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Mercantile Library, 5th Street at Library, southeast corner The Library with large columns; at top: "Mercantile Library." Buildings on either side; at top of one on right: "Philadelphia Dispensary, foun[ded MDCCLXXXVI]." Horse-drawn carriages parked across street; streetcar tracks run along street; fence and branches of trees visible on left.