| Creator |
Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer. |
| Contributor |
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
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Collins & Autenrieth, architect. |
| Title |
Views of Woodlands Cemetery, 3900 Woodland Avenue, Philadelphia. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[Philadelphia: John Moran] |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1865 |
| Date |
[ca. 1865] |
| Physical Description |
4 photographic prints: albumen on stereograph mounts 9 x 18 cm.(3.25 x 6.75 in.) |
| Description |
Views of tombs and mausoleums in the cemetery chartered in 1840 on the former estate of botanist William Hamilton in West
Philadelphia. Shows the Drexel family mausoleum (completed 1863 after the designs of Collins & Autenrieth), the Edward Alexander
Orme monument, the Commodore David Porter obelisk; and the tomb of optician John McAllister, Jr. and his wife Eliza Young
McAllister. Views also include trees and iron work and marble fencing.
|
| Notes |
Three of images originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia. |
|
Stereographic prints mounted on yellow mounts with square corners, including one [(5)1322.F.80a], hand-colored. Two also contain
labels printed with titles, including the series title: Views in Philadelphia.
|
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Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
| Subject |
McAllister, Eliza Young, 1790-1853 -- Tomb. |
|
McAllister, John, 1786-1877 -- Tomb. |
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Orme, Edward Alexander -- Tomb. |
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Porter, David, 1780-1843 -- Tomb. |
|
Drexel family -- Tomb. |
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Woodlands Cemetery (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Cemeteries -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Tombs & sepulchral monuments -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Woodland Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 3900. |
|
West Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
| Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870. |
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Stereographs -- 1860-1870. |
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Stereographs -- Hand-colored -- 1860-1870. |
| Associated name |
Collins & Autenrieth, architect. |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Moran - Cemeteries [(8)1322.F.43g; (8)1322.F.47c; (5)1322.F.80a; P.9389.10] |
| Accession number |
(8)1322.F.43g |
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(8)1322.F.47c |
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(5)1322.F.80a |
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P.9389.10 |
