| Creator |
Blanchor, F., composer |
| Contributor |
English, Thomas Dunn, M.D., 1819-1904, lyricist. |
|
Sinclair, Thomas S., ca. 1805-1881, printer. |
|
Osbourn, J. G. publisher. |
| Title |
Schuylkill boat song. Poetry by Thomas Dunn English M.D. Music composed and dedicated to the Atlanta Barge Club by F. Blanchor. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia: Osbourn's Music Saloon, 30 South Fourth Street |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia 1842 |
| Date |
[ca. 1842] |
| Physical Description |
5 p.: ill.; 32 cm. |
| Is referenced by |
Wainwright 331 |
| Notes |
Lyricist: Thomas Dunn English, M.D. |
|
Lithographer: Sinclair, Lith. Phila. |
|
Price printed on recto: Price 25 Cts. |
|
Two extra verses printed on page 5. Price: 25Cts.; listed in "Early American Sheet Music" by Dichter and Shapiro, p.157. |
|
Cover illustration of lithograph of view showing two sculling barges on the Schuylkill River near Peter's Island and the Columbia
Railroad Bridge. The barges contain crews of eight and a coxswain. A boat house lines the shore of the island and a train
is seen exiting the bridge. The Columbia Railroad Bridge, one of the oldest railroad bridges in the United States, was completed
in 1834 after the designs of John C. Trautwine for the Reading Railroad Company. The bridge spanned over the Schuylkill River
below Belmont Mansion in Fairmount Park.
|
|
Philadelphia on Stone |
|
POS 682 |
|
Gift of the heirs of Helen Beitler, 2002. |
|
In excellent condition. |
|
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited. |
|
Trimmed copy of cover illustration held in the Print Collection. |
| Subject |
Reading Company. |
|
Rowing -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Boathouses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Railroad bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Schuylkill River. |
| Geographic subject |
Columbia Railroad Bridge (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Schuylkill River (Pa.) |
|
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
| Genre |
Lithographs -- 1840-1850. |
|
Sheet music -- 1840-1850. |
| Illustrator |
Sinclair, Thomas S., ca. 1805-1881, printer. |
| Printer |
Osbourn, J. G. (James G.), publisher. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Books Rare| Sheet Music Sch 9913.F (Beitler) |
| Accession number |
9913.F (Beitler) |
