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Chestnut above Ninth Street. [graphic].
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A63700
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Creator
Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg) photographer.
Contributor
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title
Chestnut above Ninth Street. [graphic].
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1859
Date
ca. 1859
Physical Description
1 photographic print: salted paper mounted on paper; 24 x 17 cm.(9.5 x 6.75 in.)
Description
View looking northwest showing the 900 block of Chestnut Street, including the Markoe W. Watson Lodging House (919 Chestnut) and the residence of businessman General George Cadwalader (925 Chestnut). Majority of dwellings have small gated front yards and iron railings adorning front stoops.
Notes
Title inscribed on recto of photograph.
Manuscript note on mount: Gen. Geo. Cadwalader House.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
Subject
Cadwalader, George, 1806-1879 -- Homes and haunts.
Watson, Markoe W.
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Lodging houses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 900 block -- North side.
Genre
Salted paper prints -- 1850-1860.
Provenance
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - Richards - Streets - Chestnut [(7)1322.F.55g]
Accession number
(6)1322.F.55g
In Collections
Frederick De Bourg Richards Photograph Collection
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