Photographs from Photo Scrapbook 1, Part 1, Page 9.
Photograph a: [top] is of the Bank of Germantown on Germantown Avenue, below Penn Street. The photograpg shows a three story building of white stucco(?) which appears to be three separate buildings with three separate/distinct front entrances. Each entrance has steps leading to the front door. Two dormer windows are visible on the third floor front of the two right-most buildings. All windows have shutters and Germantown Avenue is shown in the foreground. A pavement rises above street level. To the right is shown a portion of a house fronted by a picket fence. Original photograph year 1859.
Photograph b: [bottom] is a a rear view of the Rock House, located on East Penn Street east of the Reading Rail Road bridge (see catalog number 2010.106.14). The view is from a field behind the house showing a split rail fence and the rear of the house which appears to be three stories with two chimneys visible at the roofline. To the left is a small white building. Many trees are visible surrounding the property. Original photograph year 1859.
