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The Merchants Exchange Art Print
by Eric Nagy
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The Merchants Exchange art print by Eric Nagy. Our art prints are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All art prints include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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The Merchants Exchange (c1939 & today)
Walnut & Dock Streets
In 1831, a new group of wealthy notables representing the social and business aristocracy organized into a society for building an exchange. Included in the group of trustees for the new enterprise was Stephen Girard, arguably the wealthiest man in the nation. After the charter for the First Bank of the United States lapsed, Girard bought the building and established a bank named for himself in its quarters. Not surprisingly, then, the site chosen for the new Exchange was within eyesight of Girard's bank. The chosen architect of the Exchange, William Strickland, was the architect of the steeple on Independence Hall, the U.S. Naval Asylum and the U.S. Mint.
By the Civil War businesses had begun to move toward the western part of the city. The first Exchange was dissolved in favor of the Corn Exchange in 1866. By 1875 the Philadelphia Stock Exchange took the place of the Corn Exchange. In 1922 it was sold...
About Eric Nagy
Have you ever walked around town and seen one of those bronze boot scrapers next to old steps? Or one of those leftover marble blocks that were used to help people mount their horse? Or how about just walk down the street looking at buildings from the second floor up so you could appreciate the original unchanged architecture? Every time I walk the streets of Philadelphia I can't help but wonder what it was like to walk these streets 100 years ago. Philadelphia Hybrid Photography is my time machine. I find historic photographs and digitally merge them with photos I've taken from the exact same location the original photographer stood. It's a different take on the before and after concept. Merging the past with the present in photos is...
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