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Woodside Park postcards. [graphic].
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A97189
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Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector.
Contributor
McLauchlan, J., publisher.
Title
Woodside Park postcards. [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia: J. McLauchlan, Woodside Park
Date
ca. 1910
Physical Description
3 photomechanical prints (postcards): photolithograph; 9 x 15 cm.(3.5 x 5.5 in.)
Description
Contains images of Woodside Park in Fairmount Park built circa 1897. Includes the bandstand, showing an all female orchestra performing on stage; the Mountain Scenic Railway ride and a general view of people walking through the park.
Notes
Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 2 printed in black and white.
Woodside Park depended greatly on the Fairmount Park Transportation Company, the operator of the Park trolley lines that transported visitors to and from the park and the primary investor of the Woodside Real Estate Company who owned the amusement park.
Divided backs.
Digitized with funding from a grant from the Natioinal Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject
Amusement rides -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Amusement parks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Ford Road (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- near Conshohocken Road.
Genre
Photomechanical prints -- Color -- 1900-1910.
Photomechanical prints -- 1900-1910.
Postcards -- 1900-1910.
Printer
McLauchlan, J., publisher.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Brightbill postcards [Woodside Park - 169]
Accession number
Brightbill 169
169-b01-a
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Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Brightbill Postcard Collection
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