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[Kensington Avenue Bridge, Philadelphia, Pa.] [graphic].
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A60117
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Creator
Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer.
Title
[Kensington Avenue Bridge, Philadelphia, Pa.] [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1895
Date
ca. 1895
Physical Description
6 negatives : glass ; 20 x 13 cm. (8 x 5 in.)
Description
Depicts the low bridge carrying Kensington Avenue over the Tacony Creek in Frankford. Includes a boy leaning against the iron railing of the bridge looking down toward the creek and the camera. Also shows one of the stone abutments of the bridge, with a partial view of dwellings and businesses on Kensington Avenue in the background.
Notes
Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Subject
Bridges -- Tacony Creek (Pa.)
Streams -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Kensington Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Frankford (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre
Glass plate negatives -- 1890-1900.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Webster [P.9501.4-8, P.9501.11]
Accession number
P.9501.4
P.9501.5
P.9501.6
P.9501.7
P.9501.8
P.9501.11
In Collections
Webster Family Negative and Photograph Collection
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