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South East & South West Corners of Greenwich & Franklin Streets, 1861
In addition to the Five Points, black New Yorkers settled in and around Greenwich Street from the 1820s on. Much like the Five Points, the area was overcrowded and highly unsanitary. In the 1850s, Peter Guignon could be found on Greenwich Street… Read More
Old Houses in Chatham Street, opposite the park, 1857
Frankfort Street ended at Chatham Street, a couple of blocks west of Philip White's drugstore, so Philip would have been quite familiar with this street.In the 1850s, southerner William Bobo visited the city and remarked that although Chatham… Read More
View of William Street, looking up from Frankfort St, 1859
Philip White must have walked William Street countless numbers of times. It lay a mere block west of his drugstore located at the corner of Frankfort and Gold Streets. Read More
Maritcha Lyons
This is a photograph of Maritcha as an adult.In adulthood, Maritcha was able to fulfill her lifelong ambition of becoming a school teacher. In her memoir, she credited the many people who helped her at every step of the way. In childhood, there… Read More
College of Pharmacy Membership Acceptance
On March 19, 1874 Philip was finally elected member of the College of Pharmacy. Read More