Castner Scrapbook v.10, Transportation, page 22
Historical Images of Philadelphia Castner Scrapbook CollectionItem Info
Item No: pdcc02546
Title: Castner Scrapbook v.10, Transportation, page 22
Historic Street Address:
Delaware Avenue
Media Type: Scrapbooks
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:
Item pdcc00936, bottom [image dimensions 10.0 cm x 14.0 cm]:
Illustration depicts an exterior view of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad terminal at pier 8, on Delaware Avenue. Shows two Hansom cabs and a freight railroad car. Signs advertise Atlantic City as a destination and boast superor train service.
Building demolished: YES
Call Number: A917.481 P536 v.10
Creator Name: Castner, Samuel, Jr., 1843-1929 - Compiler
Elliot, Leo von, 1816-1890 - Artist
Subjects
- Boats
- Carriages & coaches
- Coal
- Railroad stations
- Bridges
- Railroad freight cars
- Railroad bridges
- Steamboats
- Schuylkill River
- Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co.
- Factories
- Horse-drawn vehicles
- Piers
- East Falls
- Barges (flat-bottomed watercraft)
- Laurel Hill, Pennsylvania
- Distant views
- Hansom cabs
- Towpaths
- Freight trains