Details
Creator W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer.
Contributor McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title Bailey & Co.'s jewelry store, 918 [sic] Chestnut St., Philad'a. [graphic] / Langenheim.
Publisher Philadelphia
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1860
Date [ca. 1860]
Physical Description 1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 9 x 17 cm.(3.25 x 6.75 in.)
Description Interior view of the silverware and jewelry manufacturer established in 1832 as Bailey, Kitchen & Co. Shows displays cases and stands adorned with silver and glass wares including tea and coffee sets, pitchers, vases, urns, and candelabras. Also includes empty display cases in the foreground, skylights, and ornate architectural elements of columns, crown molding, and frescoed ceilings. Firm operated from 819 Chestnut circa 1858 to circa 1869.
Notes Photographer's imprint blindstamped on mount.
White paper mount with square corners.
Accompanied by advertising label: Bailey & Co. (Late Bailey & Kitchen.) 819 Chestnut Street, nearly opposite Continental Hotel, Philadelphia, Manufacturers of British Sterling Silverware. Watches: Constantly on hand a splendid stock of Superior Watches, of all the celebrated makers. Diamonds, Necklaces, Bracelets, Brooches, Ear Rings, Finger Rings, etc., etc. Rich Gold Jewelry. Also contains a one-line promotion for the photographic firm Langenheim, Philadelphia.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Published in Kenneth Finkel’s Nineteenth century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation with the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1980), entry #111.
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject Bailey & Company (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Jewelry stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Silverware.
Geographic subject Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 819.
Genre Stereographs -- 1850-1860.
Albumen prints -- 1850-1860.
Advertisements -- 1850-1860.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereos - Langenheim - Businesses [(8)1322.F.31g]
Accession number (8)1322.F.31g