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Commissioners Hall : Spring Garden

Description: Image of an eye-level street view of the three-story Commissioners Hall building and clock tower in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with surrounding buildings, and people and carriages in the street.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1851
Call number: priJLC_POL_000603
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Cornelius & Baker, 181 Cherry Street Philadelphia : manufacturers of lamps gas fixtures &c

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Image of an eye-level street view of the Cornelius and Baker factory building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with horse-drawn carriages on cobblestone streets.

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Cornelius & Baker manufacturers of lamps, chandeliers, gas fixtures, &c

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Image of an eye-level street view of the Cornelius and Baker factory building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with horse-drawn carriages on cobblestone streets.

priJLC_HHD_000607

Thos. White & Co. : Manufacturers and wholesale dealers in straw goods, silk bonnets, french flowers and millinery goods, no. 41 South Second Street, Philadelphia

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Image of an eye-level view of the Thos. White & Co. five-story building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with storefront showing a bustling street with horse-drawn carts and carriages out front; men, women, and children of various walks of life are part of the street scene, including delivery boys, equestrians, parents, couples, and laborers.

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The New Dry Goods Establishment of Strawbridge & Clothier. Corner of Eighth and Market Streets, Philadelphia, PA

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Image of an eye-level view of the dry goods establishment on a city block corner showing a busy Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, street scene with horse-drawn trolleys and carriages; men, women, and children in current fashions visible in foreground and along the city block.

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Odd Fellows’ Broadway Hall

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Image of an eye-level street view of Broad and Spring Streets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, showing the Odd Fellows' Hall designed by architect Samuel Sloan to the right, as well as side views of additional buildings including the Spring Garden Institute, Commissioners Hall, Church of the Assumption, and St. Mark's Church, a fountain, carriages, and pedestrians; architect, builder, and building committee printed in margin.

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Shoe factory of V.K. & A.H. Jones

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Image of an eye-level view of a seven story footwear factory in Lynn, Massachusetts, on a street corner showing horse-drawn carts and carriages along the street.

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