Exterior view looking from below Brandywine Street showing the residence at 530 North 7th Street attached to the dwelling tenanted by Edgar Allan Poe from 1842 to 1844. Two ladies peer out of third floor windows who "did not know why this picture was being made but they got in it anyhow." Also shows a partial view of Poe's former residence adorned with a poster advertising traveling burlesque shows at the Bijou., Title from photographer's descriptive manuscript note on verso., Descriptive manuscript note by photographer on verso: "It is said that 'The Raven' and 'Gold Bug' were written in this house. It is at 7th and Brandywine Sts. Across the street at the (1923) present time is a sign on an old building reading 'Improved Order' of Free Lelts - whatever that is.", Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator
Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date
ca. 1923
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Wilson [P.8513.233], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson233.htm
Depicts the south front and rear of the Edgar Allan Poe House, dwarfed by neighboring properties and partially obscured by a wooden fence. Laundry hangs from a line in the rear of the yard and a woman stands in the doorway of the house looking toward the camera. Occupied by the famous writer from 1842 to 1844., Inscribed in negative: 3200., Title from negative sleeve.
Creator
Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date
ca. 1920
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.86]
