George Read / Phildelphia street scene, 3rd and Chestnut Streets / July, 1842

George Read
Phildelphia street scene, 3rd and Chestnut Streets
July, 1842
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Creator Name: Read, George
Creator Nationality: North American; American
Gender: M
Creator Name-CRT: George Read
Title: Phildelphia street scene, 3rd and Chestnut Streets
View: Full View
Creation Start Date: 1842
Creation End Date: 1842
Creation Date: July, 1842
Creation Place: US, PA, Philadelphia
Object Type: Photographs
Materials and Techniques: daguerreotype
Dimensions: 8.8 x 7.2 cm. (visible), 1/2 plate
Inscriptions: recto-(in ink) "Daguerreotype by George Reed, Phila. July - 1842"
AMICA Contributor: George Eastman House
Owner Location: Rochester, New York, USA
ID Number: 69:0200:0041
Credit Line: Museum Purchase: ex-collection Zelda P. Mackay
Rights: http://www.geh.org/rights.html
Subject Terms: street scene, ident
Exhibition History: "This Edifice is Colossal: 19th Century Architectural Photography", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, November 8, 1986 - January 4, 1987. (Traveled).//
Exhibition History: "A Lasting Impression: The Daguerreotype in America", US, GA, Atlanta, High Museum at Georgia-Pacific Center, November 30, 1989 - February 23, 1990.//
Exhibition History: "Early Works of Photography", Japan, Tokyo, Metropolitan Museum of Photography, January 30 - March 25, 1992.//
Exhibition History: "Reflections in a Glass Eye: Works from the International Center of Photography" US, NY, New York November 3, 2000 - March 18, 2001.//
Related Document Description: Newhall, Beaumont. --The Daguerreotype in America.-- New York: Dover Publications, 1976. pl. 6.//
AMICA ID: GEH_.69:0200:0041
AMICA Library Year: 2002
Media Metadata Rights: ? George Eastman House

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