Description

Proof print of a panoramic view showing the Delaware riverfront near the Walnut Street Wharf. Includes from south to north the merchant house of Samuel and William Welsh (218 S. Del. Ave.), Bloodgood's Hotel (10 Walnut, infamous for the 1855 Jane Johnson fugitive slave case), the wharf, the Cope Line Ticket office (1 Walnut, major passenger service for Irish immigrants operated by the merchants, the Cope Brothers), and Bethel Mariner's Church, i.e., Mariner's Presbyterian Church (organized 1830 on Water St. above Walnut St.). Several vessels, including one at the Walnut Street Wharf and two Liverpool packets of Cope, are docked in the choppy waters of the river. Also shows crates and barrels piled on piers and under shelters at the docks, street activity, and buildings running west on Walnut Street. During the mid-nineteenth century, steam catamarans to Smith Island (a resort) left the Walnut Street Wharf constantly throughout the day.; Title supplied by Wainwright.; Contains pencil annotations identifying key sites depicted in the view.

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The Library Company of Philadelphia

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PA Digital