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N.W. 23 and Market Sts. Monument. [graphic].
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Creator
Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer.
Title
N.W. 23 and Market Sts. Monument. [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1923
Date
ca. 1923
Physical Description
1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 12 x 9 cm. (4.5 x 3.25 in.)
Description
Depicts monument in the shape of an obelisk topped with a sundial which stood at the western approach to the Schuylkill Permanent Bridge at Market Street until 1840, when it was removed to 23rd and Market Streets. Inscriptions describing the bridge and it's construction from 1800 to 1805 decorate the four sides of the obelisk. Industrial building appears in background.
Notes
Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso.
Photographer's manuscript note on verso: (Find out what it commemorates).
Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Subject
Monuments & memorials -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Schuylkill Permanent Bridge (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Market Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 2300 block.
Genre
Gelatin silver prints -- 1920-1930.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Wilson 178 [P.8513.178]
Accession number
P.8513.178
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George Mark Wilson Photograph Collection
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