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Title Looking east on Market St. from above 8th St., Philadelphia. [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1907
Date September 25, 1907
Physical Description 1 photograph : gelatin silver ; sheet 19 x 24 cm (7.25 x 9.25 in.)
Description View showing street construction by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company of the Market Street Subway on the 700 block of Market Street. Shows the very active street with several trolleys, horse-drawn vehicles, and men and women pedestrians hurrying on the street near the sidewalk mobbed with people. African American construction workers work under a "Danger" sign. Nearby, a man carries a sign advertising "Dr. Hyman" who "will fix your teeth." Several businesses line the street, including Lit Brothers department store (701-739 Market); "Dr. Wyeth's Painless Modern Dentistry" covered with signage; Hanscom's, grocery and lunch room (734 Market); Hertfelder's, tailor and clothiers; Wick Narrow Fabric Co.; and Asam Brothers, wall paper.
Notes Title from manuscript note on verso.
Date inscribed in negative.
Inscribed in negative: 4396.
Purchase 1989.
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 the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Subject Lit Brothers.
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company.
African American men -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Clothing stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Commercial streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Construction -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Dental offices -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Department stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Grocery stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Lunch rooms -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Pedestrians -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Street railroads -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Subways -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
African American laborers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Market Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 700 block.
Genre Gelatin silver prints -- 1900-1910.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - unidentified - Construction [P.9260.375]
Accession number P.9260.375