Collection of negatives taken 1900-1910 by Philadelphia music teacher and amateur photographer Frank Berry (b. 1863). Images primarily document Berry's neighborhood in the Manayunk section of Philadelphia and the nearby Wissahickon Valley. Contains images of scenes and buildings in Manayunk including Berry's home on Righter Street; friends and family posed for informal portraits; children engaged in recreational activities including sledding, biking, boating, fishing, and swimming; bridges, trails, and landscapes in the Wissahickon Valley; the construction of Walnut Lane Bridge (1906-1908); and several beach scenes. Also includes views of the Historical Pageant in 1912; the Northeast Manual Training School; St. Stephen's Episcopal Church; altar decorations; Josephine Berry playing a piano; a man posed with a motorcycle; the family Christmas tree; a childrens' street band; a liquor store at 5226 Ridge Avenue; Berry with his camera; and children taking photographs.

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[100 steps, lower Wissahickon Creek, Manayunk] [graphic].
[Academy of the Sacred Heart, Chapel]
[Academy of the Sacred Heart, Chapel]
[Alice Berry photographing Walter N. and Elizabeth Berry, 201 Righter Street, Manayunk] [graphic].
[Alice Berry, with cat] [graphic].
[Beach scene, with boardwalk, New Jersey?] [graphic].
[Beach scene, with "Lipschutz's 44 Cigars" sailboat, New Jersey?] [graphic].
[Boy photographing another young boy, 201 Righter Street, Manayunk] [graphic].
[Boys fishing in the Wissahickon Creek, near the Ridge Avenue and Philadelphia & Reading Railroad bridges, Manayunk] [graphic].
[Cement wall and plants] [graphic].
[Children sledding on the 200 block of Righter Street, Manayunk] [graphic].
[Christmas tree, interior, 201 Righter Street, Manayunk] [graphic].
[Corn husks in piles on the side of a road] [graphic].
[Cresheim Creek Bridge, near Devil's Pool, Fairmount Park] [graphic].
[Dirt trail along the Wissahickon Creek, Fairmount Park] [graphic].
[Dirt trail near Wissahickon Creek, Fairmount Park] [graphic].
[Duck pond with swans, Fairmount Park] [graphic].
[Elizabeth Berry photographing Alice Berry in a rocking chair, 201 Righter Street, Manayunk] [graphic].
["Faith works" model sailboat in an unidentified church] [graphic].
[Family portrait in a backyard, Manayunk] [graphic].
[Fishing near the Pavilion Sun Parlor] [graphic].
[Footpath through the snow, Wissahickon, Fairmount Park] [graphic].
[Frank W. Berry blowing bubbles on the porch of 201 Righter Street, Manayunk] [graphic].
[Frank W. Berry riding bicycle downhill on cobblestone street, Manayunk] [graphic].
[Grand Fountain, near Dauphin Street, East Fairmount Park] [graphic].
[Group in an "Ajax" canoe on the Wissahickon Creek near Forbidden Drive, Fairmount Park] [graphic].
[Hartwell Avenue Bridge, Wissahickon Creek, Fairmount Park] [graphic].
[Harvest food display in an unidentified church] [graphic].
[Hermit's Lane Bridge, Wissahickon Creek, Fairmount Park] [graphic].
[Historical Pageant, Belmont Plateau, Fairmount Park, October 1912] [graphic].
[Hyacinth shrub] [graphic].
[Josephine H. Berry playing the piano] [graphic].
[Main Street, 4300 block with patriotic bunting, Manayunk] [graphic].
[Man canoeing, Fairmount Park] [graphic].
[Man dressed in a clown costume, Manayunk] [graphic].
[Man fishing, Wissahickon Creek?, Fairmount Park] [graphic].
[Man on a motorcycle, The Flying Merkel, in Manayunk] [graphic].
[Man plowing a field with horses] [graphic].
[Men fishing near the waterfalls in Wissahickon Creek, Fairmount Park] [graphic].
[Northeast Manual Training School, 701 W. Lehigh Avenue, Philadelphia] [graphic].
[Portrait of a woman attired in a fur coat, Manayunk] [graphic].

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