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Old tomb of Washington Mount Vernon, Va. [graphic] / Bell, photographer, 1200 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
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Creator
Bell, William, 1830-1910 photographer.
Contributor
McAllister, William Young, b. 1812, distributor.
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title
Old tomb of Washington Mount Vernon, Va. [graphic] / Bell, photographer, 1200 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
Publisher
Philadelphia
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1872
Date
ca. 1872
Physical Description
1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 9 x 18 cm.(3.5 x 7 in.)
Description
View predominately showing the fence around the old tomb that was replaced in 1831 on the Washington family estate.
Is part of
American scenery
Notes
Title from photographer's label on verso.
Distributor's imprint stamped on verso: William Y. McAllister, Optician, Philadelphia.
Yellow mount with rounded corners.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Virginia.
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Biographical / historical note
Bell operated from 1200 Chestnut Street between 1869-1874.
Subject
Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Tomb.
Tombs & sepulchral monuments -- Virginia -- Mount Vernon.
Genre
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880.
Stereographs -- 1870-1880.
Printer
McAllister, William Young, b. 1812, distributor.
Provenance
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Bell - Cemeteries [5737.F.1c]
Accession number
5737.F.1c
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