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[Frame rowhouses, East Thompson and East Columbia Streets, Fishtown, Philadelphia.] [graphic].
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A62977
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Creator
Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer.
Title
[Frame rowhouses, East Thompson and East Columbia Streets, Fishtown, Philadelphia.] [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1923
Date
ca. 1923
Physical Description
1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 9 x 11 cm. (3.5 x 4.5 in.)
Description
Depicts a block of dilapidated row houses. Nearest house advertises oysters and clams. Trolly tracks run in street; trees grow along sidewalk.
Notes
Title from manuscript note on verso.
Photographer's manuscript note on verso: An entire row of old frame houses in Fishtown, Phila. Thompson and _______ Sts. These houses were recently torn down (1923) to make way for a playground.
Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Subject
Row houses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Thompson Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 400 block.
Genre
Gelatin silver prints -- 1920-1930.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Wilson 230 [P.8513.230]
Accession number
P.8513.230
In Collections
George Mark Wilson Photograph Collection
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