Details
Creator Bell, William, 1830-1910, photographer.
Title Dr. Jayne's Building, Carter's Alley, March 5th 1872. [graphic] / Bell, photogr., 1200 Chestnut St., Phil.
Publisher Philadelphia
Date March 5, 1872
Physical Description 2 photographic prints : albumen on stereograph mount ; 10 x 18 cm. (4 x 7 in.) and smaller.
Description Views looking east, one from Third Street, at the rear elevation of the fire-ravaged Jayne building with ice hanging from its exterior. One of the images includes a partial view of the cast iron front of 117 South Third Street in the foreground. Dr. David Jayne, a chemist and Philadelphia manufacturer of patent medicines, moved into an eight story building at 84-86 Chestnut Street (i.e., 242-244 Chestnut Street), between 2nd and 3rd Streets in 1850, after it was completed after designs by William J. Johnston and Thomas Ustick Walter. His business occupied the building until his death in 1866. It burned on March 5, 1872.
Notes Titles and photographer's imprint from manuscript notes on versos.
Yellow mounts with rounded corners.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Biographical / historical note Bell began his photographic career in 1848 working for his brother-in-law's daguerreotype studio in Philadelphia and thereafter was associated with many commercial studios as partner or sole proprietor. He served as the chief photographer for the U.S. Army Medical Museum in 1865 and replaced Timothy O'Sullivan on George M. Wheeler's survey of the territories west of the 100th meridian in 1872. He returned to Philadelphia, went into business with his future son-in-law William Rau in 1875, and was active in the photography community until his death in 1910.
Subject D. Jayne and Son.
Jayne Building (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Fires -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Nonprescription drug industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Chemical industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Carter's Alley (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 200 block.
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 242-244.
Third Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- South -- 117.
Genre Albumen prints -- 1870-1880.
Stereographs -- 1870-1880.
Associated name Johnston, William L., 1811-1849, architect.
Associated name Walter, Thomas Ustick, 1804-1887, architect.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Bell - Fire Ruins [8281.F.1-2]
Accession number 8281.F.1
8281.F.2