Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920 photographer. [View of commercial buildings at southeast corner of 15th and Sansom Streets, Philadelphia prior to demolition for Union League expansion] [graphic].

[View of commercial buildings at southeast corner of 15th and Sansom Streets, Philadelphia prior to demolition for Union League expansion] [graphic].

Manuscript note on verso: Site of 15th st. front of Union League just before the bldgs. were removed March, 1909. 2nd from Moravian st. mother lived in as a girl.

Row of brick buildings with commercial businesses, including [Dennis] McGowan a distributor of Bergner and Engle's beer; a laundry; and real estate office at street level. Signs indicate some businesses have moved or will move in the near future. A horse-drawn delivery wagon for William B. Mageuem, victuallers at Reading Terminal Market, stands at the curb. Two men and a boy stand at the corner while another man looks in a shop window. Bellevue-Stratford Hotel is visible in the background. Construction on a Union League addition that expanded its Broad Street building west to 15th Street began in October 1909.