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Girard Trust building, Philadelphia, Pa. – Vintage Wall Art

Girard Trust building, Philadelphia, Pa., [between 1905 and 1920] — historic photograph
Girard Trust building, Philadelphia, Pa., [between 1905 and 1920]. Historic photograph from the Philadelphia collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: Girard Trust building, Philadelphia, Pa., preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Girard Trust building, Philadelphia, Pa.

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Visible on the building to the left is a sign reading "Morris Building," which places the scene on a busy Philadelphia street where commercial blocks stood shoulder to shoulder. The Girard Trust Company, named for the merchant and banker Stephen Girard, was one of the city's major financial institutions, and its presence on the street reflects Philadelphia's long standing as a center of banking and insurance. This glass negative was made by the Detroit Publishing Company, a firm known for its extensive photographic survey of American towns, cities and landscapes in the early twentieth century. Its 8-by-10-inch format gave the photographer fine detail in the stone façades, signs and street life.

Created / published[between 1905 and 1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesSign atop left building: Morris Building. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 073021. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsGirard Trust Bank. Banks.United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan798 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-73956

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