COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
65-230
Record number:
65-230-5
JCB call number:
*D800 B617 / 1-SIZE (copy 2)
Image title:
Arch Street Ferry, Philadelphia
Creator 1:
William Birch and son
Creator 1 role:
Drawn, Engraved, & Published by
Place image published:
Philadelphia
Image publisher:
Sold by R. Campbell & Co. No: 30 Chesnut Street
Image date:
1800
Image function:
plate [4]
Technique:
engraving, hand coloring
Image dimension height:
21.8 cm.
Image dimension width:
28.9 cm.
Page dimension height:
34 cm.
Page dimension width:
40.8 cm.
Materials medium:
ink, colors
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
English
Description:
View of a ferry landing or wharf with men loading casks and chests. Also includes ships, horses and carts, anchor, weighing scales, and harbor scene.
Source creator:
Birch, William & Son
Source Title:
The city of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania North America: as it appeared in the Year 1800 consisting of twenty eight plates
Source place of publication:
[Philadelphia]
Source publisher:
Published by W. Birch, Springland Cot, near Neshaminy Bridge on the Bristol Road
Source date:
1800
notes:
At the foot of Arch Street was a terminal for the Cooper family's ferry. This and other ferries linked southern New Jersy villages and farms to Philadelphia and transported the produce sold in the markets along High Street.
Time Period:
1751-1800
Visual categories:
topographical views
References:
Teitelman, S. R. Birch's Views of Philadelphia, plate 4; Snyder, M.P. "William Birch," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, vol. 73, p. 271-315
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1965.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
North America
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject headings:
Ferries
Subject headings:
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Pictorial works
Arch Street Ferry, Philadelphia
