Details
Creator Wells, John R., photographer.
Title 1815 Delancey Place, Philadelphia [graphic] / Photograph by John R. Wells, 5 W. Hillcrest Ave., Havertown, Penna.
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1952
Date [ca. 1952]
Physical Description 1 photograph : gelatin silver ; sheet 11 x 14 in.
Description Exterior view of one of the Victorian style row houses built on the 1800 block of Delancey to accommodate the growing number of the Philadelphia elite moving west in the mid-19th century. The house, designed by an unknown architect, was built in 1853 for Mrs. Alexander H. Scott. An African American man pedestrian walks on the sidewalk in the right and looks at the viewer.
Notes Photographer's imprint stamped on verso.
Title from manuscript note on verso.
Purchase 1986.
Description revised 2022.
Access points revised 2022.
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.
Subject African American men -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Pedestrians -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Row houses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Delancey Place (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 1815.
Genre Gelatin silver prints -- 1950-1960.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - Wells [P.9167.18]
Accession number P.9167.18