Creator |
R. Newell & Son. |
Contributor |
Birkinbine, Henry P.M., engineer. |
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Graff, Frederick, 1774-1847, engineer. |
|
Graff, Frederick, 1817-1890, engineer. |
Title |
Fairmount, from Lemon Hill, southeast. [graphic]. |
Publisher |
Philadelphia: Published by R. Newell & Son, photographers |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1872 |
Date |
[ca. 1872] |
Physical Description |
1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 9 x 18 cm.(3.5 x 7 in.) |
Description |
View looking south from a path at Lemon Hill in East Fairmount Park. Depicts a group of women and children near a couple of
men standing opposite a signpost on the path at the estate. View also includes the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill
River in the far left background. Originally constructed between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer
Frederick Graff, the waterworks were altered and expanded after the designs of Philadelphia engineers, Henry P.M. Birkinbine
and Frederick Graff, Jr., until 1872.
|
Is part of |
Stereoscopic views. Fairmount Park views. 55 |
Notes |
Buff mount with rounded corners. |
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Contains label pasted on verso listing over fifty views of Fairmount Park issued by the publisher. |
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Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited. |
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Duplicate of P.9299.77. |
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Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
Subject |
Fairmount Water Works (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Waterworks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Children & adults -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
Geographic subject |
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Schuylkill River (Pa.) |
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Lemon Hill (Pa. : Estate) |
Genre |
Stereographs -- 1870-1880. |
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Albumen prints -- 1870-1880. |
Associated name |
Birkinbine, Henry P.M., engineer. |
Associated name |
Graff, Frederick, 1774-1847, engineer. |
Associated name |
Graff, Frederick, 1817-1890, engineer. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Newell - Public Utilities [P.9260.70] |
Accession number |
P.9260.70 |