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D. Sargent Bell Collection
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bell, D. Sargent (1876-194-), photographer.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bell Telephone Co. (Philadelphia, Pa.).
- Philadelphia Gas Works.
- Medical care.
- Education.
- Religion.
- Associations, institutions, etc.
- Sports.
- Entertainers.
- Streets.
- Interior architecture.
- Show windows.
- Shopping--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Shopping.
- Department stores--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Department stores.
- Theatrical productions.
- Advertising.
- Business enterprises.
- Industries.
- Buildings.
- Genre:
- Portrait photographers
- Group portraits
- Penn Provenance:
- Gift of John Gibb Smith, 19--
- Physical Description:
- 5,599 photoprints : silver gelatin, 8 x 10 in. (20.4 x 25.4 cm.), 11 x 14 in. (28 x 35.7 cm.) and smaller.
- Arrangement:
- Bulk arranged into 24 groups based on subject matter.
- Place of Publication:
- Bulk dates 1915-1942; 1900-1942 inclusive
- Biography/History:
- Dickinson Sargent Bell worked as a professional photographer in Phila- delphia from the late 1890s through the early 1940s. He was the son of William S. Bell, a pioneer photographer active in Philadelphia from 1848-1905. D. Sargent Bell is first listed as a photographer in the 1896 city directory. By 1916, he opened a studio with Joseph Fischer at 1324 Walnut Street. Bell and Fischer operated at this address through 1920. Bell worked there without a partner in 1921, and moved his studio to 1422 Walnut from 1923-1926. From 1927 to 1929 his studio was at 115 S. 16th Street. His last studio location was at 116 S. 17th Street; he operated there between 1930 and 1942.
- Summary:
- Primarily photographs taken by Bell and by Bell and Fischer. Subjects include such topics as the Bell Telephone Co., the Philadelphia Gas Works, Philadelphia department stores, business enterprises, exhibitions, furniture, eating establishments, religion, education, health care, organizations, industry, interiors, streets, buildings, sports, and theatrical productions.
- Notes:
- Title and arrangement devised.
- Finding Aid/Index:
- Includes many unidentified items. Some images are by unidentified photographers.
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