Oblique view looking north at the front elevation and spires of St. George's Episcopal Church at 209 East 16th Street facing the west end of Stuyvesant Square in New York City. Church built 1846-48 after designs by Otto Blesch and Leopold Eiditz to accommodate congregation in Lower Manhattan. Spires completed in 1858. A fire in 1865 destroyed the roof and the spires were subsequently removed., Title printed on mount., Photographer's blind stamp on mount., Publisher's label pasted on verso., White mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim Brothers copyrighted a series of stereographs with labels inscribed: "American Stereoscopic Co., Langenheim, Loyd & Co., Philadelphia" in 1858. They continued to produce stereographs until 1865, when they withdrew from the American Stereoscopic Co.
Creator
W. & F. Langenheim (Firm)
Date
c1858
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Religion [8335.F.2]
Includes two men seated on rooftop in foreground and church tower in background., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Pale yellow paper mount with square corners., Title supplied by cataloguer., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers, who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator
W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date
ca. 1860
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Views [(8)1322.F.1d]
