| 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 |
