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The sunken gardens, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A. [graphic].
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Contributor
Schwarzmann, Hermann J., 1846-1891, architect.
Keystone View Company, publisher.
Title
The sunken gardens, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A. [graphic].
Publisher
Meadville, Pa. : Keystone View Company, manufacturers, publishers, copyrighted made in U.S.A
Publisher
PA. Meadville. 1898
Date
c1898
Physical Description
1 photographic print : gelatin silver on stereograph mount, hand-colored ; 9 x 18 cm. (3.5 x 7 in.)
Description
View showing a long flower bed flanked by trees, also known as the "Sunken Gardens," extending in a line to Horticultural Hall, the exhibition hall built in 1875 after designs by Hermann J. Schwarzmann in West Fairmount Park. Building demolished in 1955 even though the 383' long, 193' wide building was supposed to remain a permanent botanical conservatory, showcasing exotic plant species and Victorian gardens.
Is part of
Unidentified series 9353
Notes
Title printed on mount.
Additional places of publication printed on mount, including St. Louis, Mo.; Portland, Ore.; New York, N.Y.; Toronto, Can.; London, Eng.
Publisher's imprint printed on mount.
Explicative paragraph of text providing brief history of Fairmount Park printed on verso.
Gray 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
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Buildings.
Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Horticultural buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- West.
Genre
Gelatin silver prints -- Hand-colored -- 1890-1900.
Stereographs -- Hand-colored -- 1890-1900.
Associated name
Schwarzmann, Hermann J., 1846-1891, architect.
Printer
Keystone View Company, publisher.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Keystone View Company - Parks [P.9047.151]
Accession number
P.9047.151
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