| Creator |
Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg) photographer. |
| Contributor |
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
|
Johnston, William L., 1811-1849, architect. |
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Walter, Thomas Ustick, 1804-1887, architect. |
| Title |
[Jayne Building, 242-244 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia] [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1859 |
| Date |
[ca. 1859] |
| Physical Description |
1 photographic print: salted paper; 23 x 17 cm.(9 x 6.75 in.) |
| Description |
View looking southwest showing the building built 1849-1850 for David Jayne, chemist and manufacturer of patent medicines,
after the designs of William Johnston and Thomas Ustick Walter. Building includes the six story wings built 1851 after the
designs of Walter (238-40 and 246 Chestnut Street). Signage advertising "Importer of German Woolens" adorns the building.
Also shows adjacent businesses including Goodyear's rubber warehouse (226 Chestnut) and the newspaper publishing office, the
Public Ledger Building (300 Chestnut).
|
| Notes |
Title supplied by cataloguer. |
|
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia. |
|
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited. |
|
Select link below for a digital image. |
| Subject |
Goodyear, Charles, 1800-1860, |
|
Jayne Building (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Public Ledger Building (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Nonprescription drug industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Chemical industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Newspaper publishing -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Rubber industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Commercial streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 242-244. |
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Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 200 block -- South side. |
|
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 300. |
| Genre |
Salted paper prints -- 1850-1860. |
| Associated name |
Johnston, William L., 1811-1849, architect. |
| Associated name |
Walter, Thomas Ustick, 1804-1887, architect. |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo- Richards - Businesses - J [(6)1322.F.75b] |
| Accession number |
(6)1322.F.75b |
