Interior, William F. Dougherty & Sons building, Arch Street Philadelphia

 Here is a picture of the interior of the Arch Street William F. Dougherty & Sons building - thanks to our cousin in Chicago.  She is from the Alice Dougherty/Edward J. Lynch line.  She has shared some family pictures with us and I will try and post them over the next few days.  One of the gentlemen is her Zeigenfus grandfather.

Below is the exterior, as shown in an earlier post:

*PHOTO CREDIT
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