Liberty and Second Street Intersection (1854)

Liberty and Second Street Intersection (1854)

Department stores

Johnson's Exchange was built in 1854 on the southeast corner of Liberty Street and Second Avenue. It burned in 1900 and was replaced by buildings now owned by Northwest Savings Bank but for many years occupied by a series of department stores: Smith-Metzger, Metzger-Wright, Levinson's, and Janick's. In this 1873 photo, recently installed horse car tracks are visible on Second Avenue. The painted sign advertises an entertainment space, Variety Hall.

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1854

19th and 20th Century photography and text.

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Photographs

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2005-11

Warren Library Association Photograph Collection

161

Allegheny Chronicles-Rafting and Lumbering

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