Creator |
R. Newell & Son. |
Contributor |
Strickland, William, 1787-1854, architect. |
Title |
Third St., north of Walnut, east side. [graphic]. |
Publisher |
Philadelphia: Published by R. Newell & Son, photographers |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1869 |
Date |
[ca. 1869] |
Physical Description |
1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 9 x 18 cm.(3.5 x 7 in.) |
Description |
View showing the back of the Merchants' Exchange building, designed by William Strickland, at the southeast corner of Third
and Walnut streets. Includes signage for the Union Mutual Insurance Company (incorporated 1804) that tenanted the building
at street level. In front of the building, a man leans on a tree, a female peddler sits beside her produce stand, and a horse-drawn
carriage stands idle. View also includes a lamppost with letter box.
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Is part of |
Public buildings and street views. 237 |
Notes |
Paper label on verso listing over one hundred exterior views published by the firm. |
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Yellow mount with rounded corners. |
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Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the
19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 97.
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Arcadia caption text: ... The image below, looking north along Third Street from Walnut Street, shows the plainer western
façade of the Exchange.
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Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
Biographical / historical note |
Newell & Son, a partnership between Robert and his son, Henry, was active from around 1870 until 1897 and the death of the
elder Newell.
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Subject |
Marchants' Exchange (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Union Mutual Insurance Company (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Commercial streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Peddlers and peddling -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Carriages & coaches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Lampposts -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
Geographic subject |
Third Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- South -- 100 block -- East side. |
Genre |
Stereographs -- 1860-1870. |
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Albumen prints -- 1860-1870. |
Associated name |
Strickland, William, 1787-1854, architect. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Newell - Streets [P.9041] |
Accession number |
P.9041 |