Castner Scrapbook v.5, Old Houses 2, page 00

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Castner Scrapbook v.5, Old Houses 2, page 00

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Item No: pdcc02077
Title: Castner Scrapbook v.5, Old Houses 2, page 00
Historic Street Address: 2nd & Queen Streets
Media Type: Scrapbooks
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:

Item pdcl00007, full page [image dimensions 20.6 cm x 15.6 cm]:

"Queen and Christian Streets in the heart of Southwark were both named for Queen Christina of Sweden by the early settlers."--OPEP, p. [2].

The street, with houses and commercial establishments: "The Traveller's Home by Wm. Flood" ; "J.A. Lynch and Bro., gaugers and coopers" and a tavern. Laundry hangs from clotheslines. Chair, bucket, basket, ladder, barrows on sidewalk.


Bibliography:

Reprinted in: Old Philadelphia in early photographs, 1839-1914/edited by Robert F. Looney. New York: Dover Publications, c1976.



Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.147773
Geocode Latitude:39.937062

Call Number: A917.481 P536 v.5
Creator Name: Castner, Samuel, Jr., 1843-1929 - Compiler