Details
Creator Allen, A. M. (Amos Morrel), 1823-1900, photographer.
Title Palo Alto, [illegible] [graphic] / Photographed by A.M. Allen, Pottsville, Penna.
Publisher Pottsville, Pa
Publisher PA. Pottsville. 1870
Date [ca. 1870]
Physical Description 1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 8 x 17 cm. (3.25 x 6.75 in.)
Description Hillside view looking east from lawyer John Bannan's "Cloud Home" in Pottsville, Pa., showing the Henry Clay monument erected near Centre Street in 1855 on land donated by Bannon. Includes the townscapes of Palo Alto and Port Carbon in the distance.
Notes Title and photographer's imprint from label pasted on verso.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount.
Orange mount with square corners.
A.M. Allen, born in Deerfield, Mass., relocated to Pottsville, Pa. ca. 1852 and set up his studio at the southwest corner of West Market and North Centre Streets. He retired from the business in 1894.
Cataloging of copy no. P.9844.19 funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift from the heirs of Paul D.I. and Anna S. Maier: James H. Maier, Anthony M. Maier, Marianna M. Thomas, and Cynthia C. Maier.
Subject Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 -- Monuments.
Monuments & memorials -- Pennsylvania -- Pottsville.
Geographic subject Palo Alto (Pa.) -- Pictorial works.
Pottstown (Pa.) -- Pictorial works.
Genre Stereographs -- 1860-1870.
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Allen - Views [P.9844.19]
Accession number P.9844.19