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].
View of the 100 steps from the Wissahickon Creek. A small waterfall is visible in the foreground, and large houses along Freeland Avenue are perched at the top of the hill overlooking the creek., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
[Academy of the Sacred Heart, Chapel]
[Academy of the Sacred Heart, Chapel]
Interior., Location: 1819 Arch Street., Moved to Haverford & City Line Aves. in 1924. Currently, Country Day School of the Sacred Heart, 4080 Bryn Mawr Ave., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
[Alice Berry photographing Walter N. and Elizabeth Berry, 201 Righter Street, Manayunk] [graphic].
Depicts the photographer's oldest daughter, Alice Berry, with a camera, photographing her two younger siblings, Walter N. and Elizabeth, who sit on the porch steps of their home in Manayunk., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
[Alice Berry, with cat] [graphic].
Depicts a dark-haired cat perched on an unidentifiable surface in the foreground, and the photographer's daughter, Alice Berry, attired in a light colored dress with a large bow in her hair, looking at the camera from the background., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
[Beach scene, with boardwalk, New Jersey?] [graphic].
Depicts people strolling along the beach, with a view of the boardwalk in the distance, including a pavilion with "Clabby's" written on the side. In the foreground, a white man and an African American woman attired in bathing suits, talk to a man attired in a suit and hat. Many men and women walk on the beach. An unidentified pier is visible in the distance., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame, 1983., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
[Beach scene, with "Lipschutz's 44 Cigars" sailboat, New Jersey?] [graphic].
Depicts a family sitting on the beach, looking out at the ocean. Includes a man sitting with a young child next to a wheelchair, two women, and a young boy. A passing sailboat has an advertisement for "Lipschutz's 44 Cigars" on the sail. Other sailboats are visible in the distance., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
[Boy photographing another young boy, 201 Righter Street, Manayunk] [graphic].
Depicts a boy hunched over a camera as he photographs another young boy, who is seated in a rocking chair, reading a book in the backyard of the photographer's residence at 201 Righter Street in Manayunk., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
[Boys fishing in the Wissahickon Creek, near the Ridge Avenue and Philadelphia & Reading Railroad bridges, Manayunk] [graphic].
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., 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]
[Cement wall and plants] [graphic].
Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
[Children sledding on the 200 block of Righter Street, Manayunk] [graphic].
Depicts children, probably included are the photographer's children, Frank W. and Alice Berry, sledding down the incline of a cobblestone street, which is flanked by row houses on the right and an open wooded area on the left. A grocery store is visible in the distance at the corner of Righter and Osborn streets., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
[Christmas tree, interior, 201 Righter Street, Manayunk] [graphic].
Views of an ornamented Christmas tree in the corner of a room in the photographer's home., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
[Corn husks in piles on the side of a road] [graphic].
Depicts piles of corn husks, possibly as part of a local harvest festival, or decoration for the Halloween season., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
[Cresheim Creek Bridge, near Devil's Pool, Fairmount Park] [graphic].
Depicts the stone arch bridge that carries a city pipeline over Devil's Pool, along with a wooden pedestrian bridge spanning Cresheim Creek. The waterfalls of Cresheim Creek merge into Devil's Pool, an area surrounded by large jagged rocks and boulders. A thatch-roof pavilion made of interwoven logs and branches is visible near the pedestrian bridge in the background., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
[Dirt trail along the Wissahickon Creek, Fairmount Park] [graphic].
Depicts a dirt trail flanked by bare trees; a view away from the trail showing bare trees on a downward slope; and a group of men sitting on a bench on the side of the trail in the distance., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
[Dirt trail near Wissahickon Creek, Fairmount Park] [graphic].
View of a bare tree-lined dirt trail curving in the distance to follow the path of the Wissahickon Creek., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
[Duck pond with swans, Fairmount Park] [graphic].
View of ducks and swans wading in an unidentified stone-lined lake, presumably one of several lakes in Fairmount Park., Title from negative sleeve., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
[Elizabeth Berry photographing Alice Berry in a rocking chair, 201 Righter Street, Manayunk] [graphic].
Depicts the photographer's youngest daughter, Elizabeth Berry, taking a photograph of her older sister, Alice, who sits in a rocking chair in the backyard of their home in Manayunk. A cobblestone path runs behind the house, and a wooden fence separates the property from those in the background., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
["Faith works" model sailboat in an unidentified church] [graphic].
Depicts a large "Faith works" sailboat model, with five smaller replicas in the foreground. The display is situated between two columns of the church, behind a wooden lectern. Potted plants and vases with flowers surround the display., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
[Family portrait in a backyard, Manayunk] [graphic].
A family poses for the photographer in an unidentified backyard. Includes a man, two women and three children, the relationship between all of them is unclear. A nearby dwelling is visible in the background., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
[Fishing near the Pavilion Sun Parlor] [graphic].
View of men fishing from a rocky shore line, probably in New Jersey, showing the Pavilion Sun Parlor on a pier jutting out into the ocean., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
[Footpath through the snow, Wissahickon, Fairmount Park] [graphic].
View of a footpath through the snow, surrounded by bare trees, leading deeper into the park. Photographer looking toward entrance, showing homes in the distance., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
[Frank W. Berry blowing bubbles on the porch of 201 Righter Street, Manayunk] [graphic].
Depicts the photographer's son, Frank W. Berry, blowing a large bubble from a pipe, holding a cup of soap in his right hand. He stands on the front porch of the family home in Manayunk., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
[Frank W. Berry riding bicycle downhill on cobblestone street, Manayunk] [graphic].
