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Old market sheds, 1898. 2nd St. North from Lombard. [graphic] / John G. Bullock.
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Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer.
Title
Old market sheds, 1898. 2nd St. North from Lombard. [graphic] / John G. Bullock.
Publisher
Philadelphia
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1898
Date
1898
Physical Description
1 slide: lantern; 8 x 11 cm.(3.25 x 4 in.)
Description
Depicts the market sheds looking north toward Headhouse Square, identified by the fire-engine house (i.e., headhouse), designed in 1745, with a cupola and alarm bell added in 1819. Two men stand under the roof and a third man rests himself by sitting in the flatbed of a service cart. Perhaps it is day's end. There is refuse in the streets but no sign of customers.
Notes
Photographer's imprint printed on mount.
Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 114.
Arcadia caption text: Although market sheds were removed from Market Street almost 40 years earlier, this 1898 photograph shows public markets governed by the city still remained on adjacent streets. The Headhouse Market, originally known as the New Market, was erected in 1745 on the 400 block of South Second Street. Built to accommodate the growing number of South Philadelphia residents who did not wish to travel to the High Street market stalls, the market was not razed until 1956. The fire engine house, known as a headhouse, built in 1804 and for which the market was renamed, is visible in the distance on Pine Street.
Subject
Markets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Newmarket (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Second Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- South -- 400 block.
Genre
Lantern slides -- 1890-1900.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| lantern - Bullock [P.9731.147]
Accession number
P.9731.147
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John C. Bullock Lantern Slide Collection
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