| Creator |
Cremer, James, 1821-1893. |
| Contributor |
Strickland, William, 1787-1854, architect. |
| Title |
Chestnut St. west from 4th. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[Philadelphia : James Cremer] |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1875 |
| Date |
[May 21, 1875] |
| Physical Description |
1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 9 x 18 cm.(4 x 7 in.) |
| Description |
View showing the south side of the 400 block of Chestnut Street. Includes the Philadelphia Bank Building (400-408 Chestnut
Street, built 1836); the U.S. Customhouse, formerly the Second Bank of the United States, completed in 1824 after the designs
of William Strickland (420 Chestnut Street); and the U.S Post Office and U.S. Courts Building (426-428 Chestnut, 1863-1884).
Signage adorns the bank building, including advertisements for the resident businesses of William M. Clark, engraver on wood,
and Boswell & Co. insurance agents. Also includes vendor stands in front of the U.S. Custom House and pedestrians walking
on the sidewalk.
|
| Is part of |
Excelsior series. American views. Philadelphia, Penn'a. 167 |
| Notes |
Title and date from manuscript note on verso. |
|
Attributed to James Cremer based on other stereographs with same series title and mount, with the photographer's label pasted
on verso.
|
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Orange mount with rounded corners. |
|
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited. |
|
Duplicate of (8)1322.F.19h. |
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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. 92.
|
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Arcadia caption text: Designed by William Strickland, the Philadelphia Bank building accommodated commercial tenants at street
level while the bank occupied the upper floors. Businesses sharing bank premises were chosen with care. Although bank robberies
were extremely rare in the 19th century, burglars tunneling into banks through the ground, or breaking through the adjoining
walls of neighboring structures posed a very real threat to bank security.
|
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Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
| Subject |
United States Custom House (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Commercial streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Post offices -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Customhouses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Banks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Wood-engravers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Insurance agents -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 400 block -- South side. |
| Genre |
Stereographs -- 1870-1880. |
|
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880. |
| Associated name |
Strickland, William, 1787-1854, architect. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - unidentified - Government buildings - C [P.9260.49a] |
| Accession number |
P.9260.49a |
