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Details
Creator Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg) photographer.
Contributor Poulson, Charles A. 1789-1866, collector.
Title West side of Ninth St., from the southwest corner of Market & Ninth St. southerly to Chestnut Street &c including a view of the building of the University of Pennsylvania (part of the house on the s.e. corner of Market and Ninth St. on your left hand.) [graphic] / Photograph by Richards.
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1859
Date March 1859
Physical Description 1 photographic print: salted paper mounted on paper; 16 x 19 cm.(6 x 7.5 in.)
Description View looking south on Ninth Street showing the block between Market and Chestnut streets including the University of Pennsylvania. Also shows businesses including John F. Burke, dry goods merchant (900 Market); Samuel Conrad, dry goods merchant (s.e. cor. 9th & Market); and James M'Geoch, tailor (2 S. 9th). Displays of merchandise, including textiles, are visible at the storefronts and carts and wagons line the street.
Notes Title and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount.
Date inscribed on photograph.
Compass directions by manuscript note 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 3, page 97. 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 Burke, John F.
Conrad, Samuel.
M'Geoch, James.
University of Pennsylvania -- Buildings.
Dry goods stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Tailor shops -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Carts & wagons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Ninth Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- South -- 000 block.
Genre Salted paper prints -- 1850-1860.
Provenance Poulson, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1789-1866, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - Richards - Streets - Ninth [(3)2526.F.97 (Poulson)]
Accession number (3)2526.F.97 (Poulson)