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- Aquatint Print, "High Street, Philadelphia, with an American Stage Waggon," 1795-1807 - In the 1790s, Philadelphia was America's most prosperous, populous and cosmopolitan city. It was also the young nation's temporary capital, while Washington, D.C., was being built. This circa 1797 print shows fine homes along High Street (later called Market Street), a major thoroughfare running from east to west through the center of the city.
- 1795-1807
- Collections - Artifact
Aquatint Print, "High Street, Philadelphia, with an American Stage Waggon," 1795-1807
In the 1790s, Philadelphia was America's most prosperous, populous and cosmopolitan city. It was also the young nation's temporary capital, while Washington, D.C., was being built. This circa 1797 print shows fine homes along High Street (later called Market Street), a major thoroughfare running from east to west through the center of the city.