Unidentified photographer
1847 (copy)
8th Street at Arch, northeast corner [Philadelphia]

Copy print from a Daguerreotype original
Free Library of Philadelphia
Collection: Historical Images of Philadelphia, Item No: pdcl00102
 
Reprinted in: Robert F. Looney (ed.), Old Philadelphia in early photographs, 1839-1914(New York: Dover Publications, ca.1976)
 
"One of the earliest views of Philadelphia, this shows a group of men casually posed outside a sheet-iron dealer's establishment on the northeast corner of the intersection of 8th and Arch Streets. The area appears not to be densely populated, though at this time it was by no means remote from the center of business activity. A note on the reverse of the photograph states that the picture was taken from a daguerreotype of 1840/41. City directories, however, do not list the company of O'Bryan and Rose until 1847."--OPEP, p. 105.
 
From a Daguerreotype showing a house-like building with five men posing in front. One man is leaning against a tree and two are sharing an umbrella. On the store: "Tin, sheet iron & stove manufacturer. No. 303. [N.B.?] Roofing & Spouting"; "O'Bryan & Rose" ; "Improv'd patent lard lamps" ; and "Superior […] white ash […]."
 
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