Details
Creator Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920.
Contributor Universal View Co., distributor.
Title Admiring the flowers. Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia ; Lawrence, Kan. : William H. Rau, publisher, U.S.A. Sold only by Universal View Co
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1901
Date c1901
Physical Description 1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount, hand-colored ; 9 x 18 cm. (3.5 x 7 in.)
Description View looking southwest showing a woman dressed in white, standing with a parasol and touching the flowers in a long, landscaped flower bed, also known as the "Sunken Gardens," built in front of Horticultural Hall (not pictured) for the Centennial Exhibition in 1876.
Notes Title printed on mount.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount.
Buff curved mount with rounded corners.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- West.
Genre Albumen prints -- Hand-colored -- 1900-1910.
Stereographs -- Hand-colored -- 1900-1910.
Printer Universal View Co., distributor.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Rau - Parks [P.9573.20]
Accession number P.9573.20