Creator |
De Young's Palace Dollar Store (Firm) |
Contributor |
Birkinbine, Henry P.M., engineer. |
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Graff, Frederick, 1774-1847, engineer. |
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Graff, Frederick, 1817-1890, engineer. |
Title |
View in Fairmount Park. [graphic]. |
Publisher |
Philadelphia: Published by De Young's Palace Dollar Store, 704 Chestnut St |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1876 |
Date |
[ca. 1876] |
Physical Description |
1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 9 x 18 cm.(3.5 x 7 in.) |
Description |
View looking north from a stairwell near the forebay at the Fairmount Water Works showing the peristyle temple on the altered
old mill house. Three men stand near the temple. The Fairmount Water Works, originally built on the Schuylkill River between
1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded after the designs of Philadelphia
engineers Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr., until 1872.
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Is part of |
American scenery of all parts of the continent |
Notes |
Manuscript note on verso: Fairmount Waterworks. |
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Title from label on negative. |
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Yellow mount with rounded corners. |
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Publisher's imprint printed on mount. |
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Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited. |
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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. |
Geographic subject |
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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 - De Young's - Public Utilities [P.9260.5] |
Accession number |
P.9260.5 |