Public Ledger Building, 6th and Chestnut Streets
Historical Images of Philadelphia Looney Old Philadelphia in Early Photographs
Item Info
Item No: pdcl00123
Title: Public Ledger Building, 6th and Chestnut Streets
Additional Title: Public Ledger Building looking from 6th and Chestnut Streets, west from southwest corner
Historic Street Address:
Sixth and Chestnut Streets
Media Type: Albumen Prints
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes: "Benjamin Franklin presides appropriately over the scene opposite the State House from his pedestal on the corner of the Ledger Building's imposing facade. Built in 1867, this was the home of the Ledger until it was sold in 1914.--OPEP, p. 128.
Notes: The building on a street corner with a statue on the corner. Trolley tracks, horses and carriages in street. Street lamps lining street. Commercial buildings across the street.
Bibliography: Reprinted in: Old Philadelphia in early photographs, 1839-1914/edited by Robert F. Looney. New York: Dover Publications, c1976.
Creation Year: ca. 1870
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.150990
Geocode Latitude:39.949128