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Market Street, West of City Hall.

Item Info

Item No: pdcc00554
Title: Market Street, West of City Hall.
Media Type: Scrapbooks
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:

Halftone reproduction of photograph showing bird's eye view of Market Street looking west from City Hall tower. Shows the roof of the Broad Street Railroad Station and the tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad beyond. Caption reads: In the distance may be seen the curve of the Rapid Transit Company's tracks as they emerge from the subway and ascend to the elevated structure, thus continuing for several miles to the terminal at Sixty-ninth Street.

Photograph, courtesy of Philadelphia Electric Co., is clipped from the Philadelphia Year Book - 1917, published by the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce. "Ware Bros. Co., Phila." is inscribed lower right corner.


Creation Year: ca. 1917
Call Number: A917.481 P536 v.6
Creator Name: Castner, Samuel, Jr., 1843-1929 - Compiler