Details
Creator Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg) photographer.
Contributor McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title Decatur Street from Jones Hotel [graphic].
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1859
Date ca. 1859
Physical Description 1 photographic print: salted paper mounted on paper; 20 x 15 cm.(7.75 x 6 in.)
Description View from Jones hotel on the south side of the 600 block of Chestnut Street showing the construction lot for Jayne's Marble Building (615-619 Chestnut) on the north side. Lot on the former site of the Arcade Hotel. Also shows Decatur Street below Market and partial views of the 600 blocks of Jayne and Market streets. Includes "Morrell's Carpenter Shop" (611 Jayne), laborers, broadsides pasted on building rubble, and businesses on Market.
Notes Attributed to F. De B. Richards.
Title from manuscript note on verso.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
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Subject Morrell, Robert F.
Construction -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Carpenter shops -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Laborers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Broadsides -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 600 block.
Decatur Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 000 block.
Jayne Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 600 block.
Market Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 600 block.
Genre Salted paper prints -- 1850-1860.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - Richards - Construction [(7)1322.F.73c]
Accession number (7)1322.F.73c