Description: Philadelphia, PENNSYLVANIA - Reading Terminal: The Reading Terminalis a complex of buildings that includes the former Reading Company main station located in the Market East section of Center City in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It comprises the Reading Terminal Headhouse, Trainshed, and Market. In 1889, the Philadelphia and Reading Railway decided to build a train depot, passenger station, and company headquarters on the corner of 12th and Market Streets. The move came eight years after the Pennsylvania Railroad opened its Broad Street Station several blocks away at 15th and Market Streets, and one year after the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad opened its 24th Street Station at 24th and Chestnut Streets. The chosen location was occupied by an open-air market that had been in continuous operation since 1853. After loud complaints and much negotiation, the railroad agreed to purchase the markets for $1 million and move them to a new structure: the Reading Terminal Market, located to the rear (north) of the headhouse at 12th and Filbert Streets. This required the trainshed and all of its tracks to be constructed one story above street level, with the Ninth Street Branch to bring trains in and out. This Undivided Back Era (1901-07) postcard is in good condition. Souvenir Post Card Co. No. 3420.
Price: 8.5 USD
Location: Brooklyn, New York
End Time: 2024-12-08T02:07:45.000Z
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Size: Standard (5.5x3.5 in)
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Continent: North America
Material: Paper
Theme: Architecture, Transportation, Cities & Towns
Region: Pennsylvania
Country: USA
Type: Printed (Lithograph)
Features: Panoramic
Subject: Reading Terminal
Postage Condition: Posted
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
City: Philadelphia
Time Period Manufactured: 1900-1919
Unit of Sale: Single Unit
Era: Undivided Back (1901-1907)
Brand/Publisher: Souvenir Post Card Co. N
