Details
Creator Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860.
Contributor McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title [Stereoscopic view of a portion of Market Street, Philadelphia, looking west, embracing the cupola of the Market House] [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia: H.B. Odiorne]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1859
Date [c1859]
Physical Description 1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 9 x 16 cm.(3.25 x 6 in.)
Description View showing the "New Jersey" Market terminus at the corner of Market and Front streets. The terminus, designed with cupola and clock and adorned with horns of plenty, was built in 1822 and operated until the abolition of street markets in 1859. In the background, businesses line the north side of the 100 block of Market Street, including: Thomas J. Mecauley, tin hardware (105 Market); R & W.C. Biddle & Co., hardware, (131 Market); and the seed and agricultural warehouses of Philip B. Mingle & Co. (103 Market) and Rogers & Boyer (111 Market). Also includes a partial view of William D. Jones & Co., dry goods, (217 Market) in the distance.
Notes Photographer, title, and publication information from duplicate.
Buff mount with square corners.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject Mecauley, Thomas J.
R. & W.C. Biddle & Co.
Philip B. Mingle & Co.
Rogers & Boyer.
Markets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Hardware stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Seed industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Market Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 100 block -- North side.
Genre Stereographs -- 1850-1860.
Albumen prints -- 1850-1860.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Odiorne - Markets [(8)1322.F.9d]
Accession number (8)1322.F.9d