Call Number:

36

Repository:

Historical Society of Frankford

Extent:

4.5 linear feet

Language:

English

Date:

circa 1875-1925

Creator:

Hallowell, Guernsey, 1867-1944

Abstract:

Guernsey A. Hallowell (1867-1944) was a local businessman and historian in Frankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Hallowell was active in the Historical Society of Frankford, and wrote Frankford: Direction of a Greater Philadelphia with Thomas Creighton. The Guernsey Hallowell photograph collection, circa 1875-1925, consists of 260 photographs, primarily of Frankford, Bridesburg, Holmesburg, and other Northeast Philadelphia area buildings, landscapes, and street scenes.

Guernsey Albert Hallowell (1867-1944) was a resident of the Frankford neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He married Anna Marion Shunk in 1890. Hallowell worked for many years as a conveyancer (a specialist in the buying and selling of real estate property). From 1924 to 1935 he had a partnership in law, real estate, and conveyance with Rodger Melling, Esquire. An active collector and writer on local history, Guernsey Hallowell became a director of the Historical Society of Frankford upon the society's founding in 1905 and was a signer of its articles of incorporation. Hallowell also wrote Frankford: Direction of a Greater Philadelphia with Thomas Creighton.

This collection consists of 260 late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century photographs, primarily of Frankford, Bridesburg, Holmesburg, and other Northeast Philadelphia area buildings, landscapes, and street scenes.

The photographs are numbered G-1 through G-260 and are indexed by subject or location in a card catalog. There is also one box of approximately 100 picture postcards, some of which have been numbered and described and are listed in an inventory sheet. Other items in the collection that are uncataloged include film negatives and carte des visites.