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Image 1 (I1): Baxter Panoramic, 1879 of Market Street, North Side from Seventh to Eighth.
Source: Courtesy of The Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Via Brynmawr.edu
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Image 2 (I2): Lit Brothers Department Store - 700 Block of Market Street, North Side-1959. Collins &
Autenreith, et. al. Architects
Source: Courtesy of The Athenaeum of Philadelphia.
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Image 3 (I3): Google Maps Image calling out Location of Lit Brothers Store, today known as the
Mellon Independence Center.
Source: Personal Studio Work – Historic Preservation/Building Precedent Research. Summer 2014.
Divine Lorraine Competiton Course with Kathy Dowdell
Image 4 (I4): Lit Brothers, Market Street at 8th, Northeast corner - 1898
Source: Free Library of Philadelphia via: Reprinted in: Old Philadelphia in early photographs, 1839-
1914/edited by Robert F. Looney. New York: Dover Publications, c1976.
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Image 5(I5): Market Street at Eighth in Philadelphia circa 1905, with the Lit Brothers building at right.
Source: Detroit Publishing Company glass negative
http://www.shorpy.com/node/4466
Image 6 (I6): The Corner of 7th
and Market Streets, showing Lit Brothers and former advertisement
signage – circa 1920
Source: The Department Store Museum
http://departmentstoremuseum.blogspot.com/2010/11/lit-brothers-philadelphia-pennsylvania.html
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Image 7 (I7): The Corner of Market and 7th streets, showing the 7-story 1919 addition to Lit Brothers
Source: The Department Store Museum
http://departmentstoremuseum.blogspot.com/2010/11/lit-brothers-philadelphia-pennsylvania.html
Image 8 (I8): Image of Lit Brothers scaffolded during its restoration, Oct 24, 1986
Source:. Photograph by Stephen Shames, Philadelphia Inquirer. Courtesy of The Free Library of
Philadelphia via Brynmawr.edu
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Image 9 (I9): The Corner of 8th
and Market Streets, showing Lit Brothers and former advertisement
signage – circa 1920
Source: The Department Store Museum
http://departmentstoremuseum.blogspot.com/2010/11/lit-brothers-philadelphia-pennsylvania.html
Image 10 (I10): A view of the new digital signage on top of the Lit Brothers Department Store Building
at 7th
and Market - Feb 19th
, 2015
Source: OCF Realty “Naked Philly” Blog
http://www.ocfrealty.com/naked-philly/market-east/what-do-we-think-of-the-lit-bros-digital-billboard
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Image 11 (I11): Lit Brothers from 8th and Market Street Painting
Source: Historical Paintings by Cathleen Englesen
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Image 12 (I12): Personal Photograph taken on visit of the interior of the Lit Brothers Dept Store
Building
Source: Personal Studio Work – Historic Preservation/Building Precedent Research. Summer 2014..
Divine Lorraine Competiton Course with Kathy Dowdell
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Image 13(I13): View of Lit Brothers from 7th and Market Streets pre-January 2015
Image 14 (I14): View of Lit Brothers Façade
Image 15 (I15): View of Historic Lits Signage at 7th and Market Streets
Source: O’Donnel &Naccarato Structural Engineers Portfolio
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