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Spruce between 4th and 5th, south side looking west. [graphic] / Photograph by Richards.
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Creator
Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer.
Contributor
Poulson, Charles A. 1789-1866, collector.
Walter, Thomas Ustick, 1804-1887, architect.
Title
Spruce between 4th and 5th, south side looking west. [graphic] / Photograph by Richards.
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1859
Date
June 1859
Physical Description
1 photographic print: salted paper mounted on paper; 21 x 16 cm.(8.25 x 6.25 in.)
Description
Shows the 400 block of Spruce Street, including Spruce Street Baptist Church (418-428 Spruce) built 1829-1830 after the designs of Thomas Ustick Walter . Includes residential buildings adorned with ironwork railings in the foreground.
Notes
Title and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount.
Date inscribed on photograph.
Manuscript note on mount: Spruce between 4th & 5th south side. Spruce St. Baptist Church.
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 159. 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
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Subject
Spruce Street Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Baptist churches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Spruce Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 400 block -- South side.
Spruce Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 418-428.
Genre
Salted paper prints -- 1850-1860.
Associated name
Walter, Thomas Ustick, 1804-1887, architect.
Provenance
Poulson, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1789-1866, collector.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - Richards - Streets - Spruce [(3)2526.F.159 (Poulson)]
Accession number
(3)2526.F.159
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Frederick De Bourg Richards Photograph Collection
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