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Creator Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927
Title The Heart of the Old Chestnut Street Trade
Date ca. 1922
Description Reproduction of a drawing depicting a row of stores with awnings on Chestnut Street. Pedestrians are present on both sides of the street, and horse-drawn carriages and wagons are present.
Notes This vista of Chestnut Street, upon the north side between Second and Fourth Streets, has been drawn from a photograph loaned by Mr. Gutekunst, who copied a daguerreotype made in 1845 by Mason. The view is especially notable in depicting the then indispensable array of wooden awning-posts, common to the business sections of the city. In that period, seventy years ago, this neighborhood was the centre of extensive commercial and financial interests.
Is part of Frank H. Taylor Collection
Identifier Taylor - Case 10-14 [2717.F]