Market Street, east from 6th
Historical Images of Philadelphia Looney Old Philadelphia in Early Photographs
Item Info
Item No: pdcl00068
Title: Market Street, east from 6th
Additional Title: Market houses - Market Street east from 8th to 6th
Historic Street Address:
6th & market Streets
Media Type: Albumen Prints
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes: "This view shows the market sheds of High (now Market) Street. The hat at the upper right is a tradesman's sign."--OPEP, p. 74.
Notes: The street lined with buildings. Running down the center is a covered shed. Streetcar tracks in street, a street light on a corner, several carriages along street. Businesses include several shoe stores. Signs on buildings: "Chaffees, Stout & Co." ; "Schafter & Roberts, Furness, Brinley & Co."
Bibliography: Reprinted in: Old Philadelphia in early photographs, 1839-1914/edited by Robert F. Looney. New York: Dover Publications, c1976.
Creation Year: 1859
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.152341
Geocode Latitude:39.950988