Details
Creator Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg) photographer.
Contributor Poulson, Charles A. 1789-1866, collector.
Title Holy Trinity (Romish) Church, northwest corner of Spruce and Sixth Street. [graphic] / Photograph by Richards.
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1859
Date June 1859
Physical Description 1 photographic print: salted paper mounted on paper; 16 x 22 cm.(6.25 x 8.75 in.)
Description View showing the German Roman Catholic church built 1789 at 601-613 Spruce Street.
Notes Title and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount.
Date inscribed on photograph.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
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 149. 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.
See J. Thomas Scharff's and Thompson Westcott's History of Philadelphia, 1609-1884 (Philadelphia: L.H. Everts & Co., 1884), vol. 2, p. 1375-76 for history of church.
Subject Holy Trinity Catholic Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Catholic churches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Spruce Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 601-613.
Genre Salted paper prints -- 1850-1860.
Provenance Poulson, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1789-1866, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - Richards - Churches and Meetinghouses - H [(3)2526.F.149 (Poulson)]
Accession number (3)2526.F.149 (Poulson)