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[Ruins of William C. Patterson & Co.'s bonded warehouse, South Front and Lombard Streets, Philadelphia] [graphic].
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Title
[Ruins of William C. Patterson & Co.'s bonded warehouse, South Front and Lombard Streets, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1869
Date
[ca. 1869]
Physical Description
1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 8 x 17 cm. (3.25 x 6.75 in.)
Description
Rooftop view looking east showing men standing on rubble and ruins, formerly the bonded warehouse complex of William C. Patterson & Co. built in 1854 at Front and Lombard Streets, after a fire on August 4, 1869 destroyed thousands of barrels of whiskey stored there. Intact row houses facing Penn Street are visible in the background, including the rear of Denison, Kelly & Co. at 424 South Delaware Avenue (i.e. 425 South Penn Street). The bare masts of a ship on the Delaware River are also visible in the right background.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Advertisement printed on verso: Richmond & Co. first-class furniture, warerooms, 45 South Second St., Philadelphia.
Yellow mount with rounded corners.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject
Richmond & Co.
William C. Patterson & Co.
Fires -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Ruins -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Bonded warehouses and goods.
Geographic subject
Front Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- South -- 400 block -- East side.
Penn Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- South -- 400 block -- East side.
Genre
Stereographs -- 1860-1870.
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Advertisements -- 1860-1870.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - unidentified - Fires and firefighting [P.9742]
Accession number
P.9742
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Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Stereograph Collection
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