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House N.W. corner of Chestnut and Strawberry Alley – Vintage Wall Art

House N.W. corner of Chestnut and Strawberry Alley, [ca. 1845] — historic photograph
House N.W. corner of Chestnut and Strawberry Alley, [ca. 1845]. Historic photograph from the Daguerreotypes & Early Photography collection.

(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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House N.W. corner of Chestnut and Strawberry Alley

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Chestnut and Strawberry Alley in Philadelphia, a corner house at the center of this daguerreotype, is recorded in the title etched into the plate itself, which dates to about 1845. The image is a small sixth-plate silver plate, a mirror-bright surface that shows its picture only when tilted toward the light. Its case bears a scene of the Burns Monument in Ayr, Scotland, honoring the poet Robert Burns, and a label names W.Y. McAllister as the maker. The Library of Congress acquired the piece in 1999 as part of the Marion S. Carson collection.

Created / published[ca. 1845]
Medium1 photograph : sixth-plate daguerreotype.
GenreDaguerreotypes 1840-1850.
NotesCase: Burns's Monument. Label attached to case: By W.Y. McAllister about 1845. Label attached to case: N.W. Chestnut & Strawberry. Title etched on plate. Purchase; Marion S. Carson; 1999; (DLC/PP-1999:126). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Marion S. Carson collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsBurns, Robert,--1759-1796--Monuments--Scotland--Ayr. Houses--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1840-1850.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,120 × 5,152 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi
Reference72_House_NW_corner_of_Ches_1845

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