Glass negative showing the National Bank of Germantown at 5504 Germantown Avenue, a two-story stone building with decorative bars on the side windows and an elaborate cornice and columns flanking the entryway. The bank stands on the corner of the brick road lined with trolley tracks. A police office stands on the street corner opposite the building. The National Bank of Germantown was chartered by the state of Pennsylvania in 1813 and began operations in 1814 in the parlor of the house of Dr. Charles Bensell. The bank built a new building on this site in 1868. The building was altered in 1890, 1907, and 1930., Photographer remarks: Cop on corner., Time: 8:42, Light: good sun, The emulsion is flaking along the top edge of the plate., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date
April 15, 1891
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.1621]
