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- Title
- Farmer's market, Market Street, below Twelfth
- Description
- Exterior view from the southeast of the Farmers' Market, the largest of several market houses constructed in 1859 after market sheds and stalls were cleared from Market Street. Image includes the adjoining Franklin Market (also known as the Twelfth Street Market) constructed ca. 1864., Series label on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., See clipping in Poulson's scrapbook vol. 1, pg. 57., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Bartlett & French, photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1868]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Markets [P.9260.6]
- Title
- Butchers & farmers market, Market Street, Philadelphia, Penna
- Description
- View from the southwest of two market houses located on Market Street between 11th and 12th Streets: the Farmers' Market, the largest of several market houses constructed in 1859 after market sheds and stalls were cleared from Market Street, and the adjoining Franklin Market (also known as the Twelfth Street Market) constructed ca. 1864. Street scene includes a variety wagons and carriages., Accompanied by printed label giving series title, image title, and publisher's imprint., Originally part of McAllister scrapbook of engravings relating to Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., See clipping in Poulson's scrapbook vol. 1, pg. 57., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 113., Arcadia caption text: The Franklin Market (left), more commonly known as the Twelfth Street Market and the Butchers’ and Farmers’ Market (right) were two of the four market houses built between 1859 and 1875 on Market Street after the removal of the sheds. The Butchers’ and Farmers’ Market, completed in 1859, was the largest of the new market houses and was constructed using scraps from the razed market sheds. The two markets contained nine block-long aisles lined by stalls that rented for prices ranging from around $14 to $125 a month. As visible in this c. 1869 view, wagons lined the 1100 block of Market Street to make and receive deliveries throughout the day., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Newell, Robert, 1822-1897, photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1869]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - markets [(8)1322.F.17b]
- Title
- [Butchers & farmers market, Market Street, Philadelphia, Penna.]
- Description
- View from the southwest of two market houses located on Market Street between 11th and 12th Streets: the Farmers' Market, the largest of several market houses constructed in 1859 after market sheds and stalls were cleared from Market Street, and the adjoining Franklin Market (also known as the Twelfth Street Market) constructed ca. 1864. Street scene includes a variety of wagons and carriages., Title from publishers label on duplicate (8)1332.F.17b., Manuscript note on verso: Market House, Philadelphia, Pa., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., See clipping in Poulson scrapbook vol. 1, pg. 57., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Newell, Robert, 1822-1897, photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1869]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - markets [7992.F.17]
- Title
- [Intersection of Eleventh and Market streets, north side, Philadelphia]
- Description
- View showing the 1000-1100 blocks of Market street near North Eleventh Street. Businesses include Bull's Head Hotel (1025 Market); V.E. Archambault, dry goods and carpets (N.E. cor. Eleventh and Market); a tin manufactory and John H. Parker, grocer (1101 Market); and J. Barr's bookstore (1105 Market). Awnings adorn all of the storefronts. Street traffic includes horse-drawn omnibuses, carts, and a conestoga wagon., Title supplied by cataloguer., Yellow mount with square corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- ca. 1865
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo -unidentified - Streets [P.8464.34]