Twenty first and Market Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
The building housing "Bradleys Great Western Market" anchors this scene. It is a wide white wooden building, with six high, wide double doors spaced across the front. A tin corrugated roof shelters the sidewalk to curbside. There are barrels and wooden crates on the sidewalk. A green wagon is loaded with crates and sits perpendicular to the curb. To the left of the market is "Conley's Ice Cream Saloon." Public and private parties and balls can be held there. Oysters and dinners are also served. Conley's also features an "Ice Cream Garden." The wooden fence surrounding the garden advertises a newspaper "All News, The Times." The street in front of these buildings shows four sets of rails. There is a blue boxcar belonging to the "P. P. W. & C. R. R." Three horsecars are passing by. #2 travels on Market Street. The #18 horsecar is housed at the New York Depot and travels to the Market Street Ferry. An open wagon operated by the Adams Express is carrying merchandise. A closed passenger carriage is also visible.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia
call number: P.2298.105