| Creator |
M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.) photographer. |
| Contributor |
Poulson, Charles A. 1789-1866, collector. |
| Title |
Westside of Fourth St. from above Prune to Spruce St. [graphic] : Upper cor. Louis Phillipe's house - lower cor. Dr. Shippen's
house also Dr. Wister's, las Job R. Tyson's house - next J.P. Norris jrs - next St. Mary's Church; next H. Pratt's houses
(2) corner of alley; &c. Mr. Tyson's house by orders of his execy. recently sold for $15,000 to Ricd. Smithurst. / Photograph
by McClees.
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| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1858 |
| Date |
1858 |
| Physical Description |
1 photographic print: salted paper mounted on paper; 14 x 19 cm. (5.5 x 7.5 in.) |
| Description |
View looking south on Fourth Street from above Locust Street showing the several residences. Includes the King Louis-Philippe
residence (236 S. 4th); the Shippen-Wistar residence built circa 1765 (238 S. 4th); the Norris-Cadwalader residence built
circa 1828 (240 S. 4th); and St. Mary's Church built 1763 (242-250 S. 4th). Job R. Tyson, was a Philadelphia attorney and
politician.
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| Notes |
Title and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount. |
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Date inscribed on recto. |
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Compass directions inscribed on mount. |
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Manuscript note by Poulson on mount: see p. 95. |
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Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s
entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 3, page 11. The scrapbooks contained photographs of 18th-century public, commercial,
and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia collected by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape.
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Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited. |
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McClees 1858-15. |
| Biographical / historical note |
McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views
of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
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| Subject |
Louis Philippe, King of the French, 1773-1850 -- Homes and haunts. |
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Norris, Joseph P. (Joseph Parker) -- Homes and haunts. |
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Shippen, William, 1712-1801 -- Homes and haunts. |
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Wistar, Caspar, 1761-1818 -- Homes and haunts. |
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Tyson, Job R. (Job Roberts), 1803-1858 -- Homes and haunts. |
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St. Mary's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Churches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Fourth Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 200 block. |
| Genre |
Salted paper prints -- 1850-1860. |
| Provenance |
Poulson, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1789-1866, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - McClees - Streets - F [8339.F.33] |
| Accession number |
8339.F.33 |
