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The Free Library of Philadelphia, Southwark Branch, N.W. corner Fifth and Ellsworth Streets. [graphic].
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Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector.
Title
The Free Library of Philadelphia, Southwark Branch, N.W. corner Fifth and Ellsworth Streets. [graphic].
Date
ca. 1911
Physical Description
1 photomechanical print (postcard): photolithograph; 9 x 15 cm.(3.5 x 5.5 in.)
Description
Exterior view of front facade of library built circa 1911 after designs by David Knickerbacker Boyd.
Notes
Postcard issued by William H. Rau, Philadelphia, and the Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y.
Sheet number: 132B06.
Divided back.
Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject
Libraries -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Fifth Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- South -- 1108-1120.
Genre
Photomechanical prints -- 1910-1920.
Postcards -- 1910-1920.
Associated name
Boyd, David Knickerbacker, 1872-1944, architect.
Printer
Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920, publisher.
Printer
Albertype Co., publisher.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Brightbill postcards [Libraries - 132]
Accession number
132-b06-d
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