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]
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]
