Details
Title South side of Walnut Street west of Third Street. [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1837
Date ca. 1837
Physical Description 1 drawing : watercolor ; 49 x 87 cm. (19.5 x 34 in.)
Description Pre-consolidation view of several properties and pedestrian activity on Walnut Street near Third Street. Includes J.H. Earle's tailor shop and Charles Toppan's bank note engraving business (60 Walnut Street, east of Third Street); Watson's Lithography at the southeast corner (62 Walnut Street), with Samuel W. Thackara, conveyancer, facing Third Street; J. Hancock & Co., upholsterers, at the southwest corner of Third and Walnut; and the first building of the Philadelphia Saving Fund Society. Pedestrian traffic including men, women and children strolling down the street in groups, a horse-drawn carriage traveling north on Third Street, and a man pushing a handcart west on Walnut Street.
J.F. Watson operated his lithography business from 62 Walnut Street between 1835 and 1843.
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
Not in Wainwright.
Philadelphia on Stone
POSA 83
Subject Earle, J.H.
Thackara, Samuel W.
Toppan, Charles, 1796-1874.
Watson, John Frampton.
John Hancock & Co. (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Philadelphia Saving Fund Society -- Buildings.
Lithographers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Engravers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Tailor shops -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Real estate business -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Savings and loan associations -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Furniture industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Walnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 300 block -- south side.
Genre Watercolors -- 1830-1840.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| ***Drawings & Watercolors - unidentified - W [357M]
Accession number 357M