Shows bathhouses operated by Leedom & Finney National Bath House lining the beach. Also shows patrons at a nearby oyster stand and clothes hanging on lines beside the bathhouses., Title printed on mount., White mount with square corners., Distributor's stamp pasted on verso: McAllister & Brother, 728 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of New Jersey., McAllister & Brother, opticians, a partnership between brothers William Y., John A., and Thomas H. McAllister, was active 1853-1865., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Recreation [5742.F.6b]
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]
