One by one, riggers gave ten British cars a lift up to the third floor of the John Wanamaker department store in Center City. The cars, with a total base price of $260,000, were then rolled down a special ramp into the building, where they will be...
One by one, riggers gave ten British cars a lift up to the third floor of the John Wanamaker department store in Center City. The cars, with a total base price of $260,000, were then rolled down a special ramp into the building, where they will be...
Steel construction of Penn Center. Parked cars. Pedestrians. Signs on building reads, American Bridge United States Steel. Sign at base of building on left reads, Builders Cauldwel Wingate Co. New York. City Hall on right.
Portrait of man wearing military uniform, glasses, beard and mustache, inset picture of convention hall with arches, statues, and flags, streetcars, pedestrians and horses in foreground.
Chestnut Street Opera House. The marquee on the roof advertises a show called "Hay Fever." There are several smaller billboards set up on the sidewalk, which is crowded with pedestrians.
Photograph of vehicles and pedestrians on Broad Street, with City Hall in the center, illustrates the benefits of automobiles, if they were regulated properly.
Corner of Broad and Walnut Streets, looking northeast. Many pedestrians cross the street in front of the Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Company. The newspaper account describes the day as fair and cool.
Corner of Broad and Walnut Streets, looking northeast. Many pedestrians cross the street in front of the Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Company. The newspaper account describes the day as fair and cool.
Carriages and pedestrians shown at the intersection of Broad and Walnut Streets. City Hall sits grandly in the background as construction takes place on a new building.
