View of rear of differently shaped dwellings and industrial buildings built close together., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: A modernistic composition. It is a court on Carpenter St. near ____ St., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator
Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date
ca. 1923
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 144 [P.8513.144], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson144.htm
Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting the outbuildings in the rear of a factory on the 1200 block of Carpenter Street, viewed from Montrose Street. Includes partial views of two water tanks on top of the factory buildings. An old covered delivery wagon is parked next to a two story brick dwelling., Label on recto: C. Harry Johnson, Philadelphia. Member American Institute Real Estate Appraisers - National Association of Real Estate Boards., Title from typed note on recto., The Jackson-Cross Company, established around 1876, was a Philadelphia real estate firm in operation until 1998.
Date
ca. 1940
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.34]
Depicts tall tower and lower surrounding buildings from beyond yard, iron fence, and street. Also known as the Sparks Shot Tower, it was built in 1808., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator
Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date
ca. 1923
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 150 [P.8513.150], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson150.htm
