Details
Title [Looking east on the 1600 block of Market Street, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1904
Date [1904]
Physical Description 1 photograph : gelatin silver ; sheet 19 x 24 cm (7.5 x 9.5 in.)
Description View showing street construction by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company of the Market Street Subway across from the Broad Street Station (built 1879-1882). In the foreground, a number of African American construction workers stand in a pit. In the background is another pit with more construction workers. Pedestrians and spectators look on at the scene. Several businesses on the south side of the 1600 block of Market Street, including "Cronin's," are visible. Also shows several horse-drawn wagons traveling past the rail station, and theater advertisements adorning construction equipment.
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
Date inferred from a closely-numbered photograph in the series with an inscribed date.
Inscribed in negative: 555.
Gift of Steven Dorfman, 2013.
Description revised 2022.
Access points revised 2022.
Subject Broad Street Station (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Pennsylvania Railroad -- Buildings.
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company.
African American construction workers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Carts & wagons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Construction -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Construction workers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Laborers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Pedestrians -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Railroad stations -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Spectators -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Subways -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Market Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 1600 block.
Genre Gelatin silver prints -- 1900-1910.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - unidentified - Construction [P.2013.6.5]
Accession number P.2013.6.5