Details
Creator R. Newell & Co.
Contributor Johnston, William L., 1811-1849, architect.
Walter, Thomas Ustick, 1804-1887, architect.
Title Ice scenes after the burning of the Jayne Building on March 5, 1872, Philadelphia. [graphic] / Photographed by R. Newell & Co., 626 Arch Street, Philadelphia
Publisher Philadelphia : R. Newell & Co
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1872
Date [ca. 1872]
Physical Description 2 photographic prints : albumen on stereograph mount ; 9 x 17.5 cm. (3.5 x 7 in.)
Description Series of views entitled "Jaynes building after the fire" and "Scene in street the day after the burning of Dr. David Jayne's building." Views look east showing the rear elevation of the fire-ravaged Jayne building with ice hanging from its exterior. One image also shows buildings on the north and south sides of Carter's Alley, men standing with shovels on a mound of ice in the alley, and in the distant right background, a business sign for "trusses" at 220 Carter's Alley. 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 written in manuscript notes on labels pasted on versos.
Photographer's label pasted on versos.
Initials "H.F.O." and "No. 3" written in manuscript note on verso on one item [P.8548].
Yellow mounts with rounded corners.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject D. Jayne and Son.
Jayne Building (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Fires -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Ice -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Nonprescription drug industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Chemical industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Carter's Alley (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 200 block.
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 - Newell - Fire Ruins [P.8548 and P.9082.5]
Accession number P.8548
P.9082.5