Creator |
Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer. |
Contributor |
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
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Poulson, Charles A. 1789-1866, collector. |
Title |
Aaron Wolff's old wine store, &c on the northwest corner of Chestnut and Seventh Street. [graphic] / Photograph by Richards. |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1859 |
Date |
April 1859 |
Physical Description |
2 photographic prints: salted paper; 1 mounted on paper; 35 x 26 cm. (13.5 x 10 in.) or smaller. |
Description |
Views showing the former wine shop being tenanted by Mahlon Warne, rifle and pistol gallery, and J.E. Gould, pianos, at 701
Chestnut Street. Also shows a partial view of John Sturdivant's lodging house (703 Chestnut); a vendor stand, horse-drawn
carts and wagons, and signage for Lacey & Phillips, saddlery, painted on their building on South Seventh Street. Wolff operated
as a wine merchant in the 1840s.
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Notes |
Title and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount of (3)2526.F.70. |
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Date inscribed on (3)2526.F.70. |
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Newspaper clippings dated April 1859 pasted on mount of (3)2526.F.70 reporting the demolition of the building. |
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One of the images originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia. |
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One of the images 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 70. The scrapbooks contained approximately 120 photographs
by Philadelphia painter and pioneer photographer Richards of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in
the city of Philadelphia commissioned by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape.
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Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited. |
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One of the images [(3)2526.F.70] reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's
Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 63.
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Arcadia caption text: ... This image, one of approximately 120 views shot by Richards, was taken in April 1859, only days
before the demolition of this building at the northwest corner of Seventh and Chestnut streets. The building’s last tenants
included a wine shop, a piano store, and on the top story a shooting gallery with bulls-eye targets affixed to the windows.
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Subject |
Gould, J. E. (John Edgar), ca. 1820-1875, |
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Wolff, Aaron. |
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Warne, Mahlon. |
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Sturdivant, John. |
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Shooting galleries -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Musical instrument industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Lodging houses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Carts & wagons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Street vendors -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
Geographic subject |
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 701. |
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Seventh Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- South -- 000 block. |
Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
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Poulson, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1789-1866, collector. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - Richards - Businesses - W [(6)1322.F.113f; (3)2526.F.70 (Poulson)] |
Accession number |
(6)1322.F.113f |
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(3)2526.F.70 |