Creator |
Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, artist. |
Title |
[Market building, Market and Fifteenth Streets] [graphic] / Frank H. Taylor from photo. |
Publisher |
[Philadelphia] |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1920 |
Date |
[ca. 1920] |
Physical Description |
1 drawing : ink and wash ; sheet 52 x 37 cm (20.5 x 14.5 in.) |
Description |
Street view of the market sheds at 15th and Market Streets, Philadelphia. Depicts men vendors selling their goods, including
meats and produce, under covered stalls and from a wagon as customers, primarily women, walk and shop along the market. Also
shows a Conestoga wagon parked by the market in the right, barrels and baskets of goods displayed near some of the stalls,
and a fire hydrant at the corner. In the left foreground, a horse-drawn omnibus travels down tracks in the street. In the
background, a row of building, including the Western Exchange Hotel is visible. The market sheds were removed April 1859 following
the completion of the Western Market House at Sixteenth and Market Streets. The Western Exchange Hotel, a resting spot for
many of the farmers who rented at the market, was demolished circa 1860.
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Notes |
Title from print in the series. |
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Date inferred from content and active dates of the artist. |
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Signed by the artist in the lower right. |
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Manuscript note written on recto: Masonic. Show to Masonic Hall get label. |
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Inscribed in lower right corner: 5.00 |
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Manuscript written on verso: The market sheds, extending two squares West of fifteenth street, were removed in 1862. The old
Western Exchange building and the row of dwellings west from it were removed in 1880 to make room for the Pennsylvania R.R.
first terminal. The arched front of the Western Market house is shown in the back ground.
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Contains series number written on sticker label in upper left corner: 336. Written in manuscript on the bottom left corner:
336. Number corresponds to the series, Old Philadelphia: Artistic reproductions from drawings by Frank H. Taylor depicting
old structures and scenes of historic interest.
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See also: photo - McClees - Hotels, Inns, and Taverns [(9)1322.F.49b] |
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Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2019. |
Subject |
Western Exchange Hotel (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Carts & wagons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Horse-drawn omnibuses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Horses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Hotels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Markets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Shopping -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Street vendors. -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
Geographic subject |
Market Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 1500 block. |
Genre |
Ink drawings -- 1910-1920. |
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Wash drawings -- 1910-1920. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2019.62.22] |
Accession number |
P.2019.62.22 |