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[Fountain and rock garden, probably in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia] [graphic].
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Creator
W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer.
Contributor
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title
[Fountain and rock garden, probably in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1862
Date
ca. 1862
Physical Description
1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 9 x 15 cm.(3.25 x 5.75 in.)
Description
View from a high vantage point showing a few spectators near a fountain with a circular basin near a rock garden and trees. Also shows a fence in the background.
Notes
Manuscript note on accompanying label: Fountain Basin Fountain
Title supplied by cataloguer.
Trimmed yellow mount.
Paper backing pasted on verso.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Biographical / historical note
The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Subject
Fountains -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Rock gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre
Stereographs -- 1860-1870.
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Provenance
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Langenheim - Parks [(3)1322.F.123e]
Accession number
(3)1322.F.123e
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Printed and Graphic Ephemera
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