Details
Creator R. Newell & Son.
Contributor H.A. & J.P. Sims, architect.
Title New Girard Avenue Bridge [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia: Published by R. Newell & Son, photographers]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1875
Date [ca. 1875]
Physical Description 2 photographic prints: albumen on stereograph mounts; 9 x 18 cm. (3.5 x 7 in.)
Description Views looking from Girard Avenue showing the Girard Avenue Bridge, completed in 1874 after the designs of Philadelphia architects Henry A. and James P. Sims, over the Schuylkill River in Fairmount Park. The wrought-iron Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, demolished in 1971, also served as a pedestrian bridge. View also shows the nearby New York Connecting Railway Bridge, completed in 1867. In the foreground, spectators observe the river.
Is part of Fairmount Park views. 125
Notes One print [P.9260.71] on grey mount with rounded corners.
One print [P.2011.47.52] on light blue mount with rounded corners.
Paper labels on versos listing over sixty-five park views published by the firm.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
One print [P.2011.47.52] gift of Raymond Holstein.
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Biographical / historical note Newell & Son, a partnership between Robert and his son Henry, was active from around 1870 until 1897 and the death of the elder Newell.
Subject Pennsylvania Railroad.
Railroad bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Schuylkill River.
Geographic subject Girard Avenue Bridge (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Connecting Railway Bridge (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Schuylkill River (Pa.)
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Albumen prints -- 1870-1880.
Stereographs -- 1870-1880.
Associated name H.A. & J.P. Sims, architect.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Newell - Bridges [P.9260.71]
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Holstein stereo - Bridges [P.2011.47.52]
Accession number P.9260.71
P.2011.47.52