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Major Freas Home and OfficeEntry/Object ID
2013.5.4.42a-bDescription
Two photographs found on page 42 of scrabbook 2, "Pictorial Germantown Road and the Vicinity & Some of its Inhabitants. Compiled by George Clarence Johnson. Volume I. East Side."
Photograph a, at the top, is of the office of the Germantown Telegraph, 5155 Germantown Avenue at the southeast corner Germantown Avenue and Ashmead Street. A note says the Telegraph was published by Major Philip R. Freas from 1830 to 1883, when it was sold to Henry W. Raymond of New York.
Photograph b, at the bottom, is of the home of Major Philip R. Freas, 1809-1886, at 5151-53 Germantown Avenue. The photograph shows the building in use as the Alder Fruit and Produce Market.Photograph Details
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