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[Falls Bridge, Philadelphia, Pa.] [graphic] / By Purviance, photographer and publisher.
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Creator
Purviance, W. T. (William T.)
Contributor
Swartz, Christian.
Title
[Falls Bridge, Philadelphia, Pa.] [graphic] / By Purviance, photographer and publisher.
Publisher
Philadelphia: William T. Purviance
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1870
Date
ca. 1870
Physical Description
1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 9 x 18 cm.(3.5 x 7 in.)
Description
View looking northwest from East Fairmount Park showing the Falls Bridge also known as the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River. The six-arched bridge, completed near the Falls of Schuylkill in 1853 by mason Christian Swartz, was utilized by the Richmond branch of the Reading Railroad. A covered bridge and factory buildings are seen in the background.
Is part of
Scenery of Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
Notes
Green mount with rounded corners.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount.
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject
Reading Company.
Railroad bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Schuylkill River.
Geographic subject
Falls Bridge (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre
Stereographs -- 1860-1870.
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Associated name
Swartz, Christian.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Purviance - Bridges - Falls Bridge [P.2003.24]
Accession number
P.2003.24
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Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Stereograph Collection
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