Details
Creator Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer.
Title [4500 block of Franklin Street, near "Grandmother's Alley", Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa.] [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1900
Date ca. 1900
Physical Description 1 negative : glass ; 20 x 13 cm. (8 x 5 in.)
Description Depicts the west side of the 4500 block of Franklin Street, currently Griscom Street, focusing on a two-story brick structure, which sits next to "Grandmother's Alley," an alleyway leading to the Frankford Friends Meeting House from Frankford Avenue. The clock tower of the Central Methodist Episcopal Church is visible in the background. The church was constructed in 1869 for the Seventh United Presbyterian Church. The Central Methodist Episcopal Church purchased the property ca. 1877 when the new church for the Seventh United Presbyterian Church was constructed at the southeast corner of Orthodox and Leiper streets.
Notes Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Subject Alleys -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Churches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Episcopal churches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Franklin Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 4500 block.
Griscom Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 4500 block
Frankford (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Glass plate negatives -- 1890-1900.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Webster [P.9501.130]
Accession number P.9501.130