Name/Title
Philadelphia and Germantown RailroadEntry/Object ID
2013.5.4.86a-cDescription
Three photographs related to the Philadelphia and Germantown Railroad found on page 86 of scrapbook 2, "Pictorial Germantown Road and the Vicinity & Some of its Inhabitants. Compiled by George Clarence Johnson. Volume I. East Side."
Photograph a, top left, is of the Philadelphia and Germantown Railroad station at Germantown Avenue and Price Street. View is from the northwest across Germantown Avenue, showing a horse and wagon on the street and part of the structure on the southwest corner on the right.
Photograph b, top right, is of Joseph Kite, the first conductor of the Philadelphia and Germantown Railroad.
Photograph c, center, is of the Philadelphia and Germantown Railroad station at Germantown Avenue and Price Street. View is from what is now Vernon Park, looking acros Germantown Avenue. A horse and wagon a visible in front of the station.
Captions indicate that the station was on the site of the Shingle Tavern, Wonder's Hotel, and Wellis Hotel, also mentioning Emos Reeder, the Democratic Party, Joseph Parker, John Jeffords, the Fountain Inn.Collection
GHS Scrapbook Collection
