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Title: Schuylkill Navigation Co. canal and Fairmount Water Works in the distance
Description: View of the Schuylkill Canal lock in front of the Fairmount Water Works. Shows the old engine house, mill house, and standpipe on Reservoir Hill of the waterworks. Also shows an anchor on the lock. Canal and lock constructed in 1820 following an agreement between Philadelphia and the Schuylkill Navigation Company (incorporated 1815) for the city to build the system in return for constructing a dam and receiving the water rights to the water works., Title and date from transcribed scrapbook inscription., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., McClees 1855-1a., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: Spring 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.119a]

Title: [Chew mansion, Germantown]
Description: Exterior view of the colonial residence built 1763-1767 by master carpenter Jacob Knor for Philadelphia attorney Benjamin Chew at 6401 Germantown Avenue. Shows the facade of the two-story stone building with a pediment over the front door, shuttered windows, and dormers and chimneys on the roof. On the grounds in front of the house is a classical female nude sculpture without a head and arms. Chew House, also known as Cliveden, was the site of the turning point in the Battle of Germantown in 1777. The Chew family enslaved people of African descent in the city of Philadelphia and in Germantown during the 18th and 19th centuries. The estate was the Chew family residence until 1972 when it was acquired by the National Trust for Historic Preservation., Title, date, and photographer's imprint from duplicate., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., McClees 1857-1a., Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation with the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1980), entry #56., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: February 1857
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Residences - C [(7)1322.F.61b]

Title: [Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank, Chestnut Street above 4th, north side, Philadelphia]
Description: Exterior view of the bank built 1854-1855 after the designs of Philadelphia architect John M. Gries on Bank Row at 425-429 Chestnut Street. Also shows gas street lights lining the sidewalk and partial views of adjoining buildings, including signage for a piano manufactory., Partial impression of photographer's blindstamp on mount., Manuscript note on mount: Chestnut St. ab. 4th. Farmers & Mechanics Bk., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerrotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: [May 1855]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Banks [(7)1322.F.25b]

Title: Harrison's Row, Locust St. bel. 18th
Description: View of the row of mansions, known as Harrison Row, built for locomotive engineer Joseph Harrison in 1856 as an experiment in community housing. The single family residences included a kitchen, dining room, sitting-room, skylight, and laundry facilities as well as shared a garden with Harrison's adjacent mansion at 221-225 South 18th Street. Also shows a partial view of St. Mark's Church (1607-1627 Locust); neighboring buildings; and a horse-drawn carriage., Title from manuscript note on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., McClees 1859-2., Published in Theo B. White, ed., Philadelphia architecture in the nineteenth century (Philadelphia: Philadelphia Art Alliance by the University of Pennsylvnai Press, 1953), entry #95., 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. 29., Arcadia caption text: One of Philadelphia’s few architect-designed rows, Harrison’s Row consisted of a block of ten elegant Italianate houses on the north side of Locust Street near Rittenhouse Square designed by Samuel Sloan. The homes shared a back garden (see image above) with Harrison’s palatial mansion on Eighteenth Street, also designed by Sloan, and a block of stables to the north. Around the time this photograph was taken in March of 1859, the homes were occupied by three merchants, three brokers, two “gentlemen,” and an engraver, along with their families and servants., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: March 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Streets - L [(6)1322.F.154a]

Title: Old Swedes Church
Description: View looking from the southeast showing the Episcopalian, former Lutheran, church known as Gloria Dei Church, built 1700-1703 by master builder John Harrison I at 929 South Water Street. A wood fence, stenciled with the advertisement "Read the Daily Register," surrounds the church cemetery. Also shows neighboring buildings in the background., Title and date from manuscript note on verso., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., *McClees 1858-12., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: September 1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *photo - McClees [(6)1322.F.18]

Title: Rear of Independence Hall
Description: View looking from a tree-lined path in Independence Square showing the rear entrance of the State House. Also shows a street lamp., Title from accompanying publisher's label containing a line of descriptive text., Grey paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: c1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McClees - Government buildings [(8)1322.F.9b]

