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Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. – Historic Reproduction

Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa., c1905-1906. — historic photograph
Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa., c1905-1906.. 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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Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Chestnut Street, one of Philadelphia's main downtown thoroughfares, is the subject here, with streetcar tracks running along the roadway and commercial buildings lining the block. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made this 8 x 10 inch glass negative around 1905 to 1906, sent photographers across the country to document cities, rail lines and scenic places, and street views like this one capture the busy mix of trolleys, shops and pedestrians that defined American urban life in the early twentieth century. Because the negative is a glass plate, it preserves fine detail that makes the storefronts and street traffic worth studying closely.

Created / publishedc1905-1906.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
Notes2717 G" on negative. Corresponding glass transparency (same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-30413. Detroit Publishing Co. nos. 018860
SubjectsCommercial facilities. Street railroads. Streets.United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan808 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-62332

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