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Reading Terminal postcards. [graphic].
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Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector.
Contributor
Kimball, Francis Hatch, 1845-1919, architect.
Wilson Brothers & Co., architect.
Title
Reading Terminal postcards. [graphic].
Date
1900-1930
Physical Description
38 photomechanical prints (postcards): photolithograph; 9 x 15 cm.(3.5 x 5.5 in.)
Description
Contains images of Reading Terminal, the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad's terminal building, constructed 1891-1893 after designs by Francis Hatch Kimball and Wilson Brothers & Company. Includes exterior views looking northeast from 12th and Market Streets and one image of the station and train shed from a distance.
Notes
Contains 26 postcards printed in color and 12 printed in black and white.
Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject
Railroad stations -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Market Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 1115-1141.
Genre
Photomechanical prints -- Color -- 1900-1930.
Photomechanical prints -- 1900-1910.
Postcards -- 1900-1930.
Associated name
Kimball, Francis Hatch, 1845-1919, architect.
Associated name
Wilson Brothers & Co., architect.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Brightbill postcards [Railroads - Reading Terminal - 146]
Accession number
Brightbill 146
146-a07-b
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