Title: The Chew mansion, Germantown Battle of Germantown fought October 4th 1777. Lieutt. Col. Musgrave threw himself with six companies of the 49th British regt. into Chew's house, which stood full in front of the main body of the Americans. Gen'l Reed was for pushing on immediately, this was opposed by Genl. Knox as against all military rule to leave an enemy in a fort in his rear, thus in attempting to induce the surrender of Lieut. Col. Musgrave, the precious moments were lost and gave Generals Gray, Grant and Agnew time to come up with a reinforcement
Description: Exterior view of the colonial residence built 1763-1767 by master carpenter Jacob Knor for Philadelphia attorney Benjamin Chew at 6401 Germantown Avenue. Shows the facade of the two-story stone building with a pediment over the front door, shuttered windows, and dormers and chimneys on the roof. Chew House, also known as Cliveden, was the site of the turning point in the Battle of Germantown in 1777. The Chew family enslaved people of African descent in the city of Philadelphia and in Germantown during the 18th and 19th centuries. The estate was the Chew family residence until 1972 when it was acquired by the National Trust for Historic Preservation., Title, date, and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount., Manuscript note by Poulson on mount: See pp. 43-83 opposite page and., Contains several lines of text by Poulson describing the architecture of the house on the verso., McClees 1856-7., Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 3, page 41. The scrapbooks contained photographs of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia collected by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: Summer 1856
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Residences - C [(3)2526.F.41]

Title: Church of St. James the Less (Episcopal.) Rector Rev. A. Tenbrueck Ridge Avenue, near Laurel Hill - Falls Schl
Description: View showing the Gothic-style Protestant Episcopal church built 1846-1850 after the designs of English architect George Gordon Place at 3200-3230 West Clearfield Street in East Falls near Laurel Hill Cemetery. Also shows the bells in the church spire and tombstones in the church cemetery. The Ecclesiological Society, a British church architecture society, provided the plans for the church to be recreated in the style of a 13th-century English country parish., Title, date, and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on accompanying label., Retrospective conversion record: original entry,edited., Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 5, page 67. The scrapbooks contained photographs of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia collected by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., McClees 1855-11., Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation with the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1980), entry #87., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Churches and meetinghouses [(5)2526.F.10b]

Title: Entrance to Woodlands Cemetery
Description: Shows the arched gateway entrance to the cemetery chartered in 1840 on the former estate of botanist William Hamilton at 3900 Woodland Avenue in West Philadelphia. View includes a workmen's shed to the right of the image. The entranceway, built after the designs of John McArthur, Jr., was razed in 1936., Title and date from manuscript note on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Probably originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation with the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1980), entry #153., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: November 1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *photo - McClees [8339.F.21]

Title: The Swedes' Church, Southwark. (From the south east.) Rector Rev. J.G. Clay, D.D Called Gloria Dei Church
Description: Exterior view of the Episcopalian, former Lutheran, church built 1700-1703 by master builder John I. Harrison at 929 South Water Street. Also shows tombstones in the adjacent cemetery of the church., Title and date from Poulson inscription on accompanying label., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 5, page 42 or 43. The scrapbooks contained photographs of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia collected by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., McClees 1856-6., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: 1856
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Churches and meetinghouse [(5)2526.F.45]

Title: [St. Mark's Lutheran Church, Spring Garden Street, south side, west of 13th Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Location: Spring Garden St., south side, west of 13th St., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with corrections.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *photo - McClees [Wagner P.8]

Title: Jefferson House, so. west corner of Seventh and Market st
Description: View showing the house owned by Jacob Graff in which Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Signage adorns the building advertising current tenants William Brown, clothing, and D.E. Thompson's Book and Job Printing Office. Also shows an awning reading "Birth Place of Liberty" attached to the building; playbills on display; a hitching post; and a view of the adjacent business, William Jordan's Shoe Warehouse at 232 Market Street. The building was razed circa 1883., Title, date, and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount., Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 5, page 92? The scrapbooks contained photographs of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia collected by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation with the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1980), entry #59., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Residences - G [P.2295]

Title: Interior of Independence Hall
Description: View showing William Rush's wood statue of George Washington (carved 1815, installed 1824) in the Assembly Room of the State House. Also shows framed portrait paintings, predominately from the Charles Wilson Peale collection; a framed commemorative print in honor of the Declaration of Independence; a bronze eagle; a clock; and partial views of Thomas Sully's portrait painting of Lafayette and chairs adorning the room., Title printed on mount., Manuscript note on mount: 1859 - Rush's statue of Washington., White paper mount with square corners., Attributed to James E. McClees., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McClees - Government buildings [(8)1322.F.8f]

Title: Independence Hall or State House, from the N.E. across the ruins made by the great fire N.W. corner of Chestnut & Fifth St
Description: View looking northeast showing the State House built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley at 520 Chestnut Street. In the foreground, a partial view of the fire ruins from the expansive fire of the Artisan Building near Fourth and Chestnut streets on April 11th, 1856 is visible. Shows the exposed side of a damaged building adorned with broadsides., Title from transcribed scrapbook inscription., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Probably originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 5, page 30. The scrapbooks contained photographs of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia collected by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation with the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1980), entry #76., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: Spring 1856
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Government Buildings [8339.F.31]

