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Photo, Print, Drawing [Photographs of the McAllister family from the Marian S. Carson collection]

About this Item

Title

  • [Photographs of the McAllister family from the Marian S. Carson collection]

Summary

  • Chiefly photographs of McAllister family members, including a group portrait of "John A. McAllister" and "Thomas H. McAllister" identified as "The Pirates", residences, and places of business in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Also includes churches (Gloria Dei Church and the Old Lutheran Church (St. Michael's)), cemeteries, including the grave of John McAllister, Senior, commercial street scenes, the "German Lutheran Schoolhouse" on "Cherry Street below 4th" in Philadelphia, the "Philadelphia Dispensary" with coach on the street in front, and other buildings. Includes one gelatin silver reproduction of an albumen stereograph of William Young McAllister in his store in 1859, two halftone prints showing John McAllister, Sr. and John McAllister, Jr., albumen reproductions of portrait paintings by James Peale of John McAllister, Sr. and Mrs. Frances W. McAllister, also a calling card for "Mrs. John McAllister" and a cover tab torn from a carte-de-visite display enclosure or envelope on which is printed "Established 1796. McAllister & Brother, Opticians, 728 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia".

Names

  • Germon, W. L. (Washington Lafayette), photographer
  • Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917, photographer
  • Langenheim, Frederick, 1809-1879, photographer
  • Peale, James, 1749-1831, artist
  • Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920, photographer
  • Reimer, B. F. (Benjamin F.), 1826-1899), photographer
  • Schreiber & Sons, photographer
  • Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [1854-1980]

Headings

  • -  McAllister, John,--1753-1830--Tomb
  • -  McAllister, John,--1786-1877
  • -  McAllister, W. Y.--(William Young),--1812-1896
  • -  Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
  • -  Churches--Pennsylvania--1850-1890
  • -  Residences--Pennsylvania--1850-1890
  • -  Commercial streets--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1850-1890
  • -  Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Pennsylvania--1850-1890
  • -  Philadelphia (Pa.)--1850-1890

Format Headings

  • Albumen prints--1850-1890.
  • Cartes de visite--1860-1880.
  • Gelatin silver prints--1950-1980.
  • Group portraits--1850-1890.
  • Halftone photomechanical prints--1930-1950.
  • Portrait paintings--1810-1820--Reproductions--1860-1890.
  • Portrait photographs--1850-1890.
  • Salted paper prints--1850-1860.

Genre

  • Portrait paintings--1810-1820--Reproductions--1860-1890
  • Portrait photographs--1850-1890
  • Group portraits--1850-1890
  • Cartes de visite--1860-1880
  • Halftone photomechanical prints--1930-1950
  • Salted paper prints--1850-1860
  • Albumen prints--1850-1890
  • Gelatin silver prints--1950-1980

Notes

  • -  Arrangement: Arrangement loosely based on groups established by collector.
  • -  LOT title devised by Library staff.
  • -  The photographs are attributed to several photographers, including: F. Gutekunst, Photographer, 712 Arch Street, Philadelphia, B.F. Reimer, No. 615 and 617 North Second Street, Philadelphia, The Photographic Gallery of W.L. Germon, No. 702 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, F. Langenheim, Coonley & Wolfersberger, 920 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, A.M. Gorman, No. 18 South Eighth Street, Philadelphia, Schreiber & Son, Photographers, 818 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Edward R. Morgan, 1109 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, and William H. Rau, 1324 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.
  • -  (DLC/PP-1998:151.33)
  • -  Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress.

Medium

  • 52 photographs : albumen, salted paper, gelatin silver ; 29.5 x 24.5 cm or smaller.
  • 4 prints : halftone photomechanical and letterpress ; 23.2 x 15.2 cm or smaller.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LOT 14123 (H) [P&P]

Source Collection

  • Carson, Marian S. Visual materials from the Marian S. Carson collection

Repository

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2016645626

Rights Advisory

Online Format

  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

Rights & Access

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  • Rights Advisory: Rights status of individual items not evaluated. For general information see "Copyright and Other Restrictions ...," https://aj.sunback.homes/rr/print/195_copr.html
  • Reproduction Number: ---
  • Call Number: LOT 14123 (H) [P&P]
  • Access Advisory: ---

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Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Peale, James, Artist, and Marian S. Carson Collection, Germon, W. L, Frederick Gutekunst, Frederick Langenheim, William Herman Rau, B. F Reimer, and Schreiber & Sons, photographer. Photographs of the McAllister family from the Marian S. Carson collection. Philadelphia Pennsylvania, 1854. [to 1980] Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016645626/.

APA citation style:

Peale, J. & Marian S. Carson Collection, Germon, W. L., Gutekunst, F., Langenheim, F., Rau, W. H., Reimer, B. F. & Schreiber & Sons, photographer. (1854) Photographs of the McAllister family from the Marian S. Carson collection. Philadelphia Pennsylvania, 1854. [to 1980] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016645626/.

MLA citation style:

Peale, James, Artist, and Marian S. Carson Collection, photographers by Germon, W. L, et al. Photographs of the McAllister family from the Marian S. Carson collection. [to 1980] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2016645626/>.