| Creator |
McPhilomy, Mary. |
| Contributor |
De Morat, O. B., photographer. |
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Evans, George W., photographer. |
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Gilbert & Bacon, photographer. |
| Title |
Portrait photograph album of Mary McPhilomy [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1865-1920 |
| Date |
ca. 1865-ca. 1920, bulk ca. 1865-ca. 1875 |
| Physical Description |
1 album (78 photographic prints): 58 albumen, 13 tintype, and 7 gelatin silver; album 15 x 24 cm. (6 x 9.5 in.) |
| Description |
Photographs predominantly depict the acquaintances and relatives of the McPhilomy family of Philadelphia, including men, women,
and children. Most are bust-length portraits, with a number of full-length portraits, including a couple in bathing wear,
children in sailor suits, and women fashionably attired and holding fans and purses. Many of the women and girls wear jewelry.
Also includes images of a priest, a nun, a display of religious floral decorations; a sepulchral monument; a religious allegorical
scene; a reproduction of a framed testimonial with portrait photograph vignettes; and a photo-collage portrait showing a man
driving a horse-drawn wagon.
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Sitters include Mary, John and Frank McPhilomy; Rev. Mother Louis Gonzaga of the Sisters of Notre Dame (Boston); members of
the Logue family, including Charles Logue; David Mulcahy (died March 31, 1876); Al. Schaff; members of the Bradford family,
including John Bradford; John Keenan; members of the Sacriste family, including Mr. and Mrs. Sacriste and Hortense Sacriste
White.
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| Notes |
Chromolithographed title page: The Photographic Album. Philadelphia. J.B. Lippincott & Co., [ca. 1875]. |
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Embossed leather binding with gold stamping. |
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Spine embossed and stamped: Photographs. |
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Inscribed: To Miss Mamie McPhilomy with compliments of the season, Dec 25 1875. D.P.M. E.S.C. |
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Various photographers, including A. P. Beecher of Wilmington, De.; L. S. Griffin of Jersey City, N.J. and B. Frank Saylor
& Co. of Lancaster, Pa. and Philadelphia photographers, including George W. Evans, Gilbert & Bacon, and O. B. De Morat.
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Several sitters identified by inscriptions on mount or album page. Some misidentified due to the relocation and removal of
photographs.
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Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
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Binding in poor condition. Album housed in phase box. |
| Subject |
Bradford family -- Portraits. |
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Gonzaga, Louis -- Portraits. |
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Keenan, John -- Portraits. |
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Logue family -- Portraits. |
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Mulcahy, David, d. 1876 -- Portraits. |
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McPhilomy family -- Portraits. |
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Sacriste family -- Portraits. |
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People associated with religion. |
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Women -- Clothing & dress. |
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Religious articles. |
| Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870. |
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Collages -- 1860-1870. |
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Gelatin silver prints -- 1900-1920. |
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Tintypes -- 1870-1890. |
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Portrait photographs -- 1860-1920. |
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Embossed bindings (Binding), |
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Gold stamped bindings (Binding), |
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Leather bindings (Binding), |
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Card photograph albums -- 1860-1920. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| albums [P.2007.17] |
| Accession number |
P.2007.17 |
