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Windmill at Torresdale, Philadelphia. [graphic].
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Creator
American Stereoscopic Company.
Contributor
Langenheim, Loyd & Co.
Title
Windmill at Torresdale, Philadelphia. [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia : Langenheim, Loyd & Co
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1858
Date
c1858
Physical Description
1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 8.5 x 17 cm. (3.5 x 6.75 in.)
Description
View showing a man standing in front of a windmill with a small building and porch at its base. A dwelling is visible in the background.
Notes
Title printed on mount.
Publisher's printed label pasted on verso.
Stamped on verso: G. Pfund, 4731 N. Front St., Phila., Pa.
Yellow mount with rounded corners.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Biographical / historical note
The Langenheim Brothers copyrighted a series of stereographs with labels inscribed: "American Stereoscopic Co., Langenheim, Loyd & Co., Philadelphia" in 1858. They continued to produce stereographs until 1865, when they withdrew from the American Stereoscopic Co.
Subject
Windmills -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Torresdale (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre
Stereographs -- 1850-1860.
Albumen prints -- 1850-1860.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Langenheim - Agriculture and horticulture [P.9082.1]
Accession number
P.9082.1
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