Details
Creator Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917, photographer.
Title Footpath to Strawberry Mansion
Publisher Philadelphia: Frederick Gutekunst
Date [ca. 1875]
Extent 1 photographic print, albumen on stereograph mount, 11 x 18 cm. (4.25 x 7 in.)
Description Strawberry Mansion, also known as Summerville, was commissioned by Judge William Lewis, in 1789. In the 1820s Joseph Hemphill bought the property and added two wings to the house. His son Coleman grew strawberries from roots imported from Chile, giving the property its popular name, Strawberry Mansion. The house became a picnicking spot and restaurant in 1835. The Fairmount Park Commission bought the property in 1868.
Notes Photographer's imprint printed on mount.
Photographer's blindstamp on mount.
Depicts a dirt footpath in East Fairmount Park, leading to Strawberry Mansion.
Genre Stereographs 1870-1880
Subject Pennsylvania Railroad.
Strawberry Mansion (Philadelphia, Pa. : Estate)
Spatial coverage Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- East.
Is part of Gutekunst Pennsylvania Railroad Stereograph Collection
Has format TMP.objres.5213.jpg
Call number stereo - Gutekunst - Views [P.9058.13]
Accession number P.9058.13