Title from manuscript note pasted to lower edge of case., Pad: Dark green velvet., Mat: Lacking mat., Case: Leather. No design., Gift of John Archibald McAllister., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with corrections., Resealed by CRH [Christine Hindle] 1/79.
Creator
Mason, William G.
Date
ca. 1843
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - Mason [59542.D]
Exterior view showing storefront at 1601 Market Street. Also depicts adjoining businesses including John S. Hansell, produce dealer at 1605 Market. Image includes two delivery wagons, barrels lining the sidewalk, and street railway tracks. Graham and Hansell are first listed in city directories simultaneously at this location in 1862., Nonpareil brass mat., Leather case with geometric design. Front cover separated. Losses in leather., Deep blue velvet pad, stamped., Image damaged at upper right along roofline., Similar view reproduced in Robert Looney's Old Philadelphia in Early Photographs, 1839-1914 (New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1976) page 98.
Date
ca. 1862
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - unidentified [P.9669.17]
