Details
Creator Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer.
Title [Men harvesting hay on the Stouton farm, with row homes in the distance, Philadelphia, Pa.] [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1890
Date ca. 1890
Physical Description 1 negative : glass ; 20 x 13 cm. (8 x 5 in.)
Description Hay bales are piled in the foreground, and in the background a group of men are harvesting hay in the field behind Stouton. A horse-drawn cart is overloaded with hay, and nearby a man and two boys stand near a horse-drawn plow, operated by a man neatly attired in a long shirt and tie. Row homes and neighboring businesses near the homestead are visible in the distance. Stouton, the former country seat of William MacPherson, was inhabited by the Webster family beginning in 1805.
Notes William MacPherson was the son of Captain John MacPherson (1726-1792) from Edinburgh. William served as lieutenant for the British army during the first year of the Revolutionary War, but joined the Colonial army under the leadership of Lafayette. Appointed surveyor of the Port of Philadelphia in 1789 and commanded the Philadelphia battalion, the "MacPherson Blues", during the Whiskey Insurrection in 1794. Married Margaret Stout and resided at their country seat "Stouton". Site later named MacPherson Park.
Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Subject MacPherson, William, 1756-1813 -- Homes and haunts.
Stout, Margaret, 1764-1797 -- Homes and haunts.
Webster family -- Homes and haunts.
Farms -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Hay -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Horses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Plows.
Row houses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Indiana Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- East -- 601.
Genre Glass plate negatives -- 1880-1890.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Webster [P.9501.25]
Accession number P.9501.25