View showing the wrecked lumber yard of Jacob and George A. Binder, lumber dealers, at the southeast corner of 6th and Oxford streets. Workers stand in front of lopsided piles of lumber near a dray. Unscathed buildings are visible in the background, including the business of Schoening & Harm, morroco manufacturers at 1528 North 5th Street., Cream mount with square corners., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's label pasted on verso., Gift of E. Perot Walker., See Daily Evening Bulletin, September 4, 1861, p. 3 for description of the flood., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date
[1861]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Business [P.8464.17]
View showing the wrecked lumberyard at the southeast corner of 6th and Oxford streets destroyed by a flood that developed from a violent thunderstorm of hail. In the foreground, lay several lopsided piles of lumber. In the background, the chemical and pharmaceutical manufactory of Crew, Rogers, and Crew at 1601 North 6th Street stands unscathed next to a destroyed building., Buff mount with square corners., Title supplied by cataloguer., Attributed to Philadelphia photographer John Moran., Gift of E. Perot Walker., See Daily Evening Bulletin, September 4, 1861, p.3 for description of the flood., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date
[ca. 1861]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Business [P.8464.25]