Title: Gartley's portable steam engine, Front ab. Arch
Description: View of the fire engine built by machinist Joseph C. Gartley in front of his factory at 108 Arch Street. Laborers sit and stand in the doorway of the manufactory and neighboring businesses of Brown, Hill & Co., wool warehouse (40 N. Front). Engine adorned with the plate of the manufacturer., Title and date from manuscript note on verso., McClees 1858-8., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Philadelphia views., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth-century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1980), entry # 129., McClees, an early prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: August 1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Fires & Firefighting [(6)1322.F.46b]

Title: [Dundas-Lippincott mansion, northeast corner of Broad and Walnut streets, Philadelphia]
Description: Exterior view from the southwest of the residence built circa 1838 after the designs of Thomas U. Walter for Philadelphia banker James Dundas at 1335 Walnut Street. Shows the property, known for its extensive gardens, surrounded by an ironwork fence. The residence, also known as the Yellow Mansion, was later the home of Agnes Keene Lippincott and her son, James Dundas Lippincott. Building demolished circa 1905., Manuscript note on recto: Mr. Dundas, Broad & Walnut, July 1858., Title supplied by cataloguer., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: July 1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Residences - D [(6)1322.F.176a]

Title: On the Ridge Road, near Manayunk
Description: Buff mount with square corners., Title printed on mount., View showing a section of the second Norristown Railroad Bridge over the mouth of the Wissahickon Creek. The bridge, built by Haughey and Snyder for the Philadelphia, Germantown, and Norristown Railroad (later Philadelphia and Reading Railroad), was razed by fire in 1862 and replaced with a temporary trestle-work bridge. Also shows the falls of Wissahickon Creek in the foreground., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: ca. 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McClees - Views [(3)1322.F.132b]

Title: Wood & Perot factory
Description: View of the ironwork manufactory, known as the Philadelphia Ornamental Iron Works, at 1136 Ridge Avenue. Building adorned with a large cast iron statue of Henry Clay on its roof and signage advertisng "Iron Railings Vernadahs, Balconies, Counters, &c." Also shows neighboring businesses including F.R. Missimer, house & sign painter; a hotel with restaurant; plumber shop; and confectionery. Chairs, crates, and a handcart line the sidewalk. A horse-drawn wagon rests in front of the manufactory. Wood & Perot, a partnership between Robert Wood and Elliston Perot, was active between 1857 and 1865., Title from manuscript note on verso., Probably originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation with the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1980), entry #233., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: ca. 1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *photo - McClees [8339.F.22]

Title: [Jefferson Medical College]
Description: Exterior view of Ely Building, constructed in 1829. Image shows Tenth Street facade after the 1845 alterations, designed by architect Napoleon LeBrun (1821-1901), in which a six-columned portico, entablature, pediment, and marble base were added. Building was demolished sometime between 1898 and 1907. Image includes shop of H. Hochstrasser, bell hanger and architectural carver., Published in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth-Century Photography in Philadelphia: 250 Historic Prints from The Library Company of Philadelphia, (New York: Dover, 1980), plate 98, (LCP Stack Is5, 8294.Q, Print Room)., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *phot. - McClees [Wagner P.7]

Title: [Church of the Redemption, Protestant Episcopal. Rev. George A. Durburrow's Church.]
Description: Location: Callowhill and 22nd Sts., N.W. cor., Duplicate of (3)1322.F.73v. Date from manuscript note on duplicate., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with corrections.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: [August 1858]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *phot. McClees [Wagner P. 20]

Title: Engine house of the Twenty-fourth Ward Water Works. Designed and constructed by Birkinbine & Trotter, engineers and contractors, Philadelphia
Description: View showing the engine house at the water works also known as the West Philadelphia Water Works, completed circa 1855, on the west bank of the Schuylkill River above the Fairmount Dam. The engine house built after the designs of engineers Birkinbine & Trotter, contained two boiler rooms, sleeping rooms for the engineers, and storerooms. Also shows two men standing near a fence in the foreground and the smokestack at the waterworks in the background., Name of photographer from duplicate in private collection., Title from accompanying label., Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 5, page 70? The scrapbooks contained photographs of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia collected by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., Birkinbine & Trotter was a partnership between Philadelphia engineers Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Edward H. Trotter (1814-1872), Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation with the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1980), entry #97., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: ca. 1854
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Public Utilities [(5)2526.F.4a]

