3rd Street at Gaskill
Historical Images of Philadelphia Looney Old Philadelphia in Early Photographs
Item Info
Item No: pdcl00049
Title: 3rd Street at Gaskill
Additional Title: 3rd Street at Gaskill, 1870
Historic Street Address:
Third and Gaskill Streets
Media Type: Albumen Prints
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes: "Gaskill Street is just within the limits of Society Hill on the southern boundary. The well-dressed gentlemen on the sidewalk and the substantial houses on either side of the pawn shop suggest the affluence customarily associated with this area."--OPEP, p. 52.
Notes: Money lender on the corner. Men in suits and top hats and boy standing in front. Residential houses surround the shop. Many signs are mounted on the storefront and building: "Money lent on goods"; "Jones & Co's old established money loan office" ; "Loan office. Money 516 loaned" ; "Money advanced on goods" ; Jones & Co's old established money loan office. Money loaned [on] personal property of every description." ; "Money loaned on watches, diamonds, jewelry, plate, clothing, &c."
Bibliography: Reprinted in: Old Philadelphia in early photographs, 1839-1914/edited by Robert F. Looney. New York: Dover Publications, c1976.
Creation Year: 1870
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.1476
Geocode Latitude:39.942