Details
Creator Newell, Robert, 1822-1897, photographer.
Title Market St. Ferry [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1892
Date [ca. 1892]
Physical Description 1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; sheet 19 x 24 cm (7.25 x 9.25 in.)
Description Busy Philadelphia street scene depicting the Pennsylvania Railroad Market Street Ferry terminal at the foot of Market Street at Delaware Avenue near the Ridgway Hotel. Horse-drawn cars, trolleys, and pedestrians, including an African American man leaning on a lamppost, crowd the street, markets, and sidewalks. The Market Street Ferry was established about 1800 and was a principal form of transportation from Philadelphia to Camden, N.J. through the early 20th century.
Notes Title inscribed in negative.
Inscribed in negative: 429.
Attributed to Philadelphia photographer Robert Newell.
Published in the Philadelphia evening public ledger, January 1, 1922.
Gift of William E. Conner, 2000.
Description revised 2022.
Access points revised 2022.
Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Subject Market Street Ferry (Philadelphia, Pa.)
African American men -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Carts & wagons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Ferries -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Horses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Hotels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Marine terminals -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Pedestrians -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Market Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 000 block.
Genre Albumen prints -- 1890-1900.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - Newell [P.9781.7]
Accession number P.9781.7