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Krider's gun store, N.E. cor. 2nd & Walnut Sts. [graphic].
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Alfred Hand Photographic Negative Collection
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Creator
Hand, Alfred, photographer.
Title
Krider's gun store, N.E. cor. 2nd & Walnut Sts. [graphic].
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1920
Date
ca. 1920
Physical Description
1 negative: glass; 11 x 8 cm. (4 x 3.25 in.)
Description
Depicts Krider's gun store at the northeast corner of 2nd and Walnut Streets, looking east at the south front and west flank. Includes a partial view of the sign for St. Alban's Hotel in the foreground, along with a sign advertising Shore Dinners at Bookbinder's Restaurant (125 Walnut Street). A cigar shop and Bookbinder's are visible in the background. A plaque is posted near the Second Street doorway of the gun shop, marking the site as the birthplace of John Drinker, the first white child born in Philadelphia. The brick building was constructed by John Drinker as a residence in 1751 and altered to a gun shop in 1826. John Krider purchased the shop in 1856. Building demolished in 1955.
Notes
Inscribed in negative: 2193.
Title from negative sleeve.
Modern reference print available.
Subject
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Firearms industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Gunsmithing -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Walnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 133-135.
Genre
Glass plate negatives -- 1910-1920.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.10]
Accession number
P.9259.10
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Alfred Hand Photographic Negative Collection
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