Details
Creator Brightbill, George M., collector.
Contributor Cooper, Theodore, 1839-1919, engineer.
Thayer, Russell, engineer.
Title Strawberry Mansion Bridge postcards. [graphic].
Date 1900-1910
Physical Description 11 photomechanical prints (postcards): photolithograph; 9 x 15 cm.(3.5 x 5.5 in.)
Description Contains views of the Strawberry Mansion Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River, built 1894-1896 by Russell M. Thayer and Theodore Cooper. Depicts the bridge in Fairmount Park from Strawberry Mansion and a view of the bridge with the boathouse in the background.
Notes Contains 6 postcards printed in color and 5 in black and white.
Also known as the Fairmount Park Trolley Bridge.
Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject Boathouses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Photomechanical prints -- Color -- 1900-1910.
Photomechanical prints -- 1900-1910.
Postcards -- 1900-1910.
Associated name Cooper, Theodore, 1839-1919, engineer.
Associated name Thayer, Russell, engineer.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Brightbill postcards [Bridges - Strawberry Mansion - 14]
Accession number Brightbill 14
014-b01-b