Details
Creator Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg) photographer.
Contributor Watson, John F. (John Fanning), 1779-1860
Poulson, Charles A. 1789-1866, collector.
Title Roberts' Mill. [graphic] : "To go back the Church lane," writes Mr. Watson, "there is Roberts' Mill and dam, holding the place, and probably much of the original of the first mill in Philadelphia county" / Photograph by Richards.
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1859
Date April 1859
Physical Description 1 photographic print: salted paper mounted on paper; 16 x 21 cm.(6.25 x 8.25 in.)
Description View of the first grist mill in Philadelphia built in 1683 by Richard Townsend in Germantown at Church Lane and Wingohocking Street. Named for its early 19th-century owner, Hugh Roberts, the mill was razed in 1873. Also shows the rear of a horse-drawn wagon parked beside the mill.
Notes Title and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount.
Date inscribed on photograph.
Manuscript note by Poulson on mount: [See picture and note of Godfrey's house on page 89].
Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 3, page 91. The scrapbooks contained approximately 120 photographs by Philadelphia painter and pioneer photographer Richards of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia commissioned by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape.
Also included in an annotated album containing twenty photographs by Richards entitled "Pictorial Views of Houses & Places in Germantown yr 1859." (LCP 66037.D.9).
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
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Subject Roberts' Mill (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Gristmills -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Carts & wagons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Church Lane (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- corner of Wingohocking Street.
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Salted paper prints -- 1850-1860.
Provenance Poulson, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1789-1866, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - Richards - Germantown - R [(3)2526.F.91 (Poulson)]
Accession number (3)2526.F.91 (Poulson)