Details
Creator W. & F. Langenheim (Firm).
Contributor Langenheim, Loyd & Co.
Mills, Robert, 1781-1855, architect.
American Stereoscopic Company, publisher.
James W. Queen & Company, distributor.
Title Washington Monument, Baltimore, Md. [graphic] / Langenheim.
Publisher Philadelphia : American Stereoscopic Co., Langenheim, Loyd & Co
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1858
Date c1858
Physical Description 1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 8 x 17 cm. (3.25 x 6.75 in.)
Description View looking east from West Monument Street showing the Washington Monument constructed 1815-1829 after designs by Robert Mills in the Mount Vernon neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. The 178-foot doric column is visible from the street flanked by large brownstone mansions.
Notes Title printed on mount.
Photographer's blind stamp on mount.
Publisher's label pasted on verso.
Distributor's label pasted on verso: From James W. Queen & Co., opticians, No. 921 Chestnut St., Philadelphia
White mount with square corners.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Biographical / historical note The Langenheim Brothers copyrighted a series of stereographs with labels inscribed: "American Stereoscopic Co., Langenheim, Loyd & Co., Philadelphia" in 1858. They continued to produce stereographs until 1865, when they withdrew from the American Stereoscopic Co.
Subject Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Monuments.
Washington Monument (Baltimore, Md.)
Dwellings -- Maryland -- Baltimore.
Geographic subject Charles Street (Baltimore, Md.) -- North -- 699.
Mount Vernon (Baltimore, Md.)
Genre Stereographs -- 1850-1860.
Albumen prints -- 1850-1860.
Associated name Mills, Robert, 1781-1855, architect.
Printer American Stereoscopic Company, publisher.
James W. Queen & Company, distributor.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Langenheim - Monuments and statues [8353.F.24]
Accession number 8353.F.24