Depicts the photographer's oldest son, Frank W. Berry, riding a bicycle downhill on a wide, cobblestone street that ends at the intersection at the bottom of the hill. A large stone residence with an entrance gate is visible on the lefthand side., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
[Grand Fountain, near Dauphin Street, East Fairmount Park] [graphic].
View of water spouting from the bronze-iron fountain sculpture erected in 1879 in the East Park entrance of Fairmount Park, near 33rd and Dauphin streets and Strawberry Mansion., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
[Group in an "Ajax" canoe on the Wissahickon Creek near Forbidden Drive, Fairmount Park] [graphic].
View of four people sitting in an "Ajax" canoe in the Wissahickon Creek near Forbidden Drive. The bridge in the background is possibly the Log Cabin Bridge. Two groups of people sit along the bank of the creek (right) in the distance., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
[Hartwell Avenue Bridge, Wissahickon Creek, Fairmount Park] [graphic].
Shallow waters expose rocks lining the Wissahickon Creek underneath of the Hartwell Avenue Bridge in this photograph. Three canoes are tied to shore in the distance., Hartwell Avenue Bridge spanned the Wissahickon Creek at Hartwell Lane, originally known as Weiss's (Wise) Mill Road, north of Valley Green, along Forbidden Drive. No longer stands., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
[Harvest food display in an unidentified church] [graphic].
Depicts an autumn harvest-theme food display of Mother's Oats and Quaker Oats brands, along with toasted corn flakes, squash, potatoes and corn stacked in a pyramid underneath of a trellis decorated with corn husks. The display is situated between two columns of the church, on which are posted Psalm and Hymn display signs., Quaker Oats purchased Mother's Oats brand and its owner, the Great Western Cereal Company, in 1911., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
[Hermit's Lane Bridge, Wissahickon Creek, Fairmount Park] [graphic].
Depicts the stone bridge built circa 1790 over Wissahickon Creek in Fairmount Park. Named after John Kelpius, a hermit who lived near the bridge in the 1690s., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
[Historical Pageant, Belmont Plateau, Fairmount Park, October 1912] [graphic].
Depicts a crowd sitting in stands overlooking a field at Belmont Plateau, where people are dressed in costume for Philadelphia's Historical Pageant. Some of the participants hold a rope that is attached to a tall, wooden observation tower in the field., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
[Hyacinth shrub] [graphic].
View of a flowering hyacinth bush in an unidentified yard., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
[Josephine H. Berry playing the piano] [graphic].
Depicts the photographer's wife, Josephine H. Berry, playing the piano, on top of which the March 1908 copy of "The Etude for Music Lovers" is prominently displayed., Title from negative sleeve., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
[Main Street, 4300 block with patriotic bunting, Manayunk] [graphic].
Depicts a brick row of shops along the 4300 block of Main Street, decorated with flags and patriotic bunting. Awnings cover the first floor shop windows of businesses like Jos. H. Maurer's Hardware store (4345 Main Street), and a florist shop several units to the north. Pedestrians crowd the sidewalk, especially further north near Levering Street. Depicts the block during the Manayunk Carnival and Parade, an event held from November 8 to 13, 1909, to celebrate the formation of the Manayunk Business Men's Association., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
[Man canoeing, Fairmount Park] [graphic].
View of a man in a canoe, paddling to a nearby dock, most likely in one of the lakes in Fairmount Park., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
[Man dressed in a clown costume, Manayunk] [graphic].
Full length portrait of a man costumed in a multi-color striped clown suit, with a ruffled collar and cone-shaped hat. He stands outside against the stone wall of a house., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
[Man fishing, Wissahickon Creek?, Fairmount Park] [graphic].
Depicts a man sitting on a rock, fishing in the Wissahickon Cree near where it flows into the Schuylkill River. The elevated deck of a mill building is visible across the water, along with trees and a wooden fence. The property later became home to the Philadelphia Canoe Club., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame., see related: 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.64]
[Man on a motorcycle, The Flying Merkel, in Manayunk] [graphic].
Depicts a man sitting on "The Flying Merkel," a motorcycle model produced by The Light Manufacturing Company in Pottstown, Pennsylvania beginning in 1909. He is sitting on the cobblestone street in front of an unidentified stone house with a porch, most likely in Manayunk., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
[Man plowing a field with horses] [graphic].
Depicts broken soil in the foreground, and in the distance, a man plowing with two horses in a field separated from nearby dwellings by a small wooden fence., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
[Men fishing near the waterfalls in Wissahickon Creek, Fairmount Park] [graphic].
View of two men fishing in the Wissahickon Creek. Includes a view of the waterfalls near the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad and Ridge Avenue bridges, also near the junction of Wissahickon Creek and the Schuylkill River., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
[Northeast Manual Training School, 701 W. Lehigh Avenue, Philadelphia] [graphic].
View of the Northeast Manual Training School at the northeast corner of 8th Street and Lehigh Avenue, constructed from 1905 to 1907 after designs by Lloyd Titus, assistant architect of the Philadelphia Board of Public Education., The original Northeast Manual Training School was located on Howard Street below Girard Avenue. It was constructed after designs by M. Bethel in 1864 as the William A. Lee School and changed its name in 1890. This building on Howard Street was referred to as the Northeast Manual Training School Annex after the new school building was constructed in 1905., Known after 1913 as The Northeast High School., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
[Portrait of a woman attired in a fur coat, Manayunk] [graphic].
Half-length, seated portrait of a woman attired in a large, wide brimmed hat, a dark fur coat, with her hands tucked into a fur muff. She's sitting indoors on a cushioned wicker seat., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.

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