| Creator |
Brightbill, George M., collector. |
| Contributor |
Boyer, Lynn H., publisher. |
|
Curt Teich & Co., publisher. |
|
Cret, Paul Philippe, 1876-1945, architect. |
|
Modjeski, Ralph, 1861-1940, engineer. |
| Title |
Henry Avenue Bridge over the Wissahickon Creek, Philadelphia, Pa. [graphic]. |
| Date |
ca. 1935 |
| Physical Description |
1 photomechanical print (postcard): photolithograph, color; 9 x 15 cm.(3.5 x 5.5 in.) |
| Description |
Depicts the Henry Avenue Bridge spanning the Wissahickon Creek at Lincoln Drive and Henry Avenue. The bridge was built from
1930-1932 after designs by Ralph Modjeski and and Paul Cret.
|
| Notes |
Numbered 175 on recto. |
|
Also known as the Wissahickon Memorial Bridge. |
|
Postcard issued by Lynn H. Boyer, Jr. of Philadelphia, Pa. & Wildwood, NJ, and Curt Teich & Co. of Chicago. |
|
Sheet number: 62L01. |
|
Divided back. Text on verso describing the construction history of the bridge. |
|
Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
| Subject |
Bridges -- Wissahickon Creek (Pa.) |
| Geographic subject |
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
| Genre |
Photomechanical prints -- Color -- 1930-1940. |
|
Postcards -- 1930-1940. |
| Associated name |
Cret, Paul Philippe, 1876-1945, architect. |
| Associated name |
Modjeski, Ralph, 1861-1940, engineer. |
| Printer |
Boyer, Lynn H., publisher. |
| Printer |
Curt Teich & Co., publisher. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Bridges - Miscellaneous - 62] |
| Accession number |
Brightbill 62 |
|
062-l01-c |
