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Junc. R.R. tunnel under Market & Chestnut Sts. [graphic].
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Creator
Bartlett & French.
Title
Junc. R.R. tunnel under Market & Chestnut Sts. [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1868
Date
[ca. 1868]
Physical Description
2 photographic prints : albumen on stereograph mount ; 8.5 x 17.5 cm. (3.5 x 7 in.) and smaller.
Description
Views show two sets of railroad tracks running under the stone arch of the Market Street Tunnel, built by the Junction Railroad and opened on July 1, 1866. One image includes men sitting on the tracks and standing with a stick on the rails.
Is part of
Unidentified series No. 25 and 26
Notes
Title from photographer's printed label on versos.
Yellow mounts with rounded corners.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Biographical / historical note
Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French circa 1867-1869.
Subject
Junction Railroad (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Pennsylvania Railroad.
Railroad tunnels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Railroad tracks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Market Street Tunnel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre
Stereographs -- 1860-1870.
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Bartlett & French - Transportation [P.9466.3 and P.9462.6]
Accession number
P.9466.3
P.9462.6
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