Once named "Roxy's"
Front vertical columns read "LEATHER GOODS" and "HUNTING GOODS"
Main side panel has various trade names
also "SHOT GUN SHELLS" and a prominent fisherman
Another layered (later) sign - "FOR QUICK RELIEF - HOT DROPS(?) - 10c"
Ground floor, side of building - "MONEY" under recently removed paint
Main sign, isolated.
Seen at a distance in the 1980s.
PhillyHistory.org. Philadelphia Department of Records. 27 November 2007. <http://www.phillyhistory.org>.
Letitia Street at Market Street in Olde City.
One of my favorites.
2 comments:
This one is simply poetic in it's beauty. I walk to work in our downtown with my camera, and I've been photographing old hotels and their signs. I think I will broaden my scope.
Mage of.......
Wow.. all these photos are beautiful. I got lost looking at all of them. Funny thing is I looked at the clock on my computer(at work) and saw an hour went by and I wasnt working.
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