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Thomas MacKellar portrait, 1876

Permanent ID:
13774
Date:
1876
Image Description:
A portrait of Thomas McKellar (1812-1899) from the first of two photographic portrait albums assembled by W. Curtis Taylor & Company for the Centennial Exhibition. MacKellar was born in New York.  At the age of 14 he entered the printing establishment of Harper Brothers.  In 1833 he removed to Philadelphia and joined the type-foundry firm of Johnson & Smith, as proofreader.  He subsequently became a foreman, and then a partner in that firm, which has been known from 1860 as Mackellar, Smiths, and Jordan, type-founders of Philadelphia.  His publications include The American Printer, 1866, a prose work.

This digital record contains one image that depicts one portrait from box 114 (labeled as: Representative Men in Phila. 1876").
Address:
914 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Format:
Photographs
Dimensions:
Width: 30 cm, Height: 36 cm
Collection:
Herbert Welsh Collection
Related Person or Organization:
W. Curtis Taylor And Company (creator)
Library of Congress Subjects:
MacKellar, Thomas, 1812-1899 [info:lc/authorities/names/n82097731]
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) [info:lc/authorities/names/n50057204]