Depicts the rear of a church with cupolas and spires, probably the Assumption of the Holy Virgin Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church, later Assumption of the Holy Virgin Russian Orthodox Church at 2101 S 28th Street (28th and Snyder Sts.). Church reflects into a large puddle in foreground of picture. Holy Virgin parish was formed by mainly Carpatho-Russian members of the community in 1913. In 1973 "rib type" cupolas replaced the copper cupolas., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's manuscript note, probably misidentifying church location, on verso of duplicate: Not in Poland. A Polish church at 28th and Wharton Sts. The lagoon is nothing but a mud puddle, formed by the dranage [sic] of rain from the street leval [sic] into this depression. The street at this point is from 4' to 5' above the bottom of what appears to be a charming lake. (Note - There is a large Polish settlement in the neighborhood, many of the men working in the nearby oil works at Point Breeze., Duplicate: P.8513.215: same neg., 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 20 [P.8513.20], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson215.htm
Depicts the rear of a church with cupolas and spires, probably the Assumption of the Holy Virgin Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church, later Assumption of the Holy Virgin Russian Orthodox Church at 2101 S 28th Street (28th and Snyder Sts.). Church reflects into a large puddle in foreground of picture. Holy Virgin parish was formed by mainly Carpatho-Russian members of the community in 1913. In 1973 "rib type" cupolas replaced the copper cupolas., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's manuscript note, probably misidentifying church location, on verso: Not in Poland. A Polish church at 28th and Wharton Sts. The lagoon is nothing but a mud puddle, formed by the drainage of rain from the street leval [sic] into this depression. The street at this point is from 4' to 5' above the bottom of what appears to be a charming lake. (Note: There is a large Polish settlement in the neighborhood, many of the men working in the nearby oil works at Point Breeze)., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Duplicate: P.8513.20: same neg., 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 215 [P.8513.215], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson215.htm
Depicts three bare-masted, wooden schooners: the Francis J. McDonald, the Marie F. Cummins, and the Albert D. Cummins, known as the Dead Fleet, docked at Pier 76, between Mifflin and Snyder Streets in South Philadelphia., Gift of Emily Riese., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator
Davis, Eugene H., photographer
Date
ca. 1945
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Davis [P.9332.10]
