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Custom House & E. end of State House from 4 & Library Sts. 2nd story, [Philadelphia] [graphic].
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Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer.
Title
Custom House & E. end of State House from 4 & Library Sts. 2nd story, [Philadelphia] [graphic].
Date
June 15, 1887
Physical Description
1 photograph: glass negative; 4 x 5 in.
Description
Glass negative showing the custom house at Fourth and Library Street, a large building with pillars and a wide staircase. The clocktower of another building is visible in the distance and horse-drawn carriages travel down the road in the foreground. A building on the right bears a sign reading "F. Bernhardt."
Notes
Photographer remarks: Good sun.
Time: 10:15
Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris.
Edited.
Subject
Animals.
Carriages & coaches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Commercial streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Historic buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Horses.
Philadelphia artists.
Geographic subject
Fourth Street (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Library Street (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Philadelphia (Pa.)
Genre
Glass negatives.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1139]
Accession number
P.9895.1139
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