Item Info
Item No: pdcl00099
Title: 5th Street at Arch
Additional Title: Fifth Street above Arch, west side
Historic Street Address:
Fifth and Arch Streets
Media Type: Albumen Prints
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes: "This scene is in the section of Philadelphia often referred to as the 'Old City,' which is roughly the area north from Society Hill to Vine Street, and west from Front to about 7th. The archway at the extreme right opens into an alley, or 'easement,' between houses."--OPEP, p. 103.
Notes: Row of commercial buildings. Building in the center has two signs: "Garrigues & Magee Manufacturing Chemists," one sign also says: "108." Store to the right: "Tripple's Shoe Store" and has a blurred image of a man in front. Streetcar tracks along 5th.
Bibliography: Reprinted in: Old Philadelphia in early photographs, 1839-1914/edited by Robert F. Looney. New York: Dover Publications, c1976.
Creation Year: 1860
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.148330
Geocode Latitude:39.953158
Creator Name: Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860 - Photographer