Contributor |
Sinclair, John C., printer. |
Title |
Views of Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. Part 1st [graphic]. |
Publisher |
Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Sinclair |
Date |
c1879 |
Physical Description |
12 prints: chromolithograph. |
Description |
Series of 12 collecting cards depicting bucolic views of the park. Includes two different views, including one with a fountain,
of a "Rustic Arbor" with a park pavilion; "Spring" showing a water fountain; "The "Dam" and "The Arch" and a "Fountain" near
the race at the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River; "Entrance to Lemon Hill" and the "Mansion House"; an ornate
foot bridge over "The Brook"; the "Keeper's House"; the "Band House"; and "Iron Spring" pavilion. Many of the views include
park visitors, gardens, and walkways and all include trees. Water work views also show the stand pipe and roof of the new
mill house.
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Notes |
Not in Wainwright. |
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Philadelphia on Stone |
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POS 811a-l. POS 811a: Rustic Arbor (fountain). 811b: Rustic Arbor. 811c: Spring. 811d: Spring. 811e: Dam. 811f: Mansion House.
811g: The Brok. 811h: The Arch. 811i: Entrance to Lemon hill. 811j: Fountain.811k: Keeper's house. 811k: Band House. 811l:
Iron Spring.
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Library of Congress: LOT 11050 (F) |
Subject |
Fairmount Water Works (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
Geographic subject |
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Pictorial works. |
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Schuylkill River (Pa.) |
Genre |
Lithographs -- 1870-1880 |
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Collecting cards -- 1870-1880 |
Location |
Library of Congress| Prints and Photographs Division | LOC LOT 11050 (F) Title |
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Library of Congress| Prints and Photographs Division | LOC LOT 11050 (F) Rustic Arbor Willows |
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Library of Congress| Prints and Photographs Division | LOC LOT 11050 (F) Rustic Arbor Gazebo |
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Library of Congress| Prints and Photographs Division | LOC LOT 11050 (F) Spring |
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Library of Congress| Prints and Photographs Division | LOC LOT 11050 (F) The Dam |
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Library of Congress| Prints and Photographs Division | LOC LOT 11050 (F) Mansion House |
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Library of Congress| Prints and Photographs Division | LOC LOT 11050 (F) The Brook |
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Library of Congress| Prints and Photographs Division | LOC LOT 11050 (F) The Arch |
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Library of Congress| Prints and Photographs Division | LOC LOT 11050 (F) Iron Spring |
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Library of Congress| Prints and Photographs Division | LOC LOT 11050 (F) Entrance to Lemon Hill |
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Library of Congress| Prints and Photographs Division | LOC LOT 11050 (F) Fountain |
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Library of Congress| Prints and Photographs Division | LOC LOT 11050 (F) Keeper's House |
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Library of Congress| Prints and Photographs Division | LOC LOT 11050 (F) Band House |