Details
Creator Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer.
Title [Tenements 1-2 and 3-4, Workman Place, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1923
Date ca. 1923
Physical Description 1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 10 x 12 cm. (4 x 4.75 in.)
Description Depicts four of the seven brick tenements at 110-112 Pemberton St. built in 1748 for George Mifflin. John Workman, a South Carolina lumber merchant, bought the properties from Mifflin's grandson, John, and built the larger properties in front of these tenements at 742-746 S. Front St. in 1812-1813. This group of houses is still named for Workman. The initials "GM" (for George Mifflin) appear on the north wall of 110 Pemberton St. (Tenements 1-2), and the date "1748" appears on the north wall of 112 Pemberton St. (Tenements 3-4).
Notes Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Quaint Houses. ________ St. bet 2" and 3".
Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Subject Workman, John, 1738-ca. 1819,
Mifflin, George, d. 1785,
Tenement houses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Pemberton Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 110-112.
Workman Place (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Gelatin silver prints -- 1920-1930.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Wilson 149 [P.8513.149]
Accession number P.8513.149