View on the Wissahickon above toll house
Bartlett & Smith
photographer
McAllister, John A. (John Allister)
1822-1896
collector
still image
Graphic
Stereographs -- 1860-1870
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870
pau
Philadelphia
PA. Philadelphia
ca. 1869
1869
monographic
eng
1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 9 x 18 cm.(3.5 x 7 in.)
View showing a stretch of Lincoln Drive including Maple Spring Hotel, the roadhouse and picnic resort established around 1865. The hotel was known for proprietor Joseph Smith's prominently displayed hand-carved curios created from laurel root that he gathered along the Wissahickon Creek. The hotel fell into ruin following the loss of its liquor privileges and was razed in the late 19th century. A horse-drawn carriage travels down the wooded road.
Bartlett & Smith, photographers.
Title from accompanying label.
Photographer's imprint embossed on accompanying label.
Trimmed orange mount with square corners.
Paper backing pasted on verso.
Maple Spring Hotel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Hotels
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Carriages & coaches
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Wissahickon Creek (Pa.)
Lincoln Drive (Philadelphia, Pa.)
above Gypsy Lane
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
(3)1322.F.137h
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department
stereo - Bartlett & Smith - Hotels [(3)1322.F.137h]
Unidentified series
No. 61
gihc
ppl
010309
20230712140217.0
128505
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