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Valley Green postcards. [graphic].
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Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector.
Title
Valley Green postcards. [graphic].
Date
1900-1945
Physical Description
45 photomechanical prints (postcards): photolithograph; 9 x 15 cm.(3.5 x 5.5 in.)
Description
Contains views of Valley Green on Forbidden Drive near Wissahickon Creek in Fairmount Park. Includes views of a waterfall; the Springfield Avenue Bridge and the Valley Green Inn taken from various angles. Valley Green Inn is the only surviving roadhouse from the nineteenth century. Built circa 1850 by Thomas Livezey and expanded with newer rear additions. Purchased by the city in 1872.
Notes
Contains 31 postcards printed in color and 12 printed in black and white. Also includes 2 linen postcards.
Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject
Stone bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Hotels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Taverns (Inns) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Waterfalls -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Wissahickon Creek (Pa.)
Wissahickon Drive (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- near Valley Green Road.
Genre
Photomechanical prints -- Color -- 1910-1950.
Photomechanical prints -- 1900-1910.
Postcards -- 1900-1950.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Valley Green - 92]
Accession number
Brightbill 92
092-a01b-c
092-a05-b
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