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[Broad Street north from Locust, Philadelphia, Pa.] – Antique Photo Print

[Broad Street north from Locust, Philadelphia, Pa.], [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Broad Street north from Locust, Philadelphia, Pa.], [between 1900 and 1910]. 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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Step back in time with [Broad Street north from Locust, Philadelphia, Pa.], a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Broad Street north from Locust, Philadelphia, Pa.]

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Looking north up Broad Street from Locust Street, this view runs toward City Hall at the avenue's far end, the civic landmark that the subject tags point to. Penn's original plan laid out Broad as one of Philadelphia's widest north-south streets, and by the early 1900s its blocks held offices, shops, and commercial buildings. The Detroit Publishing Company made this large-format glass negative sometime between 1900 and 1910, when the firm was documenting American cities and street life just as automobiles were beginning to appear. The scene is worth studying for its street, its buildings, and the way the city moved and did business in those years.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. H 349" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 034746. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsCity & town halls. Streets. Commercial facilities.United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 805 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-67556

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