Details
Creator W. & F. Langenheim (Firm).
Contributor Blesch, Otto, architect.
American Stereoscopic Company, publisher.
Eiditz, Leopold, architect.
Title Dr. Tyng's Church, New York. [graphic] / Langenheim.
Publisher Philadelphia : Langenheim's American stereoscopic views
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1858
Date c1858
Physical Description 1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 8 x 17 cm. (3.25 x 6.75 in.)
Description Oblique view looking north at the front elevation and spires of St. George's Episcopal Church at 209 East 16th Street facing the west end of Stuyvesant Square in New York City. Church built 1846-48 after designs by Otto Blesch and Leopold Eiditz to accommodate congregation in Lower Manhattan. Spires completed in 1858. A fire in 1865 destroyed the roof and the spires were subsequently removed.
Notes Title printed on mount.
Photographer's blind stamp on mount.
Publisher's label pasted on verso.
White mount with square corners.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Biographical / historical note The Langenheim Brothers copyrighted a series of stereographs with labels inscribed: "American Stereoscopic Co., Langenheim, Loyd & Co., Philadelphia" in 1858. They continued to produce stereographs until 1865, when they withdrew from the American Stereoscopic Co.
Subject St. George's Church (New York, N.Y.)
Episcopal churches -- New York (State) -- New York.
Spires -- New York (State) -- New York.
Geographic subject 16th Street (New York, N.Y.) -- East -- 209.
Stuyvesant Square (New York, N.Y.)
Genre Stereographs -- 1850-1860.
Albumen prints -- 1850-1860.
Associated name Blesch, Otto, architect.
Associated name Eiditz, Leopold, architect.
Printer American Stereoscopic Company, publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Langenheim - Religion [8335.F.2]
Accession number 8335.F.2