Title: Academy of Music - or operahouse - S.W. cor. Broad & Locust St
Description: View of front and partial side facades of brick and sandstone Italianate style building. Architects Napoleon LeBrun and Gustav Runge formed a short-lived partnership to win design competition. Building constructed 1855-1857. Served as home of Philadelphia Orchestra from 1900-2000., Photographer's blind stamp on duplicate., Title from scrapbook inscription., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of Poulson scrapbook of material relating to Philadelphia.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: ca. 1857
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees [8339.F.32]

Title: [Academy of the Visitation, soutwest corner Broad and Poplar streets, Philadelphia]
Description: Exterior view of the religious educational institution incorporated in 1850 under the direction of the Ladies of Visitation. The Academy, the former residence of gentleman Benjamin Stiles, also housed the Convent of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The order was founded in Philadelphia in 1848., Manuscript note on recto: SW Corner Broad & Poplar Sts., Title supplied by cataloguer., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: ca. 1853
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Education [(7)1322.F.23b]

Title: [Hope Hose Company steam fire engine and fire fighters in front of the company fire station, Second and Union streets, Philadelphia]
Description: Includes spectators and a partial view of an "Oyster Depot" in the background. Fire station was former mansion of gentlewoman Mary Gurney. Hope Hose Company founded on August 17, 1805., Title supplied by cataloguer., Date from manuscript note on verso: Hope steam fire engine and the Gurney Mansion, s.e. corner Front & Union streets. July 18, 1858., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., McClees, an early prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: July 18, 1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *photo - McClees [(6)1322.F.120]

Title: [The Hamilton mansion, S.E. corner of Seventh and Carpenter, now Jayne St., taken down this spring.]
Description: Exterior view of the residence on South Seventh Street between Market and Chestnut streets. Also shows adjoining building and a store clerk standing in in the street to the left of the image., Title, date, and photographer's imprint from Poulson scrapbook duplicate., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: January 18, 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Residences - H [(6)1322.F.67a]

Title: Baptist Church, 5th & Buttonwood streets
Description: Exterior view of the Fourth Baptist Church built 1853-1855 after the designs of Joseph C. Hoxie. Edifice includes a tapering spire. Also shows neighboring buildings. Demolished circa 1970., Title and date from manuscript note on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., See clipping in Poulson scrapbook, "Illustrations of Philadelphia," vol. 4, p. 4 for description of church., Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation with the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1980), entry #89., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: July 1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *photo - McClees [(6)1322.F.34]

Title: View of the ruins caused by the great fire northeast corner of Sixth and Market st. which began on the night of Weds. April 30, 1856 - From the northwest
Description: Shows burnt ruins and fire debris lining Sixth Street above Market from the fire begun in the rag and paper warehouse of Jessup & Moore on North Street below Arch. Includes a line of men standing on debris and Independence Hall in the background. The fire razed forty-four buildings, which caused a loss of half of a million dollars., Title and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on accompanying label., Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 5, page 77. The scrapbooks contained photographs of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia collected by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., McClees 1856-5., See clippings in Poulson scrapbook "Illustrations of Philadelphia," vol. 5, p .21., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: 1856
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Fires and firefighting [(5)2526.F.9a]

Title: Panoramic views from the steeple of Independence Hall, 520 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Description: Series of views looking north, northeast, northwest, east, west, southeast, and southwest from Independence Hall showing the several blocks surrounding the historic building. Images predominately depict the 400 and 500 blocks of Library, Minor, Chestnut, and Market Streets. Includes Howell Evans, card and fancy printer (402 Library); Military Hall, public hall and former arsenal building (412 Library); Goldsmith's Hall, office building (420 Library); Library Company of Philadelphia (s.e. cor. 5th and Library); Philadelphia National Bank (419-423 Chestnut); U.S. Customhouse (420 Chestnut); Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank (425-429 Chestnut); Henry J. Pepper & Son, jeweler (441 Chestnut); Wright, Smith & Co., chinaware (5 N. 5th); P. Hirst & Co., hat manufacturer (501 Chestnut); George J. Henkels City Cabinet Wareroom (509 Chestnut); Barnes, Osterhout & Co., hats and furs (503 Market); Smith, Williams & Co., dry goods (513 Market); Coleman & Smith, cutlery and fancy goods (521 Market); Chaffees, Stout, & Co., wholesale dry goods (523 Market). Also shows the steeple of Christ Church; rooftop business signage including White Hall clothiers' sign (400 Market); the 500 block of Minor Street; the 600 block of Market Street; J.M. Maris & Co., drugs and chemical manufacturer (711 Market); the Delaware riverfront; and partial views of Independence Square., Attributed to James E. McClees., White or pale yellow paper mounts with square corners, including two with printed titles and two inscribed with the date., Title supplied by cataloguer., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McClees - Views [1322.F.4i; 1322.F.5d-e; 1322.F.6b; (5)1322.F.4b; (6)1322.F.20a; (8)1322.F.9i]

