Construction on Market Street between 17th and 18th Streets, Philadelphia, July 8, 1904
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View of a fenced exposed area of the street with unearthed pipes protected by a series of wood girders. African American construction workers guide a steel bin over the girders and haul dirt from the site with a horse-drawn cart. Several spectators, including a well- dressed African American man, line the fence. In the distance, a white boy with a bucket rests on a crane near a workman's shed. Businesses line the street including "Leiber's Red Front Dining Room, 1788 Market Street." Painted advertisements for Coca Cola and a liquor dealer adorn the building visible on the street corner.; Title supplied by cataloguer.; Negative inscribed: 554.
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