Details
Creator Brightbill, George M., collector.
Title Residence of John Penn, Colonial Governor, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia: Taylor Art Co
Date c1907
Physical Description 1 photomechanical print (postcard): photolithograph, color; 9 x 15 cm.(3.5 x 5.5 in.)
Description Exterior view of house built 1784-1785 for John Penn, grandson of William Penn. It became part of Fairmount Park in 1867. Currently part of the Philadelphia Zoological Gardens.
Notes Numbered 24 on recto.
Also known as Solitude.
Sheet number: 81A01.
Divided back.
Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject Penn, John, 1729-1795 -- Homes and haunts.
Philadelphia Zoological Garden.
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Girard Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- West -- 3400 block.
Genre Photomechanical prints -- Color -- 1900-1910.
Postcards -- 1900-1910.
Printer Taylor Art Co., publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Mansions and Houses - Miscellaneous - 81]
Accession number 081-a01-c