4th & Market

4th and Market. On this block in 1860. , This image from 1860 looks west on the south side of the 400 block of Market Street. This view shows the dominance of businesses offering clothing and accessories on this block including White Hall Clothing, George B. Bains Trunks, Valises and Bags, Caldwell and Fry Hosiery and Gloves, S. Ettinger and Ullman Wholesale Clothing., During the mid-1800s, this section of the city became less popular as a residential area and more popular for industry and businesses, as Philadelphia's expanding population moved west towards Broad Street., In 1860 , President: James Buchanan (D) , Mayor: Alexander Henry (R) , Philadelphia population: 565,529, Money matters ,

Farm laborer's monthly wage: $11.08 , Carpenter's daily wage: $1.75 , Medical treatment for snakebite: $1.00 , Accordion: 25¢ , Bacon: 12¢/lb , Butter: 1¢/lb , Coffee: 13¢/lb , Brown sugar: 50¢/lb

, Events , March 9, The first Japanese ambassador arrived in San Francisco en route to Washington, D.C., April 14, The first Pony Express rider arrived in San Francisco, California with mail originating in St. Joseph, Missouri., May 18, Abraham Lincoln was selected as the U.S. presidential candidate for the Republican Party., June 23, The U.S. Secret Service was created to arrest counterfeiters and protect the president., September 20, Prince of Wales (King Edward VII) became the first British royalty to visit the U.S., October 31, Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts, was born., December 1, Charles Dickens published the first installment of Great Expectations in his magazine All the Year Round., December 20, South Carolina became the first state to secede from the Union.