Chestnut Street at 2nd, northeast corner
Historical Images of Philadelphia Looney Old Philadelphia in Early Photographs
Item Info
Item No: pdcl00113
Title: Chestnut Street at 2nd, northeast corner
Additional Title: Chestnut Street at Second, northeast corner
Historic Street Address:
Front and Chestnut Streets
Media Type: Photographic Prints
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes: "A boot shop and a leather store make amiable companions at this corner near the waterfront. The building at the intersection was once a toyshop, though the signboard in the doorway suggests different wares such as seafood or other edibles."--OPEP, p. 118.
Notes: The street, with stores: "C. Souder, Boot maker" and "Leather store." Street lamp on corner.
Bibliography: Reprinted in: Old Philadelphia in early photographs, 1839-1914/edited by Robert F. Looney. New York: Dover Publications, c1976.
Creation Year: 1843
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.1425
Geocode Latitude:39.9482
Creator Name: Mason, William S. - Photographer