Details
Creator Moran, John, 1831-1903.
Contributor McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
London Stereoscopic Company, distributor.
Title Views on the Wissahickon Creek, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa. [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia: John Moran]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1862
Date [ca. 1862]
Physical Description 10 photographic prints: 9 albumen on stereograph mounts; 1 albumen; 11 x 18 cm.(4.25 x 6.75 in.) or smaller.
Description Landscape views showing the creek, creek bed, Wissahickon Road (i.e., Wissahickon Drive), public drinking fountain, and a bucolic area near the Wissahickon Valley residence, the Hermitage. Many of the views also include posed figures.
Notes Contains nine stereographic prints mounted on yellow or white mounts with square corners, including seven with titles, one with the photographer's imprint, and one with the distributor's imprint (The London Stereoscopic Company). Also contains one stereographic print mounted on paper.
Six of the images 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.
Subject Streams -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Drinking fountains -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Wissahickon Creek (Pa.)
Wissahickon Drive (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Stereographs -- 1860-1870.
Landscape photographs -- 1860-1870.
Printer London Stereoscopic Company, distributor.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Moran - Parks [(3)1322.F.132d; (3)1322.F.135a; (3)1322.F.137b-e; (3)1322.F.137i; P.8544; P.9260.79; P.9462.17]
Accession number (3)1322.F.132d
(3)1322.F.135a
(3)1322.F.137b
(3)1322.F.137c
(3)1322.F.137d
(3)1322.F.137e
(3)1322.F.137i
P.8544
P.9260.79
P.9462.17