View showing the block of four wooden buildings, including a stable, near the back of Carpenter's Hall during the year 1809. A horse-drawn carriage travels down the street. Several men and women pedestrians, including an African American man, attired in an apron and carrying two bundles, walk the sidewalks., Title from item., Inscribed on recto: Copy., Commissioned by Philadelphia antiquarian Ferdinand Dreer., Lib. Company. Annual report, 1975, p. 6-11., Purchase 1975., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator
Evans, B. R. (Benjamin Ridgway), 1834-1891, artist
Date
1883
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Evans watercolors [P.2298.146], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/evans/files/plc146.html
View showing the block from 96 to 110 Chestnut Street during the year 1809. Depicts a row of five three-and-a-half story red brick townhouses attached to a row of three red brick storefronts. A horse-drawn carriage and wagon travel down the streets. Pedestrians, including an African American man in an apron pushing a hand cart, walk and converse on the sidewalks., Title from item., Inscribed on recto: Copy., Commissioned by Philadelphia antiquarian Ferdinand Dreer., Lib. Company. Annual report, 1975, p. 6-11., Purchase 1975., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator
Evans, B. R. (Benjamin Ridgway), 1834-1891, artist
Date
1809, 1883
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Evans watercolors [P.2298.147], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/evans/files/plc147.html
