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Second Street north from Market St. wth. Christ Church. Philadelphia

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Street scene showing Second Street north from Market street in Philadelphia including Christ Church and the Old Courthouse and market. Depicts the busy street corner with people riding horses, driving and loading carts, conducting business, and walking and performing errands. In front of the Courthouse, vendors sit and sell their goods while nearby a constable on horseback is flanked by citizens. An African American boy carrying a basket strolls across Second Street. Christ Church, a Protestant Episcopal Church, was built between 1727 and 1744 and was founded as part of a provision of the original charter given to Pennsylvania founder William Penn. The Old Courthouse, completed in 1710, was the town hall, seat of the Legislature, market house, and the Pennsylvania statehouse until Independence Hall was opened in 1748. The Courthouse was demolished in 1837.; Designed & Published by W. Birch Enamel Painter 1800.

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Keywords

  1. African American Boys
  2. African Americans
  3. Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
  4. Churches
  5. Courthouses
  6. Engravings
  7. Farm Produce
  8. Hand Colored
  9. Markets
  10. Peddlers
  11. Pennsylvania
  12. Philadelphia
  13. Streets
  14. Women

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