| Creator |
Smith & Cremens. |
| Contributor |
Wade, Frederick J., printer. |
|
Smith & Cremens, copyright holder. |
| Title |
Philadelphia in the olden time. [graphic] / SSS + DC. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia: F. J. Wade lith. 230 South 5th St |
| Date |
c1875 |
| Physical Description |
1 print: lithograph, tinted with one stone; 52 x 66 cm.(20.25 x 26 in.) |
| Description |
Print containing a panoramic view of the city and three titled vignettes of city landmarks during the colonial era. View looks
west from Camden, New Jersey and shows the Delaware River and Philadelphia cityscape. Includes the steeples of Swede's church,
St. Peter's Church, Christ Church, Carpenter's Hall, State House, Christ Church, and German Reformed Church; the Market sheds
on Market Street; businesses and residences; and piers and docked ships. On the river, vessels sail past Smith's Island. Also
shows, in the foreground, the busy ferry and coach stop at Cooper's Point in Camden. Near the ferry house, individuals wait
to board the stage coach express to New York, men gallop in on horseback, a farmer rides a horse of a team of four hauling
a large bale of hay, passengers board the horse and passenger ferry readying for departure, and men fish on the river banks.
Vignettes include pedestrian traffic and show "1710 The Prison at 3rd & High (Market) St.; "The State House as it was in 1735";
and "Old Court House and Friends Meeting House 2nd & High (Market) Sts. 1707." High Street Prison was actually built circa
1723 and the nearby old market stalls were built 1710. State House, i.e. Independence Hall, was built 1732-1748. The Old Court
House was built 1707 by carpenter Samuel Powell and the meeting house known as Market Street Meeting House was erected 1695
and rebuilt 1775-1776.
|
| Notes |
Copyrighted by Smith & Cremens in Washington, D.C. |
|
Not in Wainwright. |
|
Key to 11 of 14 numbered sites within image printed below the title. |
|
Philadelphia on Stone |
|
POS 591.1 |
|
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 864 W 121 |
|
Gift of Mrs. E. M. Paris, April 9, 1935. |
| Subject |
Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Market Street Meeting House (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Friends' meeting houses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Courthouses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Delaware River (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) |
|
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Pictorial works. |
|
Cooper’s Point (Camden, N.J.) -- Pictorial works. |
| Genre |
Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1870-1880. |
|
Panoramic views -- 1870-1880. |
| Printer |
Smith & Cremens, copyright holder. |
| Location |
Historical Society of Pennsylvania | HSP Bc 864 W 121 |
