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Wissahickon Falls [graphic].
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Creator
Kelly, Thomas.
Title
Wissahickon Falls [graphic].
Publisher
New York: Publ. & print. by Th. Kelly, 17 Barclay St
Publisher
NY. New York. 1874
Date
c1874
Physical Description
1 print: lithograph, hand-colored; 25 x 35 cm. (10 x 14 in.)
Description
Landscape view showing the Wissahickon Falls at the junction of Wissahickon Creek and the Schuylkill River in Fairmount Park. In the foreground, a man fishes among the rocks of the bank as behind him a man lures a dog to a basket he holds. In the background, other men fish above the falls and Wissahickon Hall is visible. Carriages are seen departing and arriving at the hotel erected circa 1849 by Harry Lippen at Wissahickon Drive (i.e., Lincoln Drive) below Gypsy Lane.
Notes
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 850
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Subject
Wissahickon Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Hotels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadephia.
Fishing -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Stone bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Wissahickon Creek (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Schuylkill River (Pa.)
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre
Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1870-1880.
Landscape prints -- 1870-1880.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *BW - Parks - Fairmount [P.9303.5]
Accession number
P.9303.5
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