Details
Creator Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer.
Title 1227 + 1229 Market St., [Philadelphia, PA] [graphic].
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1900
Date 1900
Physical Description 1 photograph: glass negative; 6.5 x 8 in.
Description Glass negative a view of 1227-1235 Market Street. Horse-drawn carriages and carts stand on the cobblestone street. Awnings and large signs hang from the buildings. 1235 Market Street has a sign reading "[William] B. Drew [...] Feathers." 1233 Market Street has signs reading "Established 1831, W.P. Walter's Sons, 1233 Hardware 1233." 1231 Market Street has signs reading "Commonwealth Brewing Co., Real German Lager., Ostendorff's." 1229 Market Street has signs reading "Firmin Michel originator of the hot roast beef sandwich Lunch and Dining Room. D.C. Humphreys Adv. Sign Co., 1227 Market St., 25c Regular Dinners, Light Lunch Cafe." 1227 Market Street has signs reading "E.C. Eisenbrey's Famous Shirts., Tents and Decorations, D.C. Humphrys & Co. 1227 Signs, Headquarters for G.A.R. Decorations."
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 Drew, William B.
Eisenbrey, E.C.
Commonwealth Brewing Co.
D.C. Humphrys & Co.
Michel, Firmin.
Wm. P. Walter's Sons.
Animals.
Carriages & coaches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Commercial streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Horses.
Storefronts -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Philadelphia artists.
Geographic subject Market Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 1200 block.
Philadelphia (Pa.)
Genre Glass negatives.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.2013.13.557]
Accession number *P.2013.13.557