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Patterson & Lippincott, Poplar Street wharves [graphic] : Wholesale lumber dealers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / F. Gutekunst, Photographer.
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Creator
Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917, photographer.
Contributor
McLaughlin Brothers, printer.
Title
Patterson & Lippincott, Poplar Street wharves [graphic] : Wholesale lumber dealers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / F. Gutekunst, Photographer.
Publisher
[Philadelphia] : McLaughlin Brothers, Printers
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1870
Date
[ca. 1870]
Physical Description
1 photograph : albumen on mount; mount 49 x 54 cm (19 x 21 in.)
Description
Trade advertisement depicting the lumber yard near the Delaware River operated by William H. Lippincott and Henry C. Patterson. Office employees and stevedores, including African Americans, pose among stacks of wood planks, near the business office, and on the docked ships. In the distance, the wharves of Camden, New Jersey are visible.
Notes
Title printed on mount.
Date inferred from content.
Printed label on mount: Patterson & Lippincott, Lumber Commission Merchants, Poplar Street Wharves, Philadelphia, U.S.A.
Purchase 2000.
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Biographical / historical note
Gutekunst, a prominent commercial photographer most known for his portraiture of eminent people, operated a studio in Philadelphia from 1856 until his death in 1917.
Subject
Patterson & Lippincott (Philadelphia, Pa.)
African American men -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
African American stevedores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Lumber industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Piers & wharves -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Ships -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880.
Printer
McLaughlin Brothers, printer.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *photo - Gutekunst [P.9767.1]
Accession number
P.9767.1
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African American History Photographs
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