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Strawberry Mansion postcards. [graphic].
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Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector.
Title
Strawberry Mansion postcards. [graphic].
Date
1900-1940
Physical Description
33 photomechanical prints (postcards): photolithograph; 9 x 15 cm.(3.5 x 5.5 in.)
Description
Contains views of Strawberry Mansion in Fairmount Park including the entrance stairway with a group of women and children; the drive and a partial view of the Strawberry Mansion trolley bridge; the fountain statue; the spring; the top of Strawberry Hill showing people picnicking and reclining on the green and several views of the mansion house. Judge William Lewis commissioned the mansion house, also known as Summerville, in 1789. In the 1820s Joseph Hemphill bought the property and added two wings to the house. His son Coleman grew strawberries from roots imported from Chile, giving the property its popular name, Strawberry Mansion. The house became a picnicking spot and restaurant in 1835. The Fairmount Park Commission bought the property in 1868.
Notes
Contains 30 postcards printed in color and 2 in black and white. Also includes 1 linen postcard.
Also known as the William Lewis House.
Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject
Lewis, William, 1752-1819 -- Homes and haunts.
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Fountains -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Strawberry Mansion (Philadelphia, Pa. : Estate)
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- East.
Strawberry Mansion Drive (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre
Photomechanical prints -- Color -- 1900-1940.
Photomechanical prints -- 1900-1910.
Postcards -- 1900-1940.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Strawberry Mansion - 91]
Accession number
Brightbill 91
091-a02-b
091-a03-d
091-a06-a
091-b01-a
091-b01-b
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