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The joys of winter on the Wissahickon Drive, Philadelphia. [graphic].
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Creator
Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920.
Contributor
Universal View Co., distributor.
Title
The joys of winter on the Wissahickon Drive, Philadelphia. [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia : Lawrence, Kan. : William H. Rau, publisher ; Sold only by Universal View Co
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1908
Date
c1908
Physical Description
1 photographic print : gelatin silver on stereograph mount ; 10 x 18 cm. (4 x 7 in.)
Description
Winter view showing a man in the foreground observing traffic on Wissahickon Drive on the opposite side of Wissahickon Creek. Traffic includes horse-drawn sleighs, horses, and pedestrians walking in the snow that blankets the drive and trees in the park.
Is part of
Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
Notes
Title on printed label pasted on verso.
Photographer'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.
Subject
Winter -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Snow -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Sleds & sleighs -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Wissahickon Creek (Pa.)
Wissahickon Drive (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre
Gelatin silver prints -- 1900-1910.
Stereographs -- 1900-1910.
Printer
Universal View Co., distributor.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Rau - Parks [P.9450.1]
Accession number
P.9450.1
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