Details
Creator Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer.
Title [Boys fishing in the Wissahickon Creek, near the Ridge Avenue and Philadelphia & Reading Railroad bridges, Manayunk] [graphic].
Date ca. 1907
Physical Description 1 negative: glass; 4 x 5 in.
Description View of four boys fishing, including the photographer's son, Walter N. Berry, off of the rocky banks of the creek near where it flows into the Schuylkill River. Two bridges are visible in the distance, the Ridge Avenue Bridge in the foreground and the taller stone, arched bridge of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad in the background.
Notes Construction of the railroad bridge (also known as the Wissahickon Creek Viaduct or High Stone Bridge) was begun in 1874 by the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad. Due to budgetary constraints, construction was halted and later completed from 1881-1882.
Modern reference prints available.
Gift of Richard R. Frame.
See related: 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.34]
Subject Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co.
Fishing -- Pennsylvania.
Railroad bridges -- Wissahickon Creek (Pa.)
Stone bridges -- Wissahickon Creek (Pa.)
Geographic subject Manayunk (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Wissahickon Creek (Pa.)
Wissahickon Creek Viaduct (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Glass plate negatives -- 1900-1910.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.64]
Accession number P.8986.64