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Title
Baxter's Panoramic Business Directory of Philadelphia for 1859
Creator
King & Baird, printer
Contributor
Last, Jay T., donor
Freedman, Joe, former owner
Date Created and/or Issued
1859
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information
For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description
Image of the facade of the Market Street clothing district in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, "from Fifth to Fourth.-(North side.)" with several mid-rise buildings pictured along the city block; key to clothing advertisements below street image, text advertisements for various Market Street businesses below.
"King & Baird, Printers, Sansom Street, Philadelphia, Pa. / (Copyright Secured.)"--text, bottom center margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 wood engraving : color printed ; overall 33.97 x 53.34 cm (13 3/8 x 21 in.)
Identifier
priJLC_IND_000658
408455
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/3697
Language
English
Subject
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works
Advertising--Clothing and dress
Advertising--Central business districts--Pictorial works
Clothing trade
Commercial streets--Pictorial works
Storefronts--Pictorial works
Baxter & Harley
Relief prints--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc)
Place
Philadelphia (Pa.)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection
Industry
Large Size
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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