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Pennsylvania Railroad Ferries postcards. [graphic].
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Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector.
Title
Pennsylvania Railroad Ferries postcards. [graphic].
Date
1900-1922
Physical Description
13 photomechanical prints (postcards): photolithograph; 9 x 15 cm.(3.5 x 5.5 in.)
Description
Contains images of the Pennsylvania Railroad Ferry, showing the Market Street Loop, the ferry terminal, the ferry boat crossing the Delaware River, the boat entrance from the Delaware River and a general view of Delaware Avenue looking north showing the terminal building. The ferry transported passengers to and from Camden, NJ before the first bridge spanned the river in 1926.
Notes
Contains 10 postcards printed in color and 3 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
Ferries -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Delaware Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- South -- corner of Market Street.
Genre
Photomechanical prints -- Color -- 1900-1930.
Photomechanical prints -- 1900-1910.
Postcards -- 1900-1930.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Brightbill postcards [Railroads - Ferries - 144]
Accession number
Brightbill 144
144-a01-b
144-a01-c
144-a02-c
144-a03-b
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