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ID: 500005535
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Record Type: Person
McClees, James Earle (American photographer and art dealer, 1821-1887)

Note: Died 2 May 1887. In 1844, McClees learned the daguerreotype process from M.P. Simons in Philadelphia. In 1846, McClees fromed a partnership with Washington Lafayette Germon called "McClees & Germon". The Philadelphia firm, which operated until 1854, specialized in views of the city. From 1855 to 1867, McClees operated photographic galleries in Philadelphia. In 1867, he sold his business to one of his employees, William Bell. He then became an art dealer.

Names:
McClees, James Earle (preferred,V,index)
James Earle McClees (V,display)
McClees, J. E. (V)
McClees, James E. (V)

Nationalities:
American (preferred)

Roles:
photographer (preferred)
dealer
art dealer
daguerreotypist

Gender: male

Birth and Death Places:
Born:  Chester (Delaware county, Pennsylvania, United States) (inhabited place)
Died:  Philadelphia (Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania, United States) (inhabited place)

Events:
active:   1844 - 1887  Philadelphia (Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania, United States) (inhabited place)

Related People or Corporate Bodies:
partner in ....  McClees & Germon  from 1846 to 1854
..................  (American photography studio, 1846-ca. 1855) [500033388]
partner of ....  Germon, W. L.  
..................  (American photographer and daguerreotypist, born 1822 or 1823, died 1877 or 1878) [500036807]

List/Hierarchical Position:
 ....  Persons, Artists
 ........  McClees, James Earle (I)

Biographies:
(American photographer and art dealer, 1821-1887) ..... [VP Preferred]
(American photographer, act.1854) ..... [BHA]
(American photographer and dealer; born Chester County (Pennsylvania, United States), 1821; died Philadelphia (United States), 1887) ..... [CCA]
(American, 1821-1887, daguerreotypist (also McClees & Germon)) ..... [JPGM]

Additional Names:

Sources and Contributors:
James Earle McClees ........ [CCA]
........................................  Canadian Centre for Architecture database
McClees, James E. ........ [BHA Preferred, CCA]
....................................  Canadian Centre for Architecture database
McClees, James Earle ........ [CCA Preferred, JPGM Preferred]
..........................................  Johnson, Nineteenth-Century Photography (1990)
McClees, J. E. ........ [CCA]
..............................  Canadian Centre for Architecture database

Subject: ........ [BHA, CCA, Gallery Systems, JPGM]
....................  Canadian Centre for Architecture database
....................  Eastman House Database [online] (n.d.)
....................  Finkel, Nineteenth-century photography in Philadelphia (1980)
....................  Gallery Systems (2000-) LOC ID: n98028338
....................  Johnson, Nineteenth-Century Photography (1990)
....................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) LOC ID: n98028338
....................  Taft, Photography and the American Scene (1964)
 
Note:
English .......... [CCA]
.......... Eastman House Database [online] (n.d.)
.......... Johnson, Nineteenth-Century Photography (1990)
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