Drawing, possibly for an advertisement, of an exterior view depicting the rear of the multi-story complex of the Curtis Publishing Company Building built after the designs of Edgar Seeler in 1911. Shows a line of cars and trucks parked in the garage. Workers move a pallet onto a delivery truck. Pedestrians walk on the sidewalks around the building, and cars travel down the street. In the right is a street light with street signs for “7th St.” and “Sansom St.” The firm occupied a city block between 6th and 7th and Walnut and Sansom Streets and included four structures: publication building; convenience belt; manufacturing building; and power building., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from content and attire of the people., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2019.
Date
[ca. 1940]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2019.62.26]
