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The Wissahickon Drive crowded with one-horse sleighs, Philadelphia, Penna. [graphic].
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Creator
Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920, photographer.
Contributor
Keystone View Company, publisher.
Title
The Wissahickon Drive crowded with one-horse sleighs, Philadelphia, Penna. [graphic].
Publisher
Meadville, Pa. : Keystone View Company, manufacturers, publishers, copyrighted made in U.S.A
Publisher
PA. Meadville. 1905
Date
[ca. 1905]
Physical Description
1 photographic print : gelatin silver on stereograph mount ; 9 x 18 cm. (3.5 x 7 in.)
Description
Winter view looking north along Wissahickon Drive (i.e., Lincoln Drive) showing horse-drawn sleighs transporting people through the snow in both directions. Wissahickon Hall, erected below Gypsy Lane circa 1849 by Harry Lippen, is visible in the background.
Is part of
Unidentified series 32031
Notes
Additional places of publication printed on mount, including New York, N.Y.; Chicago, Ill.; and London, Eng.
Title printed on mount.
Attributed to William H. Rau.
Publisher's imprint printed on mount.
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
Wissahickon Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Hotels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Taverns (Inns) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Winter -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Snow -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Sleighs -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Recreation -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Lincoln Drive (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- below Gypsy Lane.
Genre
Gelatin silver prints -- 1900-1910.
Stereographs -- 1900-1910.
Printer
Keystone View Company, publisher.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Rau - Recreation [P.9047.146]
Accession number
P.9047.146
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