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Theater, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Theater, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia

Theater, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia

Attributed to James McClees (American, 1821 - 1887)
Dateca. 1854
MediumSalt print
DimensionsImage: 8 3/8 x 6 1/2 inches (21.27 x 16.51 cm)
Sheet: 10 3/4 x 8 inches (27.31 x 20.32 cm)
Mat: 20 x 16 inches (50.8 x 40.64 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2006.44.14
InscribedIn ink at bottom of mount: "Theatre - Chestnut Street; view taken on the day of the last performance previous to its being torn down."
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DescriptionImage is of the front of a theater, arched opening below and columns above. There is signage indicating current performers. Original mount; archival matPublished References
Struthers Burt, Philadelphia: Holy Experiment (New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1945): 189-90; Kenneth Finkel, Nineteenth Century Photography in Philadelphia (New York: Library Company of Philadelphia and Dover Publications, 1980): 70, 218; Robert Looney, Old Philadelphia in Early Photographs 1839-1914 (New York: Free Library Company of Philadelphia and Dover Publications, 1976): 130.
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