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Bathing houses - Atlantic City. [graphic].
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Contributor
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
McAllister & Brother, distributor.
Title
Bathing houses - Atlantic City. [graphic].
Publisher
[Philadelphia]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1863
Date
[ca. 1863]
Physical Description
1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 9 x 18 cm.(3.25 x 6.75 in.)
Description
Shows bathhouses operated by Leedom & Finney National Bath House lining the beach. Also shows patrons at a nearby oyster stand and clothes hanging on lines beside the bathhouses.
Notes
Title printed on mount.
White mount with square corners.
Distributor's stamp pasted on verso: McAllister & Brother, 728 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of New Jersey.
McAllister & Brother, opticians, a partnership between brothers William Y., John A., and Thomas H. McAllister, was active 1853-1865.
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject
Leedom & Finney.
Bathhouses -- New Jersey -- Atlantic City.
Beaches -- New Jersey -- Atlantic City.
Food vendors -- New Jersey -- Atlantic City.
Oysters -- New Jersey -- Atlantic City.
Genre
Stereographs -- 1860-1870.
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Printer
McAllister & Brother, distributor.
Provenance
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - unidentified - Recreation [5742.F.6b]
Accession number
5742.F.6b
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