Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting the bank and trust company, established in 1870, at Franklin Street and Girard Avenue in Philadelphia. People, including African American men, walk on the sidewalk and sit in the adjacent plumbing supply store's doorway at 712 Girard Avenue. An “air-conditioned” movie theater showing the film "State of the Union" with Spencer Tracy stands across Franklin Street. Several cars are parked on the street. The Jackson-Cross Company, established around 1876, was a successful and prominent local real estate firm in operation until 1998., Label on recto: Jackson-Cross Company., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from content., Purchase 2000., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022.
Creator
Parker & Mullikin, photographer
Date
[ca. 1948]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.32]
