Details
Creator Parker & Mullikin, photographer.
Contributor Jackson-Cross Company.
Wilson Brothers & Co., architect.
Wilson, Harris & Richards, architect.
Title Rear view - showing Chancellor Street [sic]. Rear of Drexel Building at S. E. corner of 5th & Chestnut. [graphic] / Parker & Mullikin Photographers, P.O. Box 275, Upper Darby, Pa.
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1946
Date May 20, 1946
Physical Description 1 photographic print: gelatin silver; 8.5 x 11 in.
Description Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting the rear of the Drexel Building at the northeast corner of Fifth and Sansom Streets. Includes the ornate iron gate that marks the entrance to Drexel Court, the space between the two main towers of the building. The Second Bank of the United States, also known as the Philadelphia Custom House (1844-1932) and the U.S. Post Office (1863-1884), is visible in the background, to the right of the Drexel Building. Constructed in 1885 after designs by Wilson Brothers & Company. Altered several times by the same architectural firm, until 1904, when the firm of Wilson, Harris & Richards executed renovations. Demolished in 1955.
Notes Label on recto: Jackson-Cross Company, Lincoln-Liberty Building, Philadelphia.
Title from manuscript note on recto.
The Jackson-Cross Company, established around 1876, was a Philadelphia real estate firm in operation until 1998.
Subject United States Custom House (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Customhouses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Office buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Post offices -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Real estate business -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Sansom Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 400 block.
Genre Gelatin silver prints -- 1940-1950.
Associated name Wilson Brothers & Co., architect.
Associated name Wilson, Harris & Richards, architect.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Jackson-Cross [P.9784.26]
Accession number P.9784.26