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A little court off Front St. no. of Arch St. [graphic].
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A63040
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Creator
Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer.
Title
A little court off Front St. no. of Arch St. [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1923
Date
ca. 1923
Physical Description
1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 12 x 9 cm. (4.75 x 3.5 in.)
Description
Depicts two brick homes, with two children posed in front of each building.
Notes
Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso.
Photographer's manuscript note on verso: These houses in the picture, likewise all those in court are considerably over 125 years. At the upper end of this court there is an alley. In this alley there is a three story, Flemish bond front, house. In this house Benj Franklin resided. So he passed the buildings herewith photographed, in going to - or coming from his home, since there never was any other way of gaining entrance to his home than by passing up this alley. Houses rent from $6 to $9 per mo. (Tell about woman and the Dardenells story. Judicate the pride of residentials (Americans) of this section in the houses of the neighborhood. Proud of the long periods they have resided there.
Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Subject
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Homes and haunts.
Children -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Front Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- North -- 200 block.
Genre
Gelatin silver prints -- 1920-1930.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Wilson 118 [P.8513.118]
Accession number
P.8513.118
In Collections
George Mark Wilson Photograph Collection
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