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Stereoscopic view of a portion of Market Street, Philadelphia, looking west, embracing the cupola of the Market House [graphic].
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Henry B. Odiorne Photograph Collection
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Creator
Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860, photographer.
Title
Stereoscopic view of a portion of Market Street, Philadelphia, looking west, embracing the cupola of the Market House [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 "New Jersey" Market terminus at the corner of Market and Front streets. The terminus, designed with cupola and clock and adorned with horns of plenty, was built in 1822 and operated until the abolition of street markets in 1859. In the background, businesses line the north side of the 100 block of Market Street including: Thomas J. Mecauley, tin warehouse (105 Market); R. & W.C. Biddle & Co., hardware, (131 Market); and the seed and agricultural warehouses of Philip B. Mingle & Co. (103 Market) and Rogers & Boyer (111 Market). Also includes a partial view of William D. Jones & Co., dry goods (217 Market) in the distance.
Notes
Yellow mount with square corners.
Manuscript note on verso: Old Corner House Market.
Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject
Mecauley, Thomas J.
R. & W.C. Biddle & Co.
Philip B. Mingle & Co.
Rogers & Boyer.
Markets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Hardware stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Seed industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Market Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 100 block -- North side.
Genre
Stereographs -- 1850-1860.
Albumen prints -- 1850-1860.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Odiorne - Markets [P.9047.99]
Accession number
P.9047.99
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Henry B. Odiorne Photograph Collection
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