator M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer.
Contributor McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Hoxie, Joseph C., 1814-1870, architect.
Title Baptist Church, 5th & Buttonwood streets. [graphic].
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1858
Date July 1858
Physical Description 1 photographic print: albumen; 33 x 27 cm.(13 x 10.75 in.)
Description Exterior view of the Fourth Baptist Church built 1853-1855 after the designs of Joseph C. Hoxie. Edifice includes a tapering spire. Also shows neighboring buildings. Demolished circa 1970.
Notes Title and date from manuscript note on verso.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
See clipping in Poulson scrapbook, "Illustrations of Philadelphia," vol. 4, p. 4 for description of church.
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 #89.
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 Fourth Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Baptist churches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Fifth Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- North -- 400 block.
Genre Albumen prints -- 1850-1860.
Associated name Hoxie, Joseph C., 1814-1870, architect.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *photo - McClees [(6)1322.F.34]
Accession number (6)1322.F.34