Details
Creator Moran, John, 1831-1903.
Contributor McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title [Springbrook, garden estate of George H. Stuart, Frankford Road] [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia] : [John Moran]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1862
Date [ca. 1862]
Physical Description 3 photographs : albumen on card mounts ; mount 9 x 18 cm (3.25 x 6.75 in.) (stereograph format)
Description Views of the garden and greenhouses on the forty acre estate of Stuart, a Philadelphia philanthropist. Shows a gravel path in the garden near the rear of a building; the interior of a greenhouse filled with potted plants; and the exterior of a greenhouse. Exterior views include a man possibly, Stuart; African American gardeners, including one with a wheelbarrow; and potted plants lining the edge of a lawn. Stuart bought the estate from Caleb Cope, a collector of botany, in 1857 and sold the property in 1866.
Notes Attributed to John Moran.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Pale yellow or cream paper mounts with square corners.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886.
For a description of the estate, see clipping in Poulson's scrapbook, vol 1, p. 73.
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject Stuart, George H. (George Hay), 1816-1890 -- Homes and haunts.
African American men -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Estates -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Gardeners -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Greenhouses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Plants, Potted.
Geographic subject Springbrook (Philadelphia, Pa. : Estate)
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 - Residences [(8)1322.F.39a, f, & h]
Accession number (8)1322.F.39a
(8)1322.F.39f
(8)1322.F.39h