Strawbridge and Clothier, Market Street at 8th
Historical Images of Philadelphia Looney Old Philadelphia in Early Photographs
Item Info
Item No: pdcl00083
Title: Strawbridge and Clothier, Market Street at 8th
Additional Title: Strawbridge & Clothier, dry goods, 8th & Market Streets.
Historic Street Address:
Eighth and Market Streets
Media Type: Albumen Prints
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes: "This famed department store was founded in 1868, the first of three large firms to be established in this area. It extended progressively along Market Street almost to 9th, and on 8th Street to Filbert. The pure Victorian facades shown here were remodeled in the 1920s to a modern design. The many flags out are possibly for the Peace Jubilee of October 1898."--OPEP, p. 87.
Notes: The building, with street cars, trolley tracks, and people in the street.
Bibliography: Reprinted in: Old Philadelphia in early photographs, 1839-1914/edited by Robert F. Looney. New York: Dover Publications, c1976.
Creation Year: 1898
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.1537
Geocode Latitude:39.9513