Details
Contributor Blodget, Samuel, 1757-1814, architect.
Strickland, William, 1787-1854, architect.
Title [Merchants' Exchange, 143 South Third Street, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1850
Date [ca. 1850]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph; 20 x 25 cm.(7.75 x 9.5 in.)
Description Proof print of a view looking northeast from the intersection of Dock, Third, and Walnut streets showing the Merchants' Exchange. Also shows street and pedestrian traffic. Horse-drawn street cars travel past and receive passengers in front of the exchange. A dray transports goods near pedestrians, including a man carrying a bundle on his back, crossing the street. Also contains partial view of Girard Bank (116-120 S. Third) in the background. Exchange built 1832-1833 after the designs of William Strickland. The Girard National Bank, formerly the First Bank of the United States, was built 1795-1797 after the designs of Samuel Blodgett. The bank, operated by Stephen Girard as Girard's Bank from 1812-1831, was chartered by the state in 1832 as the Girard National Bank.
Notes Title supplied by cataloguer.
Not in Wainwright.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 473
Gift of David Doret
Subject Merchants' Exchange (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Girard National Bank of Philadelphia.
Banks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Horse-drawn vehicles -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Third Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- South -- 100 block.
Genre Lithographs -- 1840-1850.
Associated name Blodget, Samuel, 1757-1814, architect.
Associated name Strickland, William, 1787-1854, architect.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| BW - Banks - M [P.2007.21.17]
Accession number P.2007.21.17