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[View of rooftop chicken coop at 10th and Ellsworth Streets, Philadelphia] [graphic].
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Creator
Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer.
Title
[View of rooftop chicken coop at 10th and Ellsworth Streets, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia
Date
ca. 1923
Physical Description
1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 12 x 8 cm. (4.5 x 3 in.)
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Neighborhood 10" and Ellsworth Sts. How to duck the health inspectors prying eye. Keep the chickens on the roof. (Print left side stronger).
Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Subject
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Poultry houses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Chickens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Ellsworth Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 1000 block.
Genre
Gelatin silver prints -- 1920-1930.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Wilson 171 [P.8513.171]
Accession number
P.8513.171
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George Mark Wilson Photograph Collection
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