Details
Creator Bullock, John G., 1854-1939 photographer.
Title Millverton, home of Joseph Lea and Sarah Ann Robeson, his wife, at mouth of Wissahickon. From painting. [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 Copy of a painting depicting Millverton from the west bank of the Schuylkill River looking northeast. Occupied by Joseph Lea and Sarah Ann Robeson, the daughter of Peter Robeson, who purchased the nearby estate in Shoomac Park the year Sarah was born. Located immediately north of the Wissahickon Creek near Ridge Avenue. In the background, a train crosses the Norristown Railroad Bridge, which dwarfs the Ridge Avenue Bridge in front of it. Another house sits on a hill north of Millverton. There is activity on and near the river in the foreground.
Notes Photographer's imprint printed on mount.
Title given in manuscript on mount.
Property later known as the Riverside Mansion.
Subject Lea, Joseph, 1785-1848 -- Homes and haunts.
Robeson, Sarah Ann, 1789-1854 -- Homes and haunts.
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Railroad bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Stone bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Schuylkill River (Pa.)
Wissahickon Creek (Pa.)
Genre Lantern slides -- 1900-1910.
Reproductions -- 1900-1910.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| lantern - Bullock [P.9731.165]
Accession number P.9731.165