| Creator |
W. Birch & Son. |
| Contributor |
Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834. |
|
Birch, Thomas, 1779-1851, artist. |
|
Seymour, Samuel, 1796-1823, engraver. |
|
R. Campbell & Co., distributor. |
| Title |
[Arch Street ferry, Philadelphia] [graphic] / Drawn, engraved & published by W. Birch & Son; Sold by R. Campbell & Co. No.
30 Chesnut [sic] Street.
|
| Publisher |
Philadelphia : W. Birch & Son |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1800 |
| Date |
1800 |
| Physical Description |
1 print : engraving ; sheet 33 x 39 cm (12.75 x 15.5 in.) |
| Description |
View of the Arch Street ferry terminal on the Delaware River. Depicts Philadelphia's busy waterfront and includes sailing
ships, warehouses, bartering merchants, and dock workers weighing, as well as loading, barrels and bundles of produce onto
carts. Others, including white women, are fishing and enjoying the view. To the far left of an unoccupied dock, dock workers,
including an African American man, move large bundles. At the turn of the nineteenth century ferries were the main source
of transportation to Southern New Jersey. New Jersey provided much of the fresh produce sold at Philadelphia markets.
|
| Is part of |
City of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania, North America, as it appeared in the year 1800. |
| Is referenced by |
Snyder, City of Independence 201 |
|
Snyder, "William Birch: His Philadelphia Views" 2a |
| Notes |
Title from duplicate print. |
|
Illustrated in S. Robert Teitelman's Birch's views of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1982,
rev. 2000), pl. 4.
|
|
Accessioned 1979. |
|
Description revised 2021. |
|
Access points revised 2021. |
| Subject |
African American men -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
African American stevedores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Ferries -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Marine terminals -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Shipping. |
|
Stevedores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Waterfronts -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
African American laborers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Genre |
Engravings -- 1800-1810. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Birch's views [Sn 4a/P.2276.6] |
| Accession number |
Sn 4a/P.2276.6 |
