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[James S. Earle & Son, looking glasses, 816 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.] [graphic].
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Creator
Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer.
Contributor
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title
[James S. Earle & Son, looking glasses, 816 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.] [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1861
Date
[ca. 1861]
Physical Description
1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 9 x 18 cm. (3.25 x 6.75 in).
Description
Interior view of the first floor of Earle's shop. Walls are lined with elaborately framed mirrors and works of art, and several statues. Includes staff and customers, and the stairway to the upper gallery. British-born James S. Earle (nephew of glazier and gallery owner James Earle) established his looking glass, frame making, and picture dealing business in 1832 on the 100 block of South Fifth Street. Earle relocated to the 800 block of Chestnut Street by 1840 and the business was renamed James S. Earle & Son by 1858 and James S. Earle & Sons by 1860.
Notes
Buff paper mount with square corners.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject
James S. Earle & Sons.
Mirrors.
Picture frames and framing.
Commercial art galleries -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Picture frame industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 816.
Genre
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Stereographs -- 1860-1870.
Provenance
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Moran - business [(8)1322.F.35b]
Accession number
(8)1322.F.35b
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