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Creator Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927
Title The Farmers' Market on Market Street
Date ca. 1922
Description Reproduction of a drawing of the Farmers' Market House and nearby buildings. Awnings cover the ground level of the market, while pedestrians, a horse-drawn streetcar, and two freight cars are in the foreground.
Notes The Farmers' Market house, erected upon the north side of Market Street, west from Eleventh Street, was built in 1860 and was one of the first structures of this type which succeeded the old mid-street sheds. Soon afterward the Frankline Market Company, which had previously erected the market building now housing the Mercantile Library, built a large structure adjoining the Farmers' Market upon the west. In 1892 the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company acquired both properties and placed upon the sites the present terminal building. By agreement the market people were given space beneath the terminal track floor which they still occupy. More extended particulars will be found in Mr. Joseph Jackson's comprehensive History of Market Street.
Taylor Catalog Number: 132
Is part of Frank H. Taylor Collection
Identifier Taylor - Case 11-15 [2717.F]