[Storefronts on Market Street, 300 block, south side, Philadelphia] [graphic].
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Item Info
Media Type: Lithographs
Source: Print and Picture Collection
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Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 14:94
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Rug and carpet industry
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Trimmed advertisement showing the five-story storefronts marked with pre-consolidation addresses. Includes S. F. Nidelet, silk store (124 Market); Sleeper & Brothers, umbrellas and parasols (126 Market); Richie & Ennis, umbrella and parasol manufactory and Caleb F. Clarke & Co., clothing store (128 Market). Signage adorns the buildings and merchandise displays are visible in the windows and doorways of the businesses. A gentleman stands within the clothing store and umbrellas hang from the windows of Richie & Ennis. Also shows the Fourth Street side of the corner building. Crates line the wall of the building and signage for the business tenanting the cellar of 128 Market, J. Roberts Jones, rugs and blinds, is visible. The businesses were listed at the shown addresses in 1841.
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Umbrella industry
Creation Year: ca. 1841
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.147254
Geocode Latitude:39.950362
Creator Name: Castner, Samuel, Jr., 1843-1929 - Compiler