Details
Creator W. & F. Langenheim, photographer.
Title Ice scene on the Delaware, Philadelphia. [graphic] / Langenheim.
Publisher Philadelphia
Date ca. 1860
Physical Description 1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 9 x 18 cm.(3.25 x 6.75 in.)
Description Harbor scene during the winter showing ships docked at piers on the frozen river. Also shows people ice skating in the background.
Notes Photographer's imprint stamped on mount.
Buff paper mount with square corners.
Title printed on mount.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 67.
Arcadia caption text: Mother Nature suspended commercial and passenger activity on the Delaware River in this c. 1860 winter image. Bare-masted schooners and small boats are docked along the snow-covered piers of Philadelphia harbor in the foreground as people ice skate on the frozen river in the background. Ice skating was a common activity on the impenetrable river before the use of steam-powered icebreakers. Organizations such as the Philadelphia Skating Club and Humane Society provided skating instruction and rescued people who broke through the ice.
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Biographical / historical note The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers, who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Subject Harbors -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Piers & wharves -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Ships -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Ice skating -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Delaware River (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)
Genre Albumen prints -- 1850-1860.
Stereographs -- 1850-1860.
Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Langenheim - Harbors [(8)1322.F.13d]
Accession number (8)1322.F.13d