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Creator Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927
Title The Old Newspaper Centre at Third and Chestnut Streets
Date ca. 1922
Description Scene at the corner of Third and Chestnut Streets depicting telegraph and newpaper office buildings where a mass of people is gathered.
Notes In the Civil War years nearly all of the newspaper establishements were located in the immediate vicinity of Third and Chestnut Streets, where also were the telegraph offices. Upon every occasion of fast-spreading rumor of victory or defeat at "the front" multitudes gathered here to read the bulletin boards and secure copies of successive "extras" put forth by the Inquirer, Ledger, Evening Bulletin, Evening Telegraph and, as well by the Press, at that time around the corner in Fourth Street. Few other such scenes of intense excitement in the city have equalled those incident to the news of Lee's defeat at Gettysburg; his surrender at Appomattox and the tidings of the murder of President Lincoln.
Taylor Catalog Number: 174
Is part of Frank H. Taylor Collection
Identifier Taylor - Case 8-10 [2717.F]