| Creator |
Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.) photographer. |
| Contributor |
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
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Place, George Gordon, architect. |
| Title |
St. James the Less. [graphic] / M.P. Simons, 1320 Chestnut St. Philadelphia. Landscape and portrait photographer. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1868 |
| Date |
ca. 1868 |
| Physical Description |
9 photographic prints: albumen on stereograph mounts; 9 x 18 cm.(3.25 x 6.75 in.) |
| Description |
Views showing the Gothic-style Protestant Episcopal church built 1846-1850 after the designs of English architect George Gordon
Place at 3200-3230 West Clearfield Street in East Falls near Laurel Hill Cemetery. Images predominately depict the church
exterior, burial ground, and individual headstones and monuments, including a nautical-themed grave marker. Also includes
an interior view showing the church altar, pews, and archways. The Ecclesiological Society, a British church architecture
society, provided the plans for the church to be recreated in the style of a 13th-century English country parish.
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| Notes |
Coral or orange mounts with rounded corners. |
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Title and photographer's imprint printed on mounts. |
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Five of images originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia. |
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Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
| Subject |
Church of St. James the Less (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Churches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Cemeteries -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Tombs & sepulchral monuments -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Altars -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Pews -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Clearfield Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- West -- 3200-3230. |
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East Falls (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
| Genre |
Stereographs -- 1860-1870. |
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Albumen prints -- 1860-1870. |
| Associated name |
Place, George Gordon, architect. |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Simons - Religion [1322.F.87c-2; (4)1322.F.84c & f; 87a, b & d; P.9047.114-115; P.9134] |
| Accession number |
1322.F.87c-2 |
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(4)1322.F.84c |
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(4)1322.F.84f |
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(4)1322.F.87a |
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(4)1322.F.87b |
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(4)1322.F.87d |
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P.9047.114 |
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P.9047.115 |
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P.9134 |
