| Contributor |
Graff, Frederick, 1774-1847, engineer. |
|
Graff, Frederick, 1817-1890, engineer. |
|
Taggart, John Henry, b. 1821, publisher. |
| Title |
Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia : Published by John Taggart, cor. of Eighth and Wood Sts |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1876 |
| Date |
[ca. 1876] |
| Physical Description |
1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 9 x 17.5 cm. (3.5 x 7 in). |
| Description |
View from the southeast showing a fountain in the garden near the old Fairmount Waterworks engine house built 1812-1815 by
Frederick Graff. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick
Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872.
|
| Is part of |
American Scenery. 1776. Centennial Series. 1876. |
| Notes |
Title on negative. |
|
Publisher's imprint printed on mount. |
|
Yellow mount with rounded corners. |
|
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
|
Gift of Robert M. Vogel. |
| Subject |
Fairmount Water Works (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Fountains -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Waterworks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- East. |
| Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880. |
|
Stereographs -- 1870-1880. |
| Associated name |
Graff, Frederick, 1774-1847, engineer. |
| Associated name |
Graff, Frederick, 1817-1890, engineer. |
| Printer |
Taggart, John Henry, b. 1821, publisher. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Taggart - Parks [P.9047.158] |
| Accession number |
P.9047.158 |
