| Creator |
Cremer, James, 1821-1893. |
| Contributor |
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
|
Strickland, William, 1787-1854, architect. |
| Title |
Chestnut St. above 4th St. south side [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,
built 1836); the U.S. Customhouse, (420 Chestnut, formerly the Second Bank of the United States, completed in 1824 after the
designs of William Strickland); and the U.S Post Office and U.S. Courts Building (426-428 Chestnut, 1863-1884). Signage adorns
the Philadelphia 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. Customhouse and pedestrians walking
on the sidewalk.
|
| Is part of |
Excelsior series. American views. Philadelphia, Penn'a. 167 |
| Notes |
Title 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.
|
|
Publication information from duplicate and variant stereoviews. (P.9260.49a and P.8931.2). |
|
Orange mount with rounded corners. |
|
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia. |
|
Mount discolored. |
|
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
| Subject |
Clark, William M. |
|
United States Custom House (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Bank of Philadelphia. |
|
Commercial streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Banks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Customhouses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Post offices -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Wood-engravers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Insurance agents -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Street vendors -- 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. |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - unidentified - Government buildings - C [(8)1322.F.19h] |
| Accession number |
(8)1322.F.19h |
