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North-west corner of Fifth and Arch street. (A primitive house) [graphic] / Photograph by Richards.
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Creator
Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg) photographer.
Contributor
Poulson, Charles A. 1789-1866, collector.
Title
North-west corner of Fifth and Arch street. (A primitive house) [graphic] / Photograph by Richards.
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1859
Date
October 1857
Physical Description
1 photographic print: salted paper mounted on paper; 17 x 15 cm.(6.75 x 6 in.)
Description
Photographic reproduction of a partially painted photograph showing the former house tenanted by C.G. Henderson & Co., booksellers and publishers, the "Cheap Book Store," at 501 Arch Street. Also shows two men standing in front of the building, which is adorned with several advertisements.
Notes
Title, date, and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount.
Date inscribed on photograph.
Compass directions inscribed on mount.
Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 2, page 33. 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.
Published in Robert F. Looney's Old Philadelphia in early photographs 1839-1914 (New York: Dover Publications Inc., 1976), entry #97.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Subject
C.G. Henderson & Co.
Bookstores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Arch Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 501.
Genre
Salted paper prints -- 1850-1860.
Reproductions -- 1850-1860.
Provenance
Poulson, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1789-1866, collector.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - Richards - Streets - A [(2)2526.F.33(Poulson)]
Accession number
(2)2526.F.33 (Poulson)
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Frederick De Bourg Richards Photograph Collection
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