Details
Creator Kilburn, B. W. (Benjamin West), 1827-1909.
Title Bird's eye view of Philadelphia, showing the river. [graphic] / Photographed and published by B.W. Kilburn, Littleton, N.H.
Publisher Littleton, N.H. : B. W. Kilburn
Publisher N.H. Littleton. 1891
Date c1891
Physical Description 1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 9 x 18 cm. (3.5 x 7 in.)
Description Bird's eye view looking northeast toward the Delaware River from City Hall tower, showing the tree-covered Franklin Square and the spire of the Arch Street Presbyterian Church (Arch Street above Tenth, built 1823). Includes the empty lot near Twelfth and Filbert Streets where the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad shed would be completed two years after this photograph.
Is part of Unidentified series 6898
Notes Title printed on mount.
Photographer's imprint printed on verso.
Buff 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 Robert M. Vogel.
Subject Arch Street Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Presbyterian churches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Franklin Square (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Albumen prints -- 1890-1900.
Stereographs -- 1890-1900.
Bird's-eye views -- 1890-1900.
Cityscapes -- 1890-1900.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Kilburn - Views [P.9047.38]
Accession number P.9047.38