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The chapel in Oak Hill, cemetery. Georgetown, D.C. [graphic] / Photographed and published by Bell & Bro., 319 Penna. Ave., Washington, D.C.
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Creator
Bell & Bro. (Washington, D.C.) photographer.
Contributor
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Renwick, James, 1818-1895, architect.
Title
The chapel in Oak Hill, cemetery. Georgetown, D.C. [graphic] / Photographed and published by Bell & Bro., 319 Penna. Ave., Washington, D.C.
Publisher
Washington, D.C.: Bell & Bro
Publisher
DC. Washington. 1870
Date
[ca. 1870]
Physical Description
1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 9 x 18 cm.(3.25 x 6.75 in.)
Description
Shows the Gothic Revival-style chapel built in 1850 after the designs of James Renwick in the Washington, D.C. cemetery established by William Corcoran in 1848.
Notes
Title printed on verso.
Photographer's imprint printed on verso.
Pink mount with rounded corners.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of District of Columbia.
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Biographical / historical note
Bell & Bro was operated by Charles Milton Bell and his brothers from the 1860s to early 1870s.
Subject
Oak-Hill Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)
Cemeteries -- Washington (D.C.)
Chapels -- Washington (D.C.)
Genre
Stereographs -- 1860-1870.
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Associated name
Renwick, James, 1818-1895, architect.
Provenance
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Bell & Bro. - Cemeteries [5740.F.1a]
Accession number
5740.F.1a
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