Glass negative showing the corner of Seventh and Filbert Streets in Philadelphia. In the center of the image, a three-story building stands on the corner. To the left stands a six-story building with a sign painted on the side that reads "Philada. Photo Electrotype Co. Designers & Engravers" (705-707 Filbert Street). A smaller building closer to the center has a sign reading "G.W. Bean & Co. Perfumery." The buildings to the right display signs reading, "Gold Leaf," "Appleton & Company Wallpapers" (44 N. 7th Street), and "Oliver T. Terry [...] Woolens" (46 N. 7th Street). Various carriages drive down the street., Originally housed in negative box inscribed “Bought 12/27, 1899.”, 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
1900
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.2013.13.553]
Glass negative showing the corner of Seventh and Filbert Streets in Philadelphia. In the center of the image, a three-story building stands on the corner. To the left stands a six-story building with a sign painted on the side that reads "Philada. Photo Electrotype Co. Designers & Engravers" (705-707 Filbert Street). A smaller building closer to the center has a sign reading "G.W. Bean & Co. Perfumery." The buildings to the right display signs reading, "Gold Leaf," "Appleton & Company Wallpapers" (44 N. 7th Street), and "Oliver T. Terry [...] Woolens" (46 N. 7th Street). A man stands in the doorway of 44 N. 7th across from horse-drawn carts and carriages parked in the street., Originally housed in negative box inscribed “Bought 12/27, 1899.”, 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
1900
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.2013.13.549]
