| Creator |
Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist. |
| Contributor |
Bowen, John T., ca. 1801-1856?, printer. |
| Title |
Manayunk. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia: J. T. Bowen's lith |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1839 |
| Date |
[1839] |
| Description |
Book illustration of a landscape view showing the village of Manayunk along the east bank of the Schuylkill River, northwest
of Philadelphia. Townscape is visible in the right of the image, including Joseph Ripka’s cotton mills erected 1831 and 1835
near the depicted Flat Rock Turnpike Bridge. Manayunk was incorporated into the city of Philadelphia in 1854.
|
| Is referenced by |
Wainwright 226.4 |
| Notes |
Published in Daniel Bowen's A History of Philadelphia with a notice of villages in the vicinity (Philadelphia: Printed and
published by Daniel Bowen, 1839), opposite page 134.
|
|
Philadelphia on Stone |
|
POS 455.4. Digital image shows third state of print. |
|
Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited. |
|
Library Company of Philadelphia: in Am 1839 Bow 9837.O and 76434.O. |
|
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: |
| Subject |
Ripka, Joseph. |
|
Textile industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Mills -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Schuylkill River. |
|
Mills -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Manayunk (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Pictorial works. |
| Genre |
Lithographs -- 1830-1840. |
|
Book illustrations -- 1830-1840. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| W226.4 [Am 1839 Bow 9837.O and 76434.O] |
| Accession number |
W266-3 |
|
Am 1839 Bow 9837.O and 76434.O |
