This street scene looks east from 6th street on the Allegheny Avenue bridge, near where Catherine Ehrmann first lived after she got married. The photograph shows cobblestone streets with trolley tracks, and high wire electricity.
This photo is a street-level photo taken at Columbia Avenue (now Cecil B. Moore Ave.) and 5th Street, that shows a sign for the Henry H. Sheip Manufacturing Company.
The picture shows the grain elevator used by the Bergdoll and Sons Brewing Company. The grain elevator carried and stored grain that would be turned into ethanol, an ingredient of beer.