View of of the "Headhouse" of market from north side of Pine Street. The fire-engine house (i.e., headhouse), designed with a cupola and alarm bell, was added around 1804 with the extension of the market sheds to South Street. The market was razed in 1956 and rebuilt between 1959 and 1963., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Old Second St. Market House. 2" and Pine Streets. (get data about this.), 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 235 [P.8513.235], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson235.htm