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Elevated railroad at 69th Street station postcards. [graphic].
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Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector.
Title
Elevated railroad at 69th Street station postcards. [graphic].
Date
ca. 1910
Physical Description
3 photomechanical prints (postcards): photolithograph, color; 9 x 15 cm.(3.5 x 5.5 in.)
Description
Depicts the elevated railroad bed and tracks near 69th Street Station, showing residences in the background.
Notes
The Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company (PRT) built the Market Street subway - elevated from 15th Street to 69th Street in 1907. Construction expanding the line eastward to Delaware Avenue finished in 1908, but the elevated section connecting Frankford to the Center City line was not completed until 1922.
Sheet number: 158A04.
Divided backs.
Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject
Mass transit -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Elevated railroads -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre
Photomechanical prints -- Color -- 1900-1910.
Postcards -- 1900-1910.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Brightbill postcards [Transit - 158]
Accession number
Brightbill 158
158-a04-c
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