Penn Square, west side
Historical Images of Philadelphia Looney Old Philadelphia in Early Photographs
Item Info
Item No: pdcl00160
Title: Penn Square, west side
Additional Title: West side of Broad Street, north from Chestnut
Media Type:
Scrapbooks
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes: "By the turn of the century business had moved uptown and was clustering around City Hall, which is on the extreme right in this photo. Next to it in the background is Broad Street Station. In the center foreground is the Third National Bank and an office building."--OPEP, p. 165.
Notes: The street, with commercial buildings; men walking on sidewalks; horse and carriages on street. Railroad station in background and partial view of City Hall on right. Businesses include: "The Billposting Sign Co. Phila.," "Walnut above 8th, The [Gay?] Casino Theater, the best girl of them all, A country girl...100 people," "Rustic Lunch Room, oyster & chop house, The Philadelphia Bee," "Charles L. Jones Detective Agency," "Typewriter Inspection Co.," "Sharpless & Braddock," and "Third National Bank, boxes in safe-deposit vaults -- to rent."
Bibliography: Reprinted in: Old Philadelphia in early photographs, 1839-1914/edited by Robert F. Looney. New York: Dover Publications, c1976.
Creation Year: 1903
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.165088
Geocode Latitude:39.952533
Call Number: A917.481 P536 v.12
Subjects
- Animals
- Carriages & coaches
- Horses
- Men
- Railroad stations
- City Hall
- Penn Square
- People
- Center City
- Commercial buildings
- Banks
- Broad Street Station
- Third National Bank
- Billposting Sign Co.
- Philadelphia Bee.
- Typewriter Inspection Co.
- Charles L. Jones Detective Agency
- Sharpless & Braddock
- Rustic Lunch Room Oyster & Chop House
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