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Indian Rock Hotel, upper Wissahickon Drive. [graphic] / John G. Bullock.
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John C. Bullock Lantern Slide Collection
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Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939 photographer.
Title
Indian Rock Hotel, upper Wissahickon Drive. [graphic] / John G. Bullock.
Publisher
Philadelphia
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1913
Date
ca. 1913
Physical Description
1 slide: lantern; 8 x 11 cm.(3.25 x 4 in.)
Description
Exterior view of the Indian Rock Hotel, named after the statue of Tedyuscung that stands on Indian Rock overlooking Wissahickon Creek. Located at Monastery Avenue and Wissahickon Drive, near Wissahickon Creek. Depicts the second hotel, built in the early 1870s following the purchase of the original building by the Fairmount Park Commission, procured by Charles Weingartner in 1894. The building was razed prior to 1916.
Is part of
Old Germantown
Notes
Photographer's imprint printed on mount.
Title given in manuscript on mount.
Subject
Indian Rock Hotel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Hotels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Taverns (Inns) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Wissahickon Creek (Pa.)
Genre
Lantern slides -- 1910-1920.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| lantern - Bullock [P.9731.125]
Accession number
P.9731.125
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John C. Bullock Lantern Slide Collection
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