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Delaware River, Philadelphia harbor. [graphic] / Langenheim.
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Creator
W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer.
Contributor
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title
Delaware River, Philadelphia harbor. [graphic] / Langenheim.
Publisher
Philadelphia
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1860
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 showing steamships traveling the river. Includes a partial view of the sails of a ship in the foreground.
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.
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.
Ships -- 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.11f]
Accession number
(8)1322.F.11f
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