| Creator |
Mumford, Thomas Howland, -1816, engraver. |
| Contributor |
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
| Title |
High Street Prison and Market Shambles. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[Philadelphia] : [publisher not identified] |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1844 |
| Date |
[ca. 1844] |
| Physical Description |
1 print : wood engraving ; sheet 8 x 16 cm (3 x 6.25 in.) |
| Description |
View looking east from above Third and High (Market) streets showing the High Street Prison built circa 1723 and the nearby
old market stalls during the colonial era. Shows men in colonial attire walking on the sidewalks and street and two African
American men in a stockade and attached to a whipping post near the jail. The prison operated until the early 1770s when replaced
by the Walnut Street Prison. The market shambles were replaced by the permanent Jersey Market circa 1765.
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| Notes |
Title from item. |
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Published in John F. Watson's Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, in the olden time:....Embellished with engravings,
by T.H. Mumford (Philadelphia, 1844), vol. 1 and later editions.
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Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886. |
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Description revised 2021. |
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Access points revised 2021. |
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Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited. |
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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.
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| Subject |
High Street Prison (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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African American men -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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African American prisoners -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Markets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Prisons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Ruins -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Market Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 000 block. |
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Market Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 100 block. |
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Market Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 200 block. |
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Market Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 300 block. |
| Genre |
Book illustrations -- 1840-1850. |
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Wood engravings -- 1840-1850. |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Pr Pr - 8x10 - Prisons - H [(7)1322.F.231] |
| Accession number |
(7)1322.F.231 |
