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[Fourth Street below Walnut Street, Philadelphia] [graphic].
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Creator
Cremer, James, 1821-1893.
Contributor
Gries, John M., 1827-1862, architect.
Collins & Autenrieth, architect.
Title
[Fourth Street below Walnut Street, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Publisher
[Philadelphia: James Cremer, publisher of stereoscopic views, 18 South Eighth St]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1875
Date
[ca. 1875]
Physical Description
1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 9 x 18 cm.(3.5 x 7 in.)
Description
View looking south from Walnut Street showing the east side of the 200 block of Fourth Street, including the expanded Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company offices at 227 South 4th Street. The office building, originally built in 1850 after the designs of John M. Gries, was altered to include an addition in 1871 after the designs of Collins & Autenrieth. The railroad offices remained at the location until 1893. Also shows an adjacent tobacco store (211 Fourth) and a horse-drawn carriage traveling in the street.
Is part of
Excelsior series. American views. Philadelphia, Penn'a
Notes
Title supplied by cataloguer.
Orange mount with rounded corners.
Manuscript note on verso: Walnut & 4th St.
Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co. -- Buildings.
Streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Tobacco shops -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Carts & carriages -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Fourth Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- South -- 227.
Fourth Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- South -- 200 block -- East side.
Genre
Stereographs -- 1870-1880.
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880.
Associated name
Gries, John M., 1827-1862, architect.
Associated name
Collins & Autenrieth, architect.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Cremer - Streets [P.9047.45]
Accession number
P.9047.45
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