| Creator |
Evans, B. R. (Benjamin Ridgway), 1834-1891, artist. |
| Contributor |
Dreer, Ferdinand J. 1812-1902, collector. |
| Title |
South-east corner of Twelfth and Locust streets. [graphic] / B.R. Evans. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1883 |
| Date |
1883 |
| Physical Description |
1 drawing : watercolor ; sheet 26 x 33 cm (10 x 12.75 in.) |
| Description |
View of the business and residential Philadelphia street corner with a two-story, wooden building advertising the sale of
cigars, tobacco, coal, and oil. Barrels and carts line the sidewalk. Rowhouses are interspersed amongst the businesses including
a liquor store, a lager beer hall, and Palace Segar store. Men, women, and children pedestrians, including African Americans,
walk on the sidewalk. In the nineteenth century, the neighborhood, known as Washington Square West, contained one of the city's
largest populations of African Americans.
|
| Notes |
Title from item. |
|
Possibly commissioned by Philadelphia antiquarian Ferdinand Dreer. |
|
Lib. Company. Annual report, 1975, p. 6-11. |
|
Select link below for a digital image. |
|
Purchase 1975. |
|
Description revised 2021. |
|
Access points revised 2021. |
|
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 |
African Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Beer halls -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Liquor stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Pedestrians -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Rowhouses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Tobacco shops -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Locust Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 1200 block. |
|
Washington Square West (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
| Genre |
Watercolors -- 1880-1890. |
| Provenance |
Dreer, Ferdinand J. (Ferdinand Julius), 1812-1902, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Evans watercolors [P.2298.120] |
| Accession number |
P.2298.120 |
