[No. 46 to No. 52, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania] – Historic Photograph Print
![[No. 46 to No. 52, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania], 1843, June 17. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/4c/4caea6f68ef6-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: [No. 46 to No. 52, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania], preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[No. 46 to No. 52, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]
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Mason's daguerreotype shows a row of shops on the south side of Chestnut Street, west of Second Street, in Philadelphia. Legible signs include Walking Canes, McAllister & Son, and W.G. Mason, Engraver, and a paper label on the back notes that the store at No. 48 was photographed just before a new window was installed in 1843. Mason gave the plate to John McAllister Jr. on June 17, 1843. Because exposures of that period ran for minutes, passing carriages and pedestrians left no trace, so the street looks empty and still.
| Created / published | 1843, June 17. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photograph : approximate quarter plate daguerreotype. |
| Genre | Daguerreotypes 1840-1850. |
| Notes | Signs on buildings include: Walking Canes, McAllister, McAllister & Son, W.G. Mason Engraver, A.J. McDuffee. In frame with gold leaf around window opening. Paper label on back of frame: View of houses No. 46 to no. 52 on the south side of Chestnut Street west of Second Street Taken in daguerreotype by Mr. Wm. G. Mason, and presented by him to John McAllister Junior June 17, 1843. Paper label on back of frame: The store no. 48 Chestnut Street before the new window was put in in 1843. Paper label on back of frame: Taken in daguerreotype by Wm. G. Mason June 17, 1843 and presented by him to W.Y. McAllister. Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1996; (DLC/PP-1996:087.1). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection (Library of Congress) |
| Subjects | Commercial streets--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1840-1850. Stores & shops--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,639 × 4,512 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 111_No_46_to_No_52_Chestnut_1843 |
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