Title: [Eastern State Penitentiary]
Description: Exterior view looking west along Fairmount Avenue showing the entrance gate. View includes wagon on street and pedestrians standing next to the corner turret in foreground., McClees 1858-18., Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth-Century Photography in Philadelphia, (New York: Dover Publications, 1980), plate 93., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: [ca. 1858]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *photo-McClees [8339.F.23]

Title: Jefferson Medical College So. Tenth Street
Description: Exterior view of Ely Building, constructed in 1829. Image shows Tenth Street facade after the 1845 alterations, designed by architect Napoleon Le Brun, in which a six-columned portico, entablature, pediment, and marble base were added. Building was demolished sometime between 1898 and 1907. Image includes shop of H. Hochstrasser, bell hanger and architectural carver., Title from manuscript note on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth-Century Photography in Philadelphia: 250 Historic Prints from The Library Company of Philadelphia, (New York: Dover, 1980), plate 98., 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. 105., Arcadia caption text: Incorporated in 1826, against the wishes of many in the medical community who feared it would create harmful competition with the University of Pennsylvania’s medical school, Jefferson Medical College contributed to Philadelphia’s importance as the nation’s leading medical center during the mid-19th century. At its building on Tenth Street near Sansom Street, shown here c. 1855, faculty including Samuel D. Gross and Thomas D. Mütter gave instruction in topics such as surgery, materia medica, and obstetrics and diseases of women and children. The college, known today as Thomas Jefferson University, was the second in the country to open its own teaching hospital to foster student interaction with patients.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Education [8339.F.26]

Title: Rev. Jno. Chambers Church, N.E. cor Broad & Sansom Sts
Description: Exterior view of the First Independent Church, later renamed Chambers Presbyterian Church, built 1831 at the northeast corner of Broad and Sansom streets. Also shows adjacent buildings, including a residence with awnings adorning the second floor windows. Church housed the independent congregation of Rev. John Chambers. Congregation admitted to the Presbytery in 1873., Title from Poulson inscription on accompanying label., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 5, page 91? The scrapbooks contained photographs of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia collected by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., Published in Robert F. Looney's Old Philadelphia in Early Photographs 1839-1914 (New York: Published in cooperation with The Free Library of Philadelphia by Dover Publications, Inc., 1976), plate 157., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: McClees & Germon, photographer
Date: 1856
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Churches and meetinghouses [(5)2526.F.105]

Title: Rev. Durborrow's (Episcopal) Church, Callowhill near Fairmount
Description: Exterior view of the Protestant Episcopal church, Church of the Redemption, built 1846 on the 2200 block of Callowhill Street. Also shows neighboring buildings. George A. Durborrow served as rector of the church 1846-1869., Title and date from transcribed scrapbook inscription., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: August 1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Churches and Meetinghouses - C [(3)1322.F.73v]

Title: [Founder's Hall, Girard College, 1201-1211 West College Avenue, Philadelphia]
Description: View looking southwest showing the hall constructed 1833-1847 in the Greek Revival Style after the designs of Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter. Also shows a partial view of a neighboring building left of the hall and several trees in the foreground. Girard College was established through a bequest from Stephen Girard, a Philadelphia financier and philanthropist, for the creation of a school for "poor white orphans.", Title supplied by cataloguer., Date from manuscript note on verso., McClees 1858-13., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: October 1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *photo - McClees [(6)1322.F.122]

Title: Westside of Fourth St. from above Prune to Spruce St Upper cor. Louis Phillipe's house - lower cor. Dr. Shippen's house also Dr. Wister's, las Job R. Tyson's house - next J.P. Norris jrs - next St. Mary's Church; next H. Pratt's houses (2) corner of alley; &c. Mr. Tyson's house by orders of his execy. recently sold for $15,000 to Ricd. Smithurst
Description: View looking south on Fourth Street from above Locust Street showing the several residences. Includes the King Louis-Philippe residence (236 S. 4th); the Shippen-Wistar residence built circa 1765 (238 S. 4th); the Norris-Cadwalader residence built circa 1828 (240 S. 4th); and St. Mary's Church built 1763 (242-250 S. 4th). Job R. Tyson, was a Philadelphia attorney and politician., Title and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount., Date inscribed on recto., Compass directions inscribed on mount., Manuscript note by Poulson on mount: see p. 95., Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 3, page 11. The scrapbooks contained photographs of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia collected by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., McClees 1858-15., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: 1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Streets - F [8339.F.33]

