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Camac's Woods, Philadelphia. [graphic].
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Creator
Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer.
Title
Camac's Woods, Philadelphia. [graphic].
Publisher
[Philadelphia]: John Moran]
Date
[ca. 1861]
Physical Description
2 photographic prints: albumen on stereograph mounts; 9 x 18 cm.(3.25 x 6.75 in.)
Description
Shows a wooded path and fenced corn fields on the estate of gentleman Turner Camac (i.e., Carnac) at the northeast corner of Eleventh Street and Montgomery Avenue. Views also include a man and several boys posed on and near a fence. The Camac estate was built circa 1841 and demolished in 1870.
Notes
Attributed to John Moran.
Yellow paper mounts with square corners.
Title from labels pasted on mounts.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject
Carnac, Turner -- Homes and haunts.
Estates -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Forests -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Boys -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Montgomery Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 1000 block.
North Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre
Stereographs -- 1860-1870.
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Provenance:
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Moran - Views [(8)1322.F.39i; (8)1322.F.41b]
Accession number
(8)1322.F.41b
(8)1322.F.39i
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