| Creator |
R. Newell & Son, photographer. |
| Contributor |
Kiralfy Bros., publisher. |
| Title |
[Seventh & Chestnut streets, looking west] [graphic] / Photo. by R. Newell & Son. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia: Copyrighted by Kiralfy Bros |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1876 |
| Date |
[ca. 1870], c1876 |
| Physical Description |
1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 10 x 18 cm.(4 x 7 in.) |
| Description |
View looking west from Seventh Street showing the south side of the 700 block of Chestnut Street. Businesses include: J. Restein
& Sons, enamelers, George W. Crosscup, engraver on wood, P. Garrett & Co., publishers, Dr. L. Lindoman, podiatrist, and E.
Christmann, perfumery (702 Chestnut); the Parham Sewing Machine Co. (704 Chestnut); Thomas & Co., men's furnishing goods and
Burton Mansfield, clothiers & tailors (706 Chestnut); Warne, Brothers & Co., importer of watches and jewelery and the One
Dollar Store, fancy goods (712 Chestnut). A group of men read broadsides pasted on the side of the building at the corner.
Many of the buildings are heavily adorned with signage. Also includes lamppost on the corner with an advertisement promoting
Forney's Press. The Parham Sewing Machine Company operated at 704 Chestnut Street in 1870.
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| Notes |
Title supplied by cataloguer. |
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Manuscript note on mount: 7th & Chestnut stts[sic], looking west. |
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Photographer's imprint printed on mount. |
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Publisher' s imprint printed on verso. |
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Printed on mount: No. 7. |
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Inscribed on negative: 207. |
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Pink mount with rounded corners. |
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Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited. |
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Gift of Jane Carson James. |
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Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
| Biographical / historical note |
R. Newell & Son, a partnership between Robert and his son Henry, was active from around 1870 until 1897 and the death of the
elder Newell.
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| Subject |
Christmann, E. |
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Crosscup, George W. |
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Lindoman, L. |
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Mansfield, Burton. |
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J. Restein & Sons. |
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One Dollar Store. |
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P. Garrett & Co. |
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Parham Sewing Machine Co. |
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Thomas & Co. |
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Warne, Brothers, & Co. |
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Commercial streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Stores & shops -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Enamel and enameling -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Wood-engravers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Publishers. |
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Clothing stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Sewing machine industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Jewelery stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 700 block -- south side. |
| Genre |
Stereographs -- 1860-1870. |
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Albumen prints -- 1860-1870. |
| Printer |
Kiralfy Bros., publisher. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Newell - Streets [P.9299.129] |
| Accession number |
P.9299.129 |
