Details
Creator Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer.
Title 7th + Filbert Sts., [Philadelphia, PA] [graphic].
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1900
Date 1900
Physical Description 1 photograph: glass negative; 6.5 x 8 in.
Description Glass negative showing the corner of Seventh and Filbert Streets in Philadelphia. In the center of the image, a three-story building stands on the corner. To the left stands a six-story building with a sign painted on the side that reads "Philada. Photo Electrotype Co. Designers & Engravers" (705-707 Filbert Street). A smaller building closer to the center has a sign reading "G.W. Bean & Co. Perfumery." The buildings to the right display signs reading, "Gold Leaf," "Appleton & Company Wallpapers" (44 N. 7th Street), and "Oliver T. Terry [...] Woolens" (46 N. 7th Street). Various carriages drive down the street.
Notes Originally housed in negative box inscribed “Bought 12/27, 1899.”
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 Terry, Oliver T.
Appleton & Company.
G.W. Bean & Co.
Philadelphia Photo Electrotype Company -- Buildings.
Commercial streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Philadelphia artists.
Geographic subject Filbert Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 700 block.
Philadelphia (Pa.)
Seventh Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- North -- 44.
Seventh Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- North -- 46.
Genre Glass negatives.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.2013.13.553]
Accession number *P.2013.13.553