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Penna. fish house. [graphic] / J.W.B. photo.
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Title
Penna. fish house. [graphic] / J.W.B. photo.
Publisher
United States
Publisher
United States. 1880
Date
[ca. 1880]
Physical Description
1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 9 x 18 cm. (3.5 x 7 in.)
Description
Exterior view of the clubhouse known as The Castle of the Fishing Company of the State in Schuylkill. Association formed in 1732 for hunting and fishing, originally on "Eaglesfield" the old estate of William Warner on the western bank of the Schuylkill River. Construction of the Fairmount Dam circa 1822 forced the clubhouse to rebuild their home near Gray's Ferry, across the river from Bartram's Garden on Rambo's Rock.
Notes
Title from manuscript note on verso.
Photographer's imprint on mount.
Yellow curved mount with rounded corners.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of Helena E. Wright.
Subject
Schuylkill Fishing Company.
Clubhouses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre
Stereographs -- 1870-1880.
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - unidentified - Associations [P.9321.2]
Accession number
P.9321.2
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