Title: The Willing Mansion house, as it appeared Aug. 30, 1856 The three buildings in the view on the south, occupy the site of a part of the garden of the Mansion. They were built in the year
Description: Shows the residence of merchant and Philadelphia mayor Charles Willing built in the mid 18th century at 226-228 South Third Street. View includes adjacent buildings, including one adorned with ironwork railings. Also shows the over 100 year old tree dead in the foreground., Title from Poulson inscription on accompanying label., Manuscript note by Poulson on accompanying label: The tree was planted in 1749; This building was removed in Sept. 56; See p. 64., Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 5, page 53. The scrapbooks contained photographs of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia collected by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., McClees 1856-11., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: 1856
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Residences - W [(5)2526.F.15a]

Title: Independent Church Dr. Chambers, Broad and George St
Description: Exterior view of the First Independent Church, later renamed Chambers Presbyterian Church, built 1831, altered 1853 at the northeast corner of Broad and Sansom streets. Also shows adjacent buildings. Front facade altered with a portico. Church housed the independent congregation of Rev. John Chambers. Congregation admitted to the Presbytery in 1873., Title, date, and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount., Manuscript note on mount: See page 91., McClees 1855-16., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 4, page 81. The scrapbooks contained photographs of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia collected by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Churches and meetinghouses [(4)2526.F.2]

Title: Wylie Memorial Church, Broad & Spruce streets, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view showing the third building of the First Reformed Presbyterian Church (i.e. Wylie Memorial Church) erected in 1854 on the 300 block of Broad Street after the designs of John McArthur, Jr. Also shows partial views of adjacent buildings, including a wood shack adorned with broadsides. Congregation organized in 1798. Church renamed in the early 1890s for long-term pastors T.W.J. Wylie and Samuel Wylie., Title from manuscript note on mount., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry. edited., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: 1856
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Churches and Meetinghouses - F [4)1322.F.41a]

Title: The Butler Mansion, N.W. corner of Chestnut & Eighth Sts
Description: Exterior view of the former residence of Senator Pierce Butler built circa 1794 at 801-807 Chestnut. Shows the first floor and the brick wall of the dwelling covered in broadsides. Also shows a book vendor's stand installed in front of the property. Butler purchased the residence circa 1804 and resided in the dwelling until his death in 1822. The building remained in the Butler family as the boarding house, "Butler House," before its sale circa 1856 by Butler's grandson, Pierce Butler. Building razed 1857 for the storefront of Sharpless dry goods., Title and date from transcription of original Poulson inscription., McClees 1856-2., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 5, page 44. The scrapbooks contained photographs of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia collected by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: Spring 1856
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Residences - B [(5)2526.F.49]

Title: The Butler Mansion house, N.W. cor. Chestnut & Eighth St. After the posters were removed
Description: Exterior view of the former residence of Senator Pierce Butler built circa 1794 at 801-807 Chestnut. Shows a book vendor's stand installed in front of the property near a boy sitting on a crate. Butler purchased the residence circa 1804 and resided in the dwelling until his death in 1822. The building remained in the Butler family as the boarding house, "Butler House," before its sale circa 1856 by Butler's grandson, Pierce Butler. Building razed 1857 for the storefront of Sharpless dry goods., Title from Poulson inscription on accompanying label., McClees 1856-3., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 5, page 45. The scrapbooks contained photographs of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia collected by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., Published in Robert F. Looney's Old Philadelphia in Early Photographs, 1839-1914 (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation with The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1976), entry #127., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: Spring 1856
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Residences - B [(5)2526.F.5a]

Title: [J. Struthers & Son marble yard, including a crane, 22nd and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia.]
Description: Shows the crane in the stone yard of the firm founded in 1816, which provided the marble for nearly all the prominent public buildings of the city. Marble blocks cover the yard. Also shows a dray in the foreground and surrounding buildings in the background., Title and date from manuscript note on verso: Chestnut & 22nd St.; Aug. 1858., Probably originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., 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. 58., Arcadia caption text: In 1816 John Struthers established one of Philadelphia’s first marble yards. When this photograph was taken in the summer of 1858, John’s son William ran the marble yard located at Chestnut and Twenty-second streets. By the late 1850s Philadelphia supported about 60 marble cutting establishments. Marble from the Struthers’ business was used to construct many significant Philadelphia buildings including City Hall, the Public Ledger building, the Continental Hotel, and the Second Bank of the United States., Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation with the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1980), entry #135., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: August 1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *photo - McClees [8339.F.20]

