Details
Creator R. Newell & Son, photographer.
Contributor Kiralfy Bros., publisher.
Title [Roberts' Mill, Germantown, Philadelphia] [graphic] / Photo. by R. Newell & Son.
Publisher Philadelphia: Kiralfy Bros
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1876
Date c1876
Physical Description 1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 10 x 18 cm.(4 x 7 in.)
Description View of the first grist mill in Philadelphia built in 1683 by Richard Townsend in Germantown at Church Lane and Wingohocking Street. Named for its early 19th-century owner, Hugh Roberts, the mill was razed in 1873. Shows the wheelhouse, waterfall, and stone wall of the mill. Five boys and men sit on the wall.
Notes Title supplied by cataloguer.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount.
Publisher's imprint printed on verso.
Printed on mount: No. 4.
Pink mount with rounded corners.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Biographical / historical note Newell and Son, a partnership between Robert and his son Henry, was active from around 1870 until 1897 and the death of the elder Newell.
Subject Roberts' Mill (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Gristmills -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Church Lane (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- corner of Wingohocking Street.
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Stereographs -- 1870-1880.
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880.
Printer Kiralfy Bros., publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Newell - Industry [P.9299.119]
Accession number P.9299.119