Collection of landscape photographs taken 1885-1900 by Philadelphia-area naturalist photographer and Photo-Secessionist Robert Redfield (1849-1923). Images primarily depict the Brandywine Creek and Mill Creek (PA); Twin Lakes (CT); and Mount Washington (MA) as well as unidentified creeks and streams. Many of the views include people at recreation and sheep or cows. Collection also includes views of the office and darkroom of the Photographic Society of Philadelphia (South Fifteenth Street) and the photographer’s residence in Wayne, Pennsylvania.

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[Redfield residence, 211 Upland Way, Wayne, Pennsylvania.] [graphic].
Dog and young boy in front of the photographer's home in Wayne. In the background, the asymmetrical stone house is depicted from the street, showing a projecting two-story oval-shaped wing topped by a balustrade. Shingles unite the bell-shaped roof of the opposite corner wing with the hipped roof of the central body. The front of the house is shaded by a wide, ivy-covered porch and striped awnings cover each of the windows. A large brick chimney rises from the house, near the front entrance., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
[Redfield residence, 211 Upland Way, Wayne, Pennsylvania] [graphic].
Depicts four children playing with a wagon and a bicycle on the boarded sidewalk in front of the photographer's home in Wayne, Pa. The asymmetrical stone house is depicted from the street, showing a projecting two-story oval-shaped wing topped by a balustrade. Shingles unite the bell-shaped roof of the opposite corner wing with the hipped roof of the central body. The front of the house is shaded by a wide porch and most of the windows are covered by striped awnings. A large brick chimney rises from the house, near the front entrance., Numbered #1871 on mount., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
[Redfield residence, 211 Upland Way, Wayne, Pennsylvania] [graphic].
Views of the photographer's home in Wayne, Pennsylvania. The asymmetrical stone house is depicted from the street, showing a projecting two-story oval-shaped wing topped by a balustrade. Shingles unite the bell-shaped roof of the opposite corner wing with the hipped roof of the central body. The front of the house is shaded by a wide porch. A large brick chimney rises from the house, near the front entrance. Men are working on the porch of the house and a woman stands with a baby stroller on the grass nearby., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
[Redfield residence, snow scene, 211 Upland Way, Wayne, Pennsylvania.] [graphic].
Depicts the snow and ice covered trees and bushes in the front yard of the photographer's home in Wayne., Numbered #2722 on verso of print., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
"See Saw." [graphic].
Depicts two young girls sitting on a seesaw made of a board of wood, balanced on logs in a field. Two baskets and a wheelbarrow are on the ground nearby., Title from inscription on mount., Exhibited in 1889 Third Annual Exhibition of Photographs at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
[Sheep by a tree, fenced pasture] [graphic].
Depicts some sheep grazing while others rest near a tree in a fenced pasture., Unidentified photographer., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
[Sheep grazing near trees] [graphic] / Mary Vaux.
Photographer's monogram lower left corner., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with corrections., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield, a descendant of Robert S. Redfield.
[Sheep resting in the shade] [graphic].
Depicts two sheep resting in the shade underneath two trees., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
[Snow covered trees and road] [graphic].
Depicts a snow covered path, flanked by bare trees., Unidentified photographer., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
[Snow scene in Wayne, Pennsylvania.] [graphic].
Depicts a young child bundled in clothing and trekking across the snow covered land toward an unidentified residence in Wayne, possibly a neighboring home on the photographer's street, Upland Way., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
"Sun full in front, proof-rough print" [graphic] / J.P. Gibson, Hexham, England.
Depicts a young boy sitting on one of many large boulders near a calm stream., Title and photographer's imprint from manuscript note on verso., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
[Three people and a dog resting under trees near a residence] [graphic].
Depicts a man and a young woman sitting on a wooden fence underneath of two trees in the front yard of an unidentified residence. A young girl sits on a bicycle and a dog rests on the dirt path nearby. Tree foliage conceals most of the house in the foreground. An unidentified body of water is visible in the distance., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
[Trees by a brook] [graphic] / R.S. Redfield.
Photographer's blind stamp lower left corner., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
[Two men putting a rowboat in the water] [graphic] / R.S. Redfield.
Depicts one man sitting in the back of the rowboat with a paddle while another stands at the front, pushing the boat into an unidentified body of water. An empty rowboat is docked next to it., Photographer's blind stamp lower left corner., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
[Up a rocky creek] [graphic].
Depicts rocks in and surrounding a tree-lined creek., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
[Wagon on a dirt road] [graphic] / R.S. Redfield.
Depicts a man and a woman sitting in the front of a wagon pulled by two white horses along a dirt path in the hills. The team is transporting one wooden barrel., Photographer's blind stamp lower left corner., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
Waterfall in Dipton Burn "at the foot of a tinkling fall." [graphic] \ by J.P. Gibson, Hexham, England
View of a waterfall flowing from a short wall of rocks into a shallow pool filled with broken tree branches., Title and photographer's imprint from manuscript note on verso., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
[Woman with bonnet in a garden] [graphic].
Depicts a woman wearing a white bonnet and apron, tending to a garden., Located on the verso of P.8983.9a., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
[Woman with bonnet in a garden] [graphic] / R.S. Redfield.
Depicts a woman wearing a white bonnet and apron, tending to a garden., Photographer's imprint lower left corner., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.

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