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Odd house, 3803 Locust [Street] [graphic].
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George Mark Wilson Photograph Collection
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Creator
Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer.
Title
Odd house, 3803 Locust [Street] [graphic].
Date
ca. 1923
Physical Description
1 photographic print: gelatin silver; 10 x 12 cm.(3.75 x 4.5 in.)
Description
Exterior view showing one of two speculative houses commissioned in 1851 by Philadelphia developer Samuel Aden Harrison. Built after the designs of Philadelphia architect Samuel Sloan, the gothic-style house with bay windows was to be a model for a proposed upper class residential suburb in West Philadelphia.
Notes
Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso.
Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Subject
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Locust Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 3803.
West Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre
Gelatin silver prints -- 1920-1930.
Associated name
Harrison, S. A. (Samuel Aden)
Associated name
Sloan, Samuel, 1815-1884, architect.
Associated name
PA. Philadelphia.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - Wilson [P.8513.196]
Accession number
P.8513.196
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George Mark Wilson Photograph Collection
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