| Creator |
Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer. |
| Contributor |
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
|
Johnston, William L., 1811-1849, architect. |
|
Struthers, William, 1812-1876, sculptor. |
| Title |
Hood's Cemetery entrance. [graphic] / J. Moran. |
| Publisher |
[Philadelphia: John Moran] |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1866 |
| Date |
[ca. 1866] |
| Physical Description |
1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 9 x 18 cm.(3.25 x 6.75 in.) |
| Description |
Shows a side view of the marble gateway and entrance to the cemetery built 1849 by marble mason William Struthers after the
designs of William Johnston at 4901 Germantown Ave. View includes a street lamp, possibly a fire hydrant, and adjacent buildings.
Gateway commissioned by Germantown resident William Hood in exchange for a vault in the cemetery (organized 1690). Cemetery
rechartered as the Hood Cemetery Company in 1866.
|
| Notes |
White paper mount with square corners. |
|
Title from manuscript note on mount. |
|
Photographer's stamp embossed on mount. |
|
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited. |
|
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia. |
|
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
| Subject |
Hood Cemetery (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Cemeteries -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Gates -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Germantown Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 4901. |
|
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
| Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870. |
|
Stereographs -- 1860-1870. |
| Associated name |
Johnston, William L., 1811-1849, architect. |
| Associated name |
Struthers, William, 1812-1876, sculptor. |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Moran - Cemeteries [(6)1322.F.205a] |
| Accession number |
(6)1322.F.205a |
