| Title |
[Interior views of the McAllister Residence, 14 North Merrick Street, West Penn Square, Philadelphia] [graphic] |
| Publisher |
[United States] |
| Publisher |
UNITED STATES. 1870 |
| Date |
[ca. 1870] |
| Physical Description |
9 photographic prints : albumen on stereograph mount ; 9 x 17.5 cm. (3.5 x 7 in.) |
| Description |
Interior views of John McAllister Jr.'s residence on West Penn Square showing bedrooms, parlors, the main staircase, and the
furniture and artwork decorating the rooms and walls, including a fireplace and mantle, piano, paintings, tables, chairs,
mirrors, beds, and wash basins. Several views include John McAllister, Jr., with an unidentified man in one view, sitting
in chairs in a parlor.
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| Notes |
Title supplied by cataloger. |
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Yellow mounts with rounded corners. |
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One item [P.9389.2] reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City
Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 26.
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Arcadia caption text: ... This house, built around 1835 on North Merrick Street, was one of a growing number of large double
townhouses that lined Penn Square by the end of the 1830s. ... The image below provides a partial view of two of the bedrooms.
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Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
| Subject |
McAllister, John, 1786-1877 -- Homes and haunts. |
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McAllister, John, 1786-1877 -- Portraits. |
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Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Interiors -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Bedrooms -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Parlors -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Stairways -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Furniture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Paintings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Merrick Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- North -- 14. |
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Penn Square (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
| Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870. |
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Stereographs -- 1860-1870. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - unidentified - Residences [P.9389.1-9] |
| Accession number |
P.9389.1 |
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P.9389.2 |
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P.9389.3 |
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P.9389.4 |
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P.9389.5 |
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P.9389.6 |
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P.9389.7 |
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P.9389.8 |
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P.9389.9 |
