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[Office of surveyors Clement B. and John H. Webster, 4534 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa.] [graphic].
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A60137
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Creator
Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer.
Title
[Office of surveyors Clement B. and John H. Webster, 4534 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa.] [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1900
Date
ca. 1900
Physical Description
1 negative : glass ; 20 x 13 cm. (8 x 5 in.)
Description
Depicts the west side of the 4500 block of Frankford Avenue, taken from Oxford Street. Three story, brick commercial buildings line the middle of the block, including L.J. Faber's cigar store (4526); three connected brick buildings with glass store fronts (4528-32); the one story office of surveyors Clement B. and John H. Webster; another cigar store (4538) and John J. Stewart's flour, feed, hay and straw business (4540). A small alley leading to the Frankford Meeting House separates L.J. Faber's cigar store from the other businesses. Two men stand on the northeast corner looking toward the camera.
Notes
Modern reference print #11 available in research file.
Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Subject
Commercial streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Offices -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Row houses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Stores & shops -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Frankford Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 4534.
Frankford Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 4500 block -- west side.
Frankford (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre
Glass plate negatives -- 1890-1900.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Webster [P.9501.131]
Accession number
P.9501.131
In Collections
Webster Family Negative and Photograph Collection
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