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[Chestnut Street, west from Ninth Street, north side, Philadelphia] [graphic].
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Creator
Newell, Robert, 1822-1897, photographer.
Contributor
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title
[Chestnut Street, west from Ninth Street, north side, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1870
Date
ca. 1870
Physical Description
1 photographic print: albumen; 9 x 8 cm.(3.25 x 3.125 in.)
Description
View showing the north side of the 900 block of Chestnut Street. Businesses include: the Pennsylvania Central Railroad ticket office (901 Chestnut); Richelderfers, gentlemen's furnishings (903 Chestnut); and J.E. Gould, piano and organ dealer (923 Chestnut). Railroad ticket office heavily adorned with signage. Also includes partial view of an awning inscribed "[sil]ver plated war[es]" adorning the business on the adjacent corner of Ninth and Chestnut streets.
Notes
Attributed to Robert Newell.
Unmounted half of stereoview.
Title supplied by cataloguer.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject
Gould, J. E. (John Edgar), ca. 1820-1875,
Richelderfer, Josiah.
Pennsylvania Railroad -- Buildings.
Commercial streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Ticket offices -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Clothing stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Music stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Stereographs -- 1860-1870.
Provenance
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Newell - Streets [(6)1322.F.94e]
Accession number
(6)1322.F.94e
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Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Stereograph Collection
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