Creator |
Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer. |
Contributor |
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
Title |
Camac's Woods, Philadelphia. [graphic]. |
Publisher |
[Philadelphia: John Moran] |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1861 |
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.
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Notes |
Attributed to John Moran. |
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Yellow paper mounts with square corners. |
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Title from labels pasted on mounts. |
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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 |
Carnac, Turner -- Homes and haunts. |
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Estates -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Forests -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Boys -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
Geographic subject |
Montgomery Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 1000 block. |
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North Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
Genre |
Stereographs -- 1860-1870. |
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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 |
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(8)1322.F.39i |