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Merchants' Exchange. Philadelphia. [graphic] / MOC; Lith. of J. T. Bowen.
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Creator
O'Connor, M., artist.
Contributor
Bowen, John T., ca. 1801-1856?, printer.
Bowen, John T., ca. 1801-1856?, publisher.
Title
Merchants' Exchange. Philadelphia. [graphic] / MOC; Lith. of J. T. Bowen.
Publisher
Philadelphia: Published by J.T. Bowen at his Lithographic & Print Colouring Establishment, No. 94, Walnut Str
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1840
Date
c1840
Physical Description
1 print: lithograph; 24 x 40 cm. (9.5 x 15.75 in.)
Description
View from the intersection of Third, Walnut and Dock Streets showing the Merchant’s Exchange constructed 1832-33 after the designs of Philadelphia architect William Strickland for the Philadelphia Exchange Company. View includes street and pedestrian traffic concentrated near the financial institution. Several men converse and greet one another in front of the exchange as several horse-drawn street cars travel by and around the building. In the left, several couples promenade along a block of Walnut Street lined with buildings and a few trees. Also shows railroad tracks, and Girard National Bank (120 South Third) and neighboring businesses in the right background.
Is referenced by
Wainwright 233
Notes
Artist's initials on stone lower left corner. Name of artist supplied by Wainwright.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 474
Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Subject
Girard National Bank of Philadelphia.
Merchants' Exchange (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Merchants' exchanges -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Street Railroads -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Third Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- South -- 100 block.
Genre
Lithographs -- 1830-1840.
Printer
Bowen, John T., ca. 1801-1856?, publisher.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *W233 [P.2103]
Accession number
P.2103
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Philadelphia on Stone Digital Catalog
Philadelphia on Stone: Library Company of Philadelphia
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