Details
Creator Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg) photographer.
Contributor Watson, John F. (John Fanning), 1779-1860
Poulson, Charles A. 1789-1866, collector.
Title John George Knorr's house [graphic] : This house (the central in the picture) was built by the grandfather of my maternal grandfather - he occupied it many years - then by his son J.G.K., the 2nd, then by my grandfather John Knorr - then by Michael Keyser, who married my great aunt, up to the time of their death, when it was sold by the heirs and since been variously occupied. The original founder of the this house emigrated to this country July 30, 1706. It is nearly opposite Dr. Witt's old house - now "Congress hall boarding house" and as Mr. Watson informs me, "The first of three stories" (in height) in Germantown / Photograph by Richards.
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1859
Date May 5, 1859
Physical Description 1 photographic print: salted paper mounted on paper; 15 x 22 cm.(6 x 8.75 in.)
Description Shows the residence of John George Knorr at 6100-6106 Germantown Avenue. Property owned by the family 1728-1849. House razed in 1868. Also shows adjacent residences.
Notes Title and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount.
Date inscribed on photograph.
Manuscript note by Poulson on mount: [See page 77].
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 79. 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.
Also included in an annotated album containing twenty photographs by Richards entitled "Pictorial Views of Houses & Places in Germantown yr 1859." (LCP 66037.D.11).
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
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Subject Knorr, John George -- Homes and haunts.
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Germantown Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 6100-6106.
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Salted paper prints -- 1850-1860.
Provenance Poulson, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1789-1866, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - Richards - Germantown - K [(3)2526.F.79 (Poulson)]
Accession number (3)2526.F.79