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Where American Paper Was First Made
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Frank H. Taylor Illustration Collection
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Creator
Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927
Title
Where American Paper Was First Made
Date
ca. 1922
Description
View of a brick farm house and outbuilding next to a creek. There is a path leading to a bridge over the creek.
Notes
One of the most treasured of the colonial homes now within Fairmount Park is a quaint little home upon the Wissahickon stream neaer Valley Green. It was here that William Rittenhouse, a German immigrant, built and operated in 1690, the first paper mill in America. This mill, no longer existent, stood just across the small run, opposite the house, within which David Rittenhouse, scientist and astronomer was born in 1732. A second paper mill was built, by William Dewees, brother-in-law of William Rittenhouse, in 1710, on the Wissahickon above the original mill.
Taylor Catalog Number: 264
Is part of
Frank H. Taylor Collection
Identifier
Taylor - Case 10-5 [2717.F]
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Frank H. Taylor Illustration Collection
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