View showing the Betsy Ross House at 239 (formerly 89) Arch Street. House tenanted by tailor Gustavus Franke. View also includes the buildings tenanted by fur dealer Rudolph Reisky (237 Arch) and brass cock manufacturers J. & H. Jones (243 Arch). A horse-drawn carriage stands idle in front of J. & H. Jones's building., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Text explicating the historical significance of the house on verso., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title printed on mount., Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's and Susan Oyama's Philadelphia then and now (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation with The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1988), p. 108., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.)
Date
May 1871
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Historic Sites and Bldgs [P.8451.1]
