Chestnut Street, east from 6th
Historical Images of Philadelphia Looney Old Philadelphia in Early Photographs
Item Info
Item No: pdcl00124
Title: Chestnut Street, east from 6th
Additional Title: Chestnut Street between 5th & 6th
Historic Street Address:
Sixth and Chestnut Streets
Media Type: Albumen Prints
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes: "This row of buildings five blocks from the waterfront stood opposite Independence Hall. Here was a concentration of businesses related to the printing industry, from engraving and type founding to the finished book itself. It might seem an even more appropriate location for the seller of law books, whose sign is visible in this photograph."--OPEP, p. 129.
Notes: The street, lined with commercial buildings. Awnings stretched over sidewalk. Signs: "...reotype foundry" ; "Gilbert & Gihon engravers on wood" ; "Law books" ; "Eagle hotel."
Bibliography: Reprinted in: Old Philadelphia in early photographs, 1839-1914/edited by Robert F. Looney. New York: Dover Publications, c1976.
Creation Year: ca. 1859
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.151184
Geocode Latitude:39.949211