Title: Spring Garden Water Works
Description: View showing the rear of the engine house at the Schuylkill Water Works (formerly the Spring Garden and Northern Liberties Water Works) at the foot of Thompson Street on the Schuylkill River. Also shows the water basin of the waterworks lined by a fence in the foreground. The waterworks, completed circa 1845 after the designs of engineer William E. Morris, provided water to the Spring Garden, Northern Liberties, and Kensington neighborhoods., Title and date from manuscript note on verso., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: September 1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Public Utilities [(6)1322.F.32b]

Title: [Robert Morris Hotel & Fairmount House, Coates Street wharf on the Schuylkill opposite Fairmount Waterworks, Philadelphia]
Description: Shows the hotel opposite the race bridge of the waterworks. The hotel, adorned with lettering advertising ice cream, was often used as a meeting place by the boat clubs nearby on the Schuylkill River. Also shows adjacent businesses. Hotel razed circa 1868., Title supplied by cataloguer., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., *McClees 1858-16., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: ca. 1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *photo - McClees [(6)1322.F.164]

Title: [Spring Garden Institute, northeast corner Broad and Spring Garden streets, Philadelphia]
Description: Shows the vocational school built 1851-1852 after the designs of Hoxie & Button at 523-525 North Broad Street. Also shows partial views of surrounding buildings. The institute, comprised of a lecture-room, a lending library, a free reading room, classrooms, and a boardroom, educated youth for employment in the practical sciences and technologies., Title supplied by cataloguer., Manuscript note on mount: Sp. Garden Hall - N.E. Cor Broad and Sp. Garden St., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., McClees, an early prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: ca. 1853
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Spring Garden [(7)1322.F.45b]

Title: [Chestnut Street Theatre, 603-609 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia]
Description: View of the second building of the theater, built 1820-1822 after the designs of William Strickland, displaying several playbills for the last performance at the current building. Includes additional playbills displayed under a gaslight fixture in front of the adjacent theater, the Melodeon (611-613 Chestnut). Fixture adorned with shades advertising the "Melodeon Celebrated Troupe Dancer" and an illustration of a dancer. Also shows the opposite neighboring businesses of a shooting gallery and "Shakespeare Bowling Saloon" (601 Chestnut) and Hart's Building owned by prominent Jewish publisher and philanthropist, Abraham Hart, erected 1848 (537-539 Chestnut). Signage advertising Gilbert & Gihon, engravers on wood, is partially visible on Hart's Building and a poster showing a man shooting a pistol adorns the shooting gallery. Theater razed 1856., Title supplied by cataloguer., Photographer's blindstamp on mount of (6)1322.F.44., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Published in Robert F. Looney's Old Philadelphia in Early Photographs, 1839-1914 (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation with The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1976), entry #125., 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. 16., Arcadia caption text: Referred to as the New Theatre to distinguish it from the Southwark, or Old, Theatre, the Chestnut Street Theatre opened in 1794 near the northwest corner of Sixth and Chestnut streets. After fire destroyed its building in 1820, the Association of the Proprietors of the New Theatre sold shares in the property and hired William Strickland to design a new building. Constructed at the same location in only eight months, the imposing marble structure included the statues of Comedy and Tragedy sculpted by William Rush, which survived the fire. To celebrate its opening, the managers held a contest for the best opening night address. Prize winner Charles Sprague’s verses were so well-received that his address was read a second night. The theater is shown here in 1855, shortly before being demolished.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: May 1, 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Theaters [(6)1322.F.44; (7)1322.F.63a]

Title: [M'Clees & Germon daguerreotype rooms, 160 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia]
Description: View of the south side of Chestnut Street between 6th and 7th Streets showing the daguerreotype studio of McClees & Germon at 160 Chestnut Street. Neighboring tenants include Howell & Brothers, paper hangings (156 Chestnut); Charles Oakford, hats (158 Chestnut); James H. Orne, carpets (160 Chestnut); and the adjoining businesses of Jones Hotel and J.C. Smith, piano fortes and J. Couenhoven, music store (162 Chestnut). Also shows horse-drawn wagons parked in the foreground. The partnership between James E. McClees and Washington Lafayette Germon lasted from 1846 to 1855, and was located at this address from 1854 until a fire destroyed the studio on March 15, 1855., McClees 1855-10., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., 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. 56., Arcadia caption text: Photographer James McClees captured this view of the south side of the 600 block of Chestnut Street showing the studio he shared with Washington Lafayette Germon shortly before the building was destroyed by fire in March 1855. At the time, Philadelphia, a leading center of American photography, supported more than 120 photographers. Although signage on the building advertised the men as daguerreotypists, by the mid 1850s McClees was also producing some of the earliest photographic views of Philadelphia printed on paper., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Businesses [(7)1322.F.57d]

