Church of St. James the Less (Episcopal.) Rector Rev. A. Tenbrueck [graphic] : Ridge Avenue, near Laurel Hill - Falls Schl. / McClees.
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]
The Swedes' Church, Southwark. (From the south east.) Rector Rev. J.G. Clay, D.D. [graphic] : Called Gloria Dei Church / Taken in the spring of 1856.
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]
[Church of the Redemption, Protestant Episcopal. Rev. George A. Durburrow's Church.]
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]
Rev. Durborrow's (Episcopal) Church, Callowhill near Fairmount [graphic].
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]
Old Swedes Church [graphic].
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]