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Fairmount Park high stone bridge postcards. [graphic].
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Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector.
Title
Fairmount Park high stone bridge postcards. [graphic].
Date
1900-1925
Physical Description
25 photomechanical prints (postcards): photolithograph; 9 x 15 cm.(3.5 x 5.5 in.)
Description
Depicts the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad bridge at the junction of Wissahickon Creek and the Schuylkill River, above Ridge Avenue. Includes views of Wissahickon Falls in the foreground, a motorcar and pedestrians. Marks the entrance to Wissahickon Creek, Wissahickon Drive and Wissahickon Park.
Notes
Contains 22 postcards printed in color and 3 in black and white.
Construction of the bridge (also known as the Wissahickon Creek Viaduct or High Stone Bridge) was begun in 1874 by the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad. Due to budgetary constraints, construction was halted and later completed from 1881-1882.
Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co.
Railroad bridges -- Wissahickon Creek (Pa.)
Stone bridges -- Wissahickon Creek (Pa.)
Geographic subject
Wissahickon Creek (Pa.)
Wissahickon Creek Viaduct (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre
Photomechanical prints -- Color -- 1910-1930.
Photomechanical prints -- 1900-1910.
Postcards -- 1900-1930.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Bridges - High Stone Bridge - 61]
Accession number
Brightbill 61
061-a01-d
061-b01-c
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