Title: [M'Clees & Germon, daguerreotype rooms, 182 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Exterior view of the studio located on the south side of Chestnut Street between 7th and 8th Streets showing the two daguerreotypists posed in a large open window with a camera and screens. View also shows the lower tenant, Joseph S. Natt's looking glass shop; partial views of adjacent businesses, including a fancy goods store (180 and 184 Chestnut); and displays of merchandise in the shop windows. The partnership between James E. McClees and Washington Lafayette Germon lasted from 1846 to 1855, and was located at this address from 1851 to 1853., Title supplied by cataloguer., McClees 1853-3., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Philadelphia views., Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth-century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1980), entry #113., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: ca. 1853
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Businesses [(6)1322.F.163e]

Title: Reading Rail Road Bridge, near the Schuylkill Falls
Description: View from Laurel Hill looking northeast showing the Falls Bridge also known as the Reading Railroad Bridge over the Schuylkill River. Erected by mason Christian Swartz in 1853, the bridge was utilized by the Richmond branch of the Reading Rail Road to "connect with the main road upon the west side of the river." Industries and a hotel line the bank of the river., Title from accompanying descriptive label., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: [1859]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - McClees - Bridges [(3)1322.F.122h]

Title: 7th Presbyterian Church, Broad Above Chestnut
Description: Exterior view of the Greek Revival-style church built 1842 after the designs of Napoleon LeBrun on Broad Street between Penn Square and Chestnut Street. View shows a man and children on the church steps; a street lamp at the corner; and a partial view of the U.S. Mint (1331-1337 Chestnut) in the left background., Title from manuscript note on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., McClees & Germon, a partnership between Philadelphia photographers James E. McClees and Washington Lafayette Germon, was active between 1854-1855.
Creator: McClees & Germon, photographer
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *photo - McClees [(6)1322.F.44a]

Title: Old London coffee house, s.w. corner of Market and Front street
Description: View showing the former coffee house and merchants' exchange. Shows building tenanted by Ulrich & Brother's Tobacco & Segar Store (100 Market). Crates stand piled near the entranceways and striped poles and window shutters adorn the building. Also shows the adjacent men's and boys' clothing stores operated by Philip Hunt (100 Market) and William Umberger (102 Market); merchandise on display; a handcart resting idle on Front Street; and a conestoga wagon parked near a pile of barrels on the sidewalk. Also shows a doll standing on one of the piles of crates in front of the tobacco store. Originally built in 1702, the former coffee house was razed circa 1883 by the Ulrich brothers, whose family purchased the building in 1813., Title, date, and photographer's imprint form Poulson inscription on mount., Contains a newspaper clipping dated January 19, 1842 about the changed social climate in Philadelphia over the last eight years and an advertisement for Mr. Rice as Jim Crow on the verso., McClees 1858-9., Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 11, page 47. The scrapbooks contained photographs of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia collected by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., 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. 96., Arcadia caption text: The old London Coffee House, depicted here, and the Merchants’ Coffee House (also known as City Tavern) served as informal business exchanges in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Merchants, ship owners, and investors gathered at these establishments to conduct business, advertise their wares, attend auctions, discuss politics and trade, and drink coffee with their associates. This photograph, taken in August of 1858, shows the former coffeehouse at the southwest corner of Market and Front streets occupied by a variety of businesses including a tobacconist, a barber, and a clothing shop., Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation with the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1980), entry #74., McClees, an early prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: August 1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Hotels, Inns, and Taverns [(2)2526.F.47]

Title: Odd Fellows Hall, s.e. corner of Broad and Spring Garden sts
Description: Exterior view of the "Broadway Hall" for the benevolent and charitable organization, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, built in 1851 after the designs of Hoxie & Button. View includes large pieces of pipe in the foreground and a partial view of a factory in the background. Building enlarged after the designs of Samuel Sloan in 1853., Title, date, and photographer's imprint from transcription of original Poulson inscription., McClees 1856-10., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., One of the images originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 5, page 49. The scrapbooks contained photographs of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia collected by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., McClees, an early prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: 1856
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Organizations [(5)2526.F.1b]

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