| Creator |
Brightbill, George M., collector. |
| Title |
Market Street postcards. [graphic]. |
| Date |
1900-1935 |
| Physical Description |
49 photomechanical prints (postcards): photolithograph; 9 x 15 cm.(3.5 x 5.5 in.) |
| Description |
Contains images of store fronts, automobile and pedestrian traffic and City Hall looking east and west on Market Street. Views
depict Market Street looking: at the Market Street loop; west from 2nd Street; east from 6th Street, showing Wanamaker & Brown;
west from 7th Street, showing Lit Brothers and the Ladies' Cafe; Penn National Bank at the southwest corner of 7th and Market
Streets; west from 8th Street, showing Strawbridge & Clothier and Gimbel's; north from 8th and Market Streets; east and west
from 9th Street; west from 10th Street, showing Woolworth & Co. 5 and 10 store; west of 11th Street showing the Denckla, Inquirer
and Reading Terminal buildings and Market Street east from 11th and 12th Streets and City Hall tower. Includes an airplane
view of Market Street looking west.
|
| Notes |
Contains 35 postcards printed in color and 13 printed in black and white. Also contains 1 linen postcard. |
|
Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
| Subject |
Commercial streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Stores & shops -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Traffic congestion -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Vehicles -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Genre |
Photomechanical prints -- Color -- 1900-1940. |
|
Photomechanical prints -- 1900-1910. |
|
Postcards -- 1900-1940. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Brightbill postcards [Market Street - 135] |
| Accession number |
Brightbill 135 |
|
135-a01-a |
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135-a01-c |
|
135-a02-b |
|
135-a03-c |
|
135-b01-a |
