Details
Creator Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860.
Title Stereoscopic view of Market Street, Philadelphia, including a view of the Market House from 8th to Front St. [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia: H.B. Odiorne]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1859
Date [c1859]
Physical Description 1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 9 x 18 cm.(3.25 x 7 in.)
Description View showing the vacant market sheds on the 700 block of Market street. The sheds erected in the late 17th century at Front and Market streets, extended to Eighth Street in 1816, and were removed between 1859 and 1860. A man and two boys stand at the opening of the shed. Businesses lining the block include J.M. Maris & Co., drug manufacturer; Edwin Hardt's dining saloon; and H. M'Grath, bookseller and publisher.
Notes Photographer, title, and publication information from duplicate stereograph in the collections of the George Eastman House.
Buff mount with square corners.
Gift of Penelope Batcheler.
Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 111.
Arcadia caption text: The ramshackle condition of the market sheds for which they were much criticized can be seen in this view taken c.1859 on the 700 block of Market Street. Extended to Eighth Street in 1816, the Market Street sheds were condemned as an impediment to trade and travel and were razed soon after this photograph was taken. Neighboring businesses, such as prominent Philadelphia drug manufacturer J.M. Maris & Co., visible in this view, previously promoted the sheds because the adjacent storefronts reaped the financial benefits of customers attracted by the market.
HSP holds copy with text pasted on verso titled "Farewell Address of the Market Houses." Text also promotes the Rehn Photographic Gallery. See LCP research file Odiorne, Henry for photostat of verso.
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject Hardt, Edwin.
M'Grath, H.
J.M. Maris & Co.
Markets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Commercial streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Publishing industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Restaurants -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Market Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 700 block -- North side.
Genre Stereographs -- 1850-1860.
Albumen prints -- 1850-1860.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Odiorne - Markets [P.9460.1]
Accession